AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s debate schedule for General Election 2022 – updated

The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission has set their candidate debate schedule for the General Election on Nov. 8, 2022. View schedule here: Candidate Debates | Citizens Clean Elections Commission (azcleanelections.gov)   Legislative debates all at 6 p.m. For Southern Arizona (will add later to the Events calendar once the candidates respond with RSVPs): LD … Read more

Arizona Democratic Reaction to the House Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

Democrats have done it again in securing legislation through the Inflation Reduction Act, without any Republican support (including the Arizona House GOP delegation,) that will move the country forward, invest in planet-saving green energy technologies, and lift people up. When the history of this legislation is written, Republican lawmakers (including Arizona’s Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs, … Read more

Reaction to the Biden/Harris Administration Announcing $59 Million for High Speed Rural Broadband Across Arizona

Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year, rural area residents and businesses in Arizona will be receiving $59 million for expanding high-speed internet broadband. In a press release from the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Arizona Development Director and former Democratic Legislative Leader Charlene Fernandez, discussing this development that will lift people up and … Read more

Leaders in Arizona Sustainability Praise the Pro Environmental and Job Creating Measures of The Inflation Reduction Act

Arizona Leaders in Sustainability love the $385 billion in pro-environmental and job-creating provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Those include: $235 billion in climate and energy tax credits in spending. $40 billion in clean manufacturing tax credits. $30 billion for clean energy technology. $30 billion for clean electricity grants and loans. $30 billion … Read more

Arizona Congressional Republicans Betray the Country Again by Voting Against the CHIPS Act

Arizona Democrats get it when it comes to passing the CHIPS Act and sending the legislation to President Biden for his signature. Before the House voted on the legislation yesterday, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego saluted Senate passage of the Bipartisan CHIPS legislation and co-authored a letter cosigned by Democratic and Republican Arizona Mayors (including Tucson’s … Read more