GOP Voter Suppression Week at the Legislature
February 16, 2020
This is the last week for bills to be heard in committee in their chamber of origin. Expect to see packed committee agendas this week. For those of you who are doing bill tracking and using “Request to Speak” (RTS) to comment on legislation in the Arizona legislature, we could use your help in posting … Read more
Fancy a Trip to Antarctica for Spring Break
February 16, 2020
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While Phoenix was experiencing a cold weather front with temperatures coming close to freezing a week ago, parts of Antarctica (the South Pole) had a higher warming trend, approaching 70 degrees in the same period. During this high temperature, an iceberg roughly the size of the city of Atlanta or the small nation of Malta … Read more
How Can the #1 ‘Pro-Life’ State Be #50 in Child Wellbeing? (video)
February 16, 2020
Several times during the tax cut debates on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Ben Toma and other Republicans repeated the mantra that Arizona has a “budget surplus”. The only reason that we have funds that have not been allocated is because we have had decades of budget cuts and … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Arizona Republicans Attack Voting Rights & Clean Elections (video)
February 15, 2020
Some aspects of the Arizona legislature are highly predictable– like the ideological bills from the left and the right that are proposed to show where members stand on the issues. For the Republicans, attacks on Clean Elections, voting rights, and the Citizens Initiative are perennial favorites. There are multiple bills based upon voter suppression and unnecessary … Read more
AZ GOP advances ‘sanctuary cities’ bills to appease ‘Dear Leader’ ahead of Phoenix rally
February 15, 2020
At the very same time that Republicans in the Arizona legislature are pursuing “Second Amendment sanctuary” legislation, Sponsored by Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, a measure which purports to make any federal laws viewed as infringing on the Second Amendment null, void and unenforceable in Arizona (it would not), and would bar the state government and … Read more
On the second anniversary of the Parkland massacre, Arizona is hopelessly gun nuts (updated)
February 15, 2020
On Valentines Day, February 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. The horrific massacre shocked the nation and led several states, including Florida — a notoriously gun-friendly state — to enact “red flag” laws, which allows … Read more
