Today was another wacky day in the Arizona House. We are back in session and primarily debating and voting on unnecessary Republican bills, as if the COVID-19 virus had never happened. Yesterday, I posted about the unnecessary and non-emergency insurance industry bills that were passed, primarily on a party line vote. Today, May 20, was … Read more
OK, I’m back in the saddle again. Back in the Arizona House, that is. To be safe, I am doing Floor sessions on the Floor with my mask and gloves but all other meetings remotely. Today, we had a very interesting Democratic Caucus meeting in the morning. ASU data modeling scientists presented data and answered … Read more
The Arizona House of Representatives has been adjourned since March 23, 2020, due to the COVID19 pandemic. Some of us wanted to vote to sine die (end the session) on March 23 and come back later for special session(s) focused on COVID19 public health and economic issues. Others– mostly Republicans– wanted to stay in session and … Read more
The House Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday, May 14, to hear testimony from several California experts on opening up Arizona’s economy. The two primary presenters were scientists whose recent research shows that COVID19 infection in the population could be much more widespread in the population than we had thought and that the virus has been in … Read more
Amid the nationwide controversy regarding when it is safe for states to open up their economies during a pandemic, the Arizona House Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet to hear presentations from open up experts. What about hearing from the public health experts, too? The HHS meeting will be Thursday, May 14 at … Read more