School Masks Are In: Judge Cooper Rules Republicans in the Arizona Legislature Violated the State Constitution

This is a good day for Arizona schools and public health safety in the Grand Canyon state. In a 17-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled several state laws unconstitutional, including laws that prohibited mask mandates in schools, took away power from the Secretary of State, banned “critical race theory” in classrooms, … Read more

Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dark Money, and Invest in Arizona Launch Weekend Telethon Today to Get Final Petition Signatures

Time is running out to collect 119,000 qualifying petition signatures on six 2022 ballot initiatives each to stop Republican efforts to gut Invest in Ed, and the suppression of voting rights. There is also a seventh ballot initiative designed to stop the continuing influence of Dark Money in Arizona politics. To that end, Stop Dark … Read more

Meanwhile in the Trump Zone, Townsend and Finchem Make Awful News

Even when the Arizona Legislative Session is over, fringe Trump Zone Zealots Kelly Townsend and Mark Finchem are in the news and it is for all the wrong reasons. Townsend, the Legislative District (LD) 16 Senator caught the attention of journalists and columnists at AZ Central and the Arizona Mirror by again equating the push … Read more

Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes launches bid to become Arizona’s Next Secretary of State

With incumbent Secretary of State Katie Hobbs running for Governor, former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes has declared his intention to succeed her in the 2022 elections. The Maricopa County Recorder from 2017 to 2021, Mr. Fontes oversaw the modernization of that office and, despite the COVID 19 pandemic, presided over one of the highest … Read more