Update to AZ School Districts Demand a Special Session to Fix the Education Aggregate Spending Limit. Lame duck Gov. Ducey has reneged on his deal with state legislators, he will not call a special session to lift the Education Aggregate Spending Limit unless he gets a list of new demands met. After 8 years in … Read more
Above: Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell. For eight years, climate denier Gov. Doug Ducey and his climate denier GQP-controlled Arizona legislature did little to nothing to address the impending water crisis long predicted to result from an historic megadrought in the western U.S. Their response was always “mañana.” Last July Gov. Ducey signed landmark $1.2 … Read more
The Arizona Republic fka The Arizona Republican recently published the stupidest damn editorial opinion I have seen in a long time. Voters are done with extreme politics. The era of Kari Lake, Trump and MAGA is ending. Voters may have rejected theMAGA/QAnon Republicans at the top of the ticket in the statewide races, but in … Read more
Election Day, Nov. 8, is fast approaching. Signs are popping up on street corners, in front yards and on vehicles around town. Social media is abuzz with clever memes and video pop-ups to snag your attention and sway your vote. Traditional TV advertising is carpet-bombing living rooms across the nation with negative messages fueled by special interest groups, billionaires, and dark money. This tsunami of mixed messages from random sources with questionable credentials leaves many voters overwhelmed and wondering which messages are true.
Howard Fischer reports, Judge blocks state’s new voter registration law: A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a new law that he said could inadvertently make felons out of volunteers who register people to vote. In a 22-page order, Judge Murray Snow said the provision in SB 1260, approved earlier this year by … Read more