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What Did the Arizona Legislature Do in the First 100 Days of 2022? (video)

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The Arizona Legislature has a 100 day target for the length of each session. With more than 1000 bills proposed and more than 300 signed into law each year, the Legislature rarely finishes in 100 days.

April 19, 2022 is day 100 for this year. We are lurching slowly toward a budget, with more than 100 bills waiting to be heard and a few large projects — like education funding, the proposed Water Authority, and a potential “repeal and replace” revival of the Flat Tax — hanging in limbo. As I write this note, it is  Wednesday, April 13, and the Arizona House is temporarily adjourned until Monday, April 18. This is a repeat of last week, when we gaveled in for business on Monday, April 4 and promptly adjourned until Thursday.

NOBODY wants a repeat of 2021.

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A $5.3 Billion Surplus, And The Arizona Legislature Is Stiffing Public Education For Yet Another Unwarranted Tax Cut

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Thanks to all the federal pandemic relief aid provided to Arizona by Congress, which Gov. Ducey and the GQP-controlled legislature want to redirect to corporations and their wealthy campaign contributors in yet another unwarranted tax cut – in direct defiance of the express prohibition in the federal legislation that it be used to backfill budget … Read more

Rep. Pam Powers Hannley

Rep. PPH Podcast: As Day 100 Approaches, #AZLeg Shifts to Culture War Issues

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As the Arizona Legislature approaches the 100-day target for the end of session, the Republican Legislators have shifted their focus to passage of their party’s most extreme bills. Rep. Pam Powers Hannley’s latest podcast talks about the Culture War raging in the Legislature. The most recent episode features the 15 week abortion ban, school voucher expansion, homeless encampments and inequitable ambulance services.

Arizona AG Letter Finds No Evidence of 2020 Election Fraud (But I’ll Keep Investigating) (Updated)

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Our sad local newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, offers up this inaccurate and misleading headline today on a report by Howard Fischer: Arizona AG says he found election fraud, gives no details yet. WRONG! The Arizona Republic accurately reports, Attorney general’s report on election in Maricopa County questions procedures, doesn’t allege wrongdoing. The Associated Press … Read more