After meeting with fiscal bomb throwing MAGA “Free Caucus” State House Republicans, an incensed Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs issued the below statement, calling their position “a farce” and “pointless political grandstanding” that hurts hardworking Arizonans. She also reiterated that their move to pass a continuation budget would “meet her veto pen.” “For months I have … Read more
Arizona House MAGA Free Caucus Republicans led by Speaker Steve Montenegro, the ones who decided to take a one month siesta away from the State Capitol and ignore the people’s business have chosen to whine and ignore a bipartisan FY26 budget passed earlier this morning in the Senate and forge a continuation budget that will … Read more
Another school year. Another $20,000,000 in free luxury expenses for private after school extracurricular activities that many of Arizona’s wealthiest, the people who do not need the money, legally fleece from the Empowerment Scholarship Private School Voucher Account appropriations that working and middle class taxpayers put into state coffers. Additional reporting from Craig Harris has … Read more
It has been a busy week for Arizona’s leading legal authority, Attorney General Kris Mayes. Her office has: On the two sentences for the sexual offender and the drug trafficker, Ms. Mayes wrote: ►“My office will continue to partner with law enforcement across Arizona to protect children and ensure that those who exploit them face … Read more
A report from the Arizona Commerce Authority, hardly a bastion of socialism and left wing liberalism, found that if MAGA Republicans follow through on their commitment to gut forward provisions like clean energy tax credits in the Biden/Harris Inflation Reduction Act, the Grand Canyon State will lose $58 billion in investments and 69,000 good paying … Read more