Above Image: From Politico, ‘Down the rabbit hole’: Arizona GOP goes full fringe. The Arizona Mirror reports, A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group: More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report. In Arizona, … Read more
Arizona has a law from its territorial days in 1901, that was incorporated into the Arizona Revised Statutes when Arizona became a state in 1912, which criminalizes abortion. This law has never been repealed, even after Roe v. Wade rendered it unenforceable in 1973, almost 50 years ago. If Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood … Read more
Above: h/t Arizona Mirror (Getty photo). But of course he did. Arizona governor signs so-called ‘parental rights’ bill: Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday signed legislation that greatly expands the rights of parents to know anything their children tell a teacher or school counselor, the latest Republican [culture war] to promote “parental rights” ahead of the … Read more
Above: Lake Powell. The Arizona legislature really only had two priorities to deal with in this legislative session: (1) the school funding cliff that they created last session, and (2) the looming water crisis Arizona faces from a prolonged megadrought due to climate change. The legislature made a band-aid deal to fix the school funding … Read more
Ths decision will be appealed. This is not the last word. Howard Fischer reports, Ruling: 3 Arizona candidates can stay on ballot: A judge will not bar three officials who allegedly were involved in some way in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from running again for office in Arizona. In a 19-page ruling [not yet … Read more