“Phoenix is Rising Again!” That was the predominant theme in Mayor Kate Gallego’s annual State of the City Address before the members and guests of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Readers can watch and read the Mayor’s address by clicking below. Mayor Kate Gallego’s 2022 State of the City Describing the fifth largest city … Read more
Monday, April 4 was the filing deadline for candidates to file to run for office in the August 2, 2022 Primary Election. The Arizona Secretary of State now has an official list of the statewide/legislative candidates who filed to run by the deadline. Independent candidates do not have a primary and are not listed. There … Read more
Like all Governors (especially those in large or growing states,) Doug Ducey probably has ambitions for higher office. Readers could probably hear the Ducey chartered planes making trips to Iowa and New Hampshire following the 2022 elections. With todays actions, the Arizona Governor has probably guaranteed he will never be President of the United States. … Read more
Today, the House Appropriations Committee on the Arizona State Legislature considered a striker amendment to SB1269 which would revamp the Arizona Public School funding system for the first time in 40 years. Republicans on the committee felt 30 minutes, with limited debate, was all that was needed to consider the bill before passing it on … Read more
The benefits of high quality and free Universal Pre-K where every child across Arizona and the country starts to attend school at age four have been evident for some time. Studies from the Brookings Institute on the effectiveness of Head Start programs since its creation in the 1960’s and the National Bureau of Economic Research … Read more