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
Update to Arizona GQP Legislative Budget: Let The Games Begin. Tjat was quick, game over before it even began. The Arizona Mirror reports, House GOP ‘skinny’ budget proposal shot down in committee: A $13 billion dollar budget, sold by Republican lawmakers as a continuation of last year’s budget while the legislature debates how to spend … Read more
Update to Our Lawless Arizona GQP Legislature Is Again Defying the Constitution, The Courts, And The Voters On Public Education. Our lawless Arizona GQP legislature is planning on enacting a “skinny” budget based on last year’s baseline budget, pass a few more of their GQP culture war bills, and then get out of town. A … Read more
We have to take a trip with Mr. Peabody and Sherman in the WAYBAC machine to 2018 when this case first went to court (filed in 2017). School capital funding case goes to court, Governor Ducey only offers pennies on the dollar of what is actually owed: The other day I pointed out that Governor … Read more