Arizona Works Together: The Second Most Important Citizen Petition This Year That Not Enough Democrats Are Talking About

It seems everyone knows about and is working to gather signatures for the Arizona for Abortion Access Initiative (AAA), which is fantastic and centrally important to our electoral strategy for 2024. But that is only half of the picture of what we are offering to empower voters to choose this year. We are also proposing … Read more

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Perfect the Enemy of Good

I wrote a blog post on February 15, 2015, called, The Real Trick to Making America Great Again. Although the title plays off Trump’s MAGA, it really had nothing to do with Trump. Rather, I wrote that, “[t]he singular most significant action each of us can take this year is to demand the members of … Read more

Tucson’s Aging Housing: Sustainable Solutions

Have you or somebody you know replaced the furnace, the ducting, the electrical service and the water and gas pipes? And, if the house was built in the 40s or 50s, the electrical wiring? If not, it is likely that within the next 15-20 years – you will have to replace them all. Your cost: … Read more

A solid November jobs report

While the rest of the world’s economy continues to be sluggish, Japan’s economy is back in recession…again, the U.S. economy continues to out-perform much of the world. You would never know this if you only listen to the GOP presidential candidates describe America as a dystopian hell-scape.

Steve Benen has the November jobs report. Job growth remains strong, unemployment at 5% ;

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning that the U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November, which is roughly in line with economists’ projections. The overall unemployment rate remained at 5.0%, which is still the lowest it’s been since February 2008, nearly eight years ago.

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Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of today’s report is the revisions: September’s job totals were revised up, from 137,000 to 145,000, while October’s totals were revised up, from 271,000 to 298,000. Combined, that’s an additional 35,000 previously unreported jobs.

Overall, the U.S. has added 2.64 million jobs over the last 12 months — 2.54 million in the private sector alone — which is quite good, and 2.3 million jobs this calendar year, with another month still to come. November was the 62nd consecutive month of positive job growth — the best stretch since 1939 — and the 69th consecutive month in which we’ve seen private-sector job growth, which is the longest on record.

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Arizona Dems Split on ‘Back to Work’ Budget Vote

by Pamela Powers Hannley On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, the US House of Representatives voted on a series of amendments to the Republican Majority Budget, penned by Rep. Paul Ryan.  The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) amendment, dubbed the Back to Work Budget, was one of yesterday's votes. It lost 84 to 327, with no Republicans … Read more