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
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