The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) released its ratings of Arizona state legislators on how they voted for bills that would have assisted residing Grand Canyon State Children. The pro child measures included bills that: Increased postpartum care for new mothers through AHCCCS. Increasing kinship care for foster children/families to $300 a month. Allowing foster youth to … Read more
State Representative Sarah Liguori has had an eventful first six months of 2022. With the support and assistance of her husband and mother (the Arizona Legislature does not provide child care options for the legislators or staff,) the businesswoman from the former Legislative District (LD) 28 has had a momentous time since being appointed to … Read more
From a Democrats and social justice perspective, there are several good items in the bipartisan budget passed in the Arizona State Legislature last week. There were also some bad and ugly provisions in and outside the budget as well. To be fair, there are probably Republican legislators who feel the same way about the budget…for … Read more
Arizona Legislative Democrats, including Part Chairperson/State Senator Raquel Teran held a press conference today at the Capitol Rose Garden condemning the United States Supreme Court overturning of Roe v Wade. HAPPENING NOW: ADP Chair @RaquelTeran alongside @ppazaction President Brittany Fonteno and members of the legislature speak on SCOTUS decision https://t.co/xA1wjUrTaA — Arizona Democratic Party (@azdemparty) … Read more
The reaction to the bipartisan budget deal among Democratic and social justice activist groups has been generally positive, especially with regards to the major investments in K-12 and Higher Education. However, some of the reactions contain a justifiable level of concern to future fiscal budgets and the complications for future education funding created by Republican … Read more