Giving corporations a tax cut. Making it harder to vote. Mandating more restrictions on what teachers can teach. Expanding the amount of money rich parents can siphon off the public coffers so they can pay for their child’s private school tuition. Criminalize being homeless. Those are just some of the legislative proposals the MAGA Republican … Read more
Republicans in the Arizona State House engaged in more stonewalling and political catering to their far-right MAGA base by finally passing a skinny FY 23/24 budget that largely mirrors the FY 22/23 one. These petty theatrics and political games are nothing more than a pointless gesture to those rabid “Freedom Caucus” lawmakers that will not … Read more
A day after the Arizona House of Representatives passed HCR2001, a measure to suspend the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL,) the State Senate followed their example in a 23 to 7 vote today (February 8, 2023.) All 14 Democrats and Nine Republicans voted to give educators, children, and family peace of mind about schooling for the … Read more
The Arizona State House of Representatives, in a 46 to 14 vote, secured a suspension of the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) for this year by passing Republican David Cooks HCR2001. The AEL is the archaic 1980s legal mechanism, that if allowed to be applied in March, would deny traditional public schools the right to spend … Read more
Republicans in both Arizona and Washington D.C. really have no stomach for governing with the other leading party. That would require a good faith effort and a recognition that your side is not going to get everything it wants. The evidence for that. Both groups do not want to produce serious budgets and negotiate with … Read more