Two out of every three Coronavirus fatalities in Maricopa County, according to a citation made by House Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva, and Greg Stanton in a May 27, 2020 letter to the Director of the Acacia Health Center, was elderly residents receiving care in nursing home facilities. In the letter, (reported by … Read more
The Navajo Nation is in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Navajo People, like the Hopi in Coconino and Navajo Counties, the Hualapai (in Coconino, Yavapai, and Mohave,) and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community have been plagued by the Coronavirus and, like all of Rural Arizona, need help to get through the public … Read more
In 2019, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, eleven percent of Arizona’s population needed to use the Supplemental Food Assistance Program (S.N.A.P. or Food Stamps.) In the United States, the number is 12 percent. Of that eleven percent in Arizona: 72 percent are families with children (Nationally, it is 67 percent.) 24 … Read more
Despite a pandemic and public health emergency, the Trump Administration, disregarding the advice of its Attorney General and Republican officeholders like Senator Lamar Alexander, is intent on pursuing the destruction of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) at the United States Supreme Court. Recent reporting by Axios reveals that approximately 27 million Americans have lost their … Read more
He did it again. Andy Biggs, the leader of the Freedom Ca…Circus and House Representative from Congressional District (CD) Five, voted against the fourth Coronavirus stimulus bill yesterday (April 23, 2020) in the House of Representatives. That makes Biggs 0 for 4 in voting against measures that help the American People. The other members of … Read more