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
As Arizona Governor Doug Ducey meets with President Trump in Phoenix today to tour a Honeywell plant now producing PPE for healthcare workers, Ducey’s attorneys were hard at work. The question of whether Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s “Stay Home” Executive Orders are unconstitutional will be the primary issue Friday morning during argument before a U.S. … Read more
The Legislative District 9 Team– Senator Victoria Steele, Rep. Randy Friese, and myself– held our first virtual town hall on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Except for getting hacked at the end [more on that below], it was a great meeting. Many LD9 precinct committee people were on the call. Over the course of the hour, … Read more