If the Trump administration and Republican Party get their way, many voters will be forced to put their health at risk by voting in-person in November before a vaccine or a reliable treatment for the coronavirus is available. Donald Shaw reports, Here Are the Billionaires Funding Trump’s Voter Suppression Lawsuits: For the past several months, … Read more
Anna Tovar is a dream candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission. A public servant with extensive leadership experience as a teacher, a legislator, a city council member, and Mayor of Tolleson, her perspective will be an asset and breath of fresh air to the commission. If elected this November Mayor Tovar will fight for Arizonans … Read more
The People who created the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) almost 110 years ago did so at the height of the Age of Reform and the Progressive Movement. The Commission, designed to make sure utility companies, the rail lines, securities, and pipelines were well maintained and regulated, was meant to be an instrument of the people … Read more
Every year in the Arizona legislature there is a move by Republicans to change or to eliminate the duties of certain constitutionally prescribed elected statewide offices. With regularity there has been a push to create a lieutenant governor position which would run in tandem with the governor solely for purposes of succession in office (in … Read more
Our lawless Republican legislators love loan sharks and predatory lenders. Remember the consumer rights fight we had over Jonathan “Payday” Paton and the payday loan industry in 2008? (From the archives, The Sun Sets on Payday Loans in Arizona). Neil Young wrote the song “rust never sleeps,” and neither does evil. It is omnipresent and … Read more