There appear to be some more signs of progress among the Progressive and Centrist wings of the Democratic Party on the components of a revised $1.7 to $1.9 trillion Biden/Harris Build Back Better Plan. In the latest reporting from Politico, these appear to be the latest items that will be in the legislation: Universal Pre … Read more
This is a good day for Arizona schools and public health safety in the Grand Canyon state. In a 17-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled several state laws unconstitutional, including laws that prohibited mask mandates in schools, took away power from the Secretary of State, banned “critical race theory” in classrooms, … Read more
Close to a million new jobs in Arizona over the next ten years. 115 billion dollars in added economic state activity over that same time span. Personal income growing by close to $100 billion with disposable earnings just under $85 billion. That is what the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W.P. Carey School … Read more
Supporters of public education, sound economic policy, and Democracy have less than a month to gather signatures for six ballot initiatives that would allow voters in 2022 to decide whether to repeal Republican-sponsored legislation that is designed to circumvent Invest in Education-Proposition 208, institute discredited fringe trickle-down economic tax cut policy, and obstruct Democracy by … Read more
There is, as EJ Montini headlined in an oped yesterday (August 19, 2021,) an Arizona Republican war on children. This is in addition to their separate wars on science, reality, economic sanity, and Democracy. Over the last several months, their operatives in the Legislature, the Governor’s office, and the Arizona Supreme Court have: Opted to … Read more