Microsoft Wants a Sales Tax Break Because ‘Electricity Is Too Expensive in Arizona’ (video)
January 27, 2020
Should the Arizona Legislature help Microsoft pay its APS bills? Tuesday was a light day at the Capital. There was no floor action, but I had time to catch up with colleagues and sign some of their bills. I wanted to tell you about the conversation I had with two Microsoft lobbyists about the tax … Read more
Supreme Court lets Trump administration ‘public charge’ rule to go into effect pending appeals
January 27, 2020
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Government gets green light to implement “public charge” rule pending appeals: Today a divided Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request for permission to enforce a rule known as the “public charge” rule, governing the admission of immigrants to the United States. The government had argued that it would suffer … Read more
9th Circuit strikes down Arizona’s ‘ballot harvesting’ law (Updated)
January 27, 2020
Bloomberg News reports, Arizona Ballot Laws Tossed, U.S. Supreme Court Review Likely: An Arizona election law restricting who can return early ballots was struck down by a federal appeals court because it discriminates against minorities, a decision that sets up a likely showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals … Read more
John Bolton wants to testify – Republicans want to prevent him from testifying
January 27, 2020
As the Washington Post editorialized, The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not. Drip, drip, drip… Anita Kumar explains, “It’s not impeachment that’s worrying Republicans. It’s the months of steady revelations about the Ukraine saga that could follow.” Forget impeachment. Republicans fear Ukraine revelations could spill … Read more
Senator Coverup McSally has A Lot of Explaining to Do
January 27, 2020
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Senator Martha McSally feels she is being persecuted by the “liberal” (meaning non-Fox Island and Brietbart) media establishment. Being asked questions about actual facts would seem daunting to most Trump Zone Cult Members who have been weened on years of Fox Channel Commentary and Reporting. It is probable that McSally really believes, as she expressed … Read more
#AZLeg Must Raise 1980 Funding Cap for Schools (video)
January 27, 2020
Thursday, January 23, marked our first floor debate of the 2020 session of the Arizona House. We had Committee of the Whole (COW) for HCR2023, a bill to raise the Constitutional funding cap that was imposed upon schools districts in 1980. We have to pass this bill in order to allow school districts to spend … Read more
Arizona Education Funds should go to only Arizona Schools
January 27, 2020
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In his January 13, 2020 State of the State Address, Governor Ducey, in remarks designed to appeal to his fringe conservative base, blamed the “heavy hand of government” (otherwise known as the law) for permanently preventing families on the Navajo Reservation from using public Arizona State funds to pay for the private school (called Hilltop … Read more
LD 10 Democratic Legislators’ Town Halls starting Feb. 1
January 27, 2020
“Join LD10 State Legislators State Senator David Bradley, Rep. Kirsten Engel, & Rep. Domingo DeGrazia for House for monthly town halls during Arizona’s 2020 Legislative Session which is starting on January 13th. Town Halls will take place at public libraries across the district on Saturdays from 10-11:30AM (check for each town hall event to confirm … Read more
