UPDATED 6/28 with DGT VIDEO: Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan Describes Budget Negotiations at the State Capitol

Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan graciously sat with Blog for Arizona to describe the latest on budget negotiations with Legislative Republicans and Governor Katie Hobb’s office.  Editor’s Note: Senator Sundareshan joined TheDGT.org for a discussion of the budget and session results on Monday July 23rd at Noon via Zoom. What the Senator describes is … Read more

Governor Hobbs Vetoes Bill That Would Target Teachers Under the Guise of Saying They Promote Anti Semitism

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed HB2867, a measure that, if it had become law, would have prosecuted teachers under the guise of saying they were promoting Anti Semitism. In her veto letter to Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro, the Governor touted her credititionals supporting the Jewish Community in the Grand Canyon State, including expanding Holocaust … Read more

Arizona House Democratic Leader De Los Santos and AEA President Garcia Blast House MAGA Budget that Robs from Vulnerable Children

What do MAGA Republicans, especially in the Arizona House at the State Capitol have against vulnerable children? This legislative session, they seem to take delight in threatening to cut off funding for poor children’s school lunches or assistance for kids with disabilities. How sick is that? Well, House MAGA Republicans, finally returning from an undeserved … Read more

In a Series of Videos, Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan Discusses the Urgency for Arizona to Have Sound Water Supply Security

A partner with Governor Katie Hobbs and a strong advocate for sound water security that will provide consistent water supply, flow, and consumption for the next one hundred years, Arizona Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan hosted four short social media videos conveying the urgency and necessity to formalize a new management plan that will address … Read more

(UPDATED)It is Happening Here: Arizona Democratic Reaction To the American Duce-Emperor Palpatine Wannabe Deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles

Like a dystopian work like George Orwell’s 1984 or Animal Farm, Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here, or an episode of Star Wars and Babylon Five, American Duce Wannabe, Mad King, January 6 Insurrectionist Enabler-Traitor, and Felon in Chief Donald Trump, jealous of the fact that Barack Obama and Joe Biden deported more illegal immigrants … Read more