None of Doug Ducey’s Picks for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Seems to Have Any Expertise in Water Policy

Apparently having expertise in water policy is not the first qualification for a Doug Ducey appointee to serve on the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, the state organ that “finances the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure projects.” According to the recently passed a one billion dollars, water security measure passed at the end … Read more

Handmaids protest abortion bans in Phoenix.

Leading Democratic Reaction to the Pima County Court Ruling Taking Away Women’s Reproductive Freedom

It did not take long for many of Arizona’s leading Democratic voices to denounce the Pima County Superior Court Ruling taking away abortion rights and putting in place a ban from 1864 that would not provide exceptions for rape, incest, or severe birth defects. This in effect makes women second-class citizens in the Grand Canyon … Read more

Arizona Democratic Reaction to the Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v Wade

Arizona Democrats and Democratic Leaning Groups reacted quickly and en masse to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. Raquel Teran, the Chairperson of the Arizona Democratic Party, issued a statement which relayed: “This horrific news will not slow or lessen our fight for families. Right now Arizonans are going through periods of anger, … Read more

(UPDATED) Additional Reaction to the Bipartisan Budget Deal in the Arizona State Legislature

The reaction to the bipartisan budget deal among Democratic and social justice activist groups has been generally positive, especially with regards to the major investments in K-12 and Higher Education. However, some of the reactions contain a justifiable level of concern to future fiscal budgets and the complications for future education funding created by Republican … Read more

New ADLCC Board Chair and Assistant House Democratic Leader Jennifer Longdon Discusses 2022 Legislative Democrat Prospects

2022 is the Democrats election to lose in both Arizona and across the nation. On issue after issue, value after value, and candidate after candidate, it is the Democrats that have the best ideas, convictions, and the superior aspirants to make the affirmative case to voters this election cycle. One person that feels this is … Read more