In the new Arizona Legislative District (LD) 14, located in Gilbert Arizona, forensic scientist and peace officer Brandy Reese sees political dysfunction as Republican leaders stoke culture war fears, promote the Big Lie about the 2020 Presidential Election, and gleefully take away voter’s and women’s rights. Feeling a sense of duty, Ms. Reese, a wife … Read more
First elected in 2020 to the Arizona State House in the now former Legislative District (LD20), educator Judy Schwiebert has worked to increase investments in public education, workforce development, and the arts. Running to serve in the House again in the new LD 2 (along with State Senate candidate Jeanne Casteen), Representative Schwiebert wants to … Read more
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