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The Bills that Could Help Arizonan Children and Families That Did Not Get a Hearing at the Arizona State Legislature

February 24, 2021 by David Gordon

Yesterday, the Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) released a statement highlighting the many fine legislative proposals designed to help Arizona’s children and families that did not get a hearing at the Arizona State Legislature this year. Among those proposals were: HB2416 from Legislative District (LD) 17 Representative Jennifer Pawlik to increase funds to the Arizona Child … Read more

Arizona Democrats Announce New Leadership Team at the State Legislature

November 12, 2020November 10, 2020 by David Gordon

Arizona Senate and House Democrats have chosen their leadership teams for the 55th legislative session starting in 2021. In the Senate, the new Senate Minority Leader will be Legislative District (LD) 27’s Rebecca Rios. The Senate Democratic Leader will be LD 19’s Lupe Contreras. The Democratic Whips will be LD Nine’s Victoria Steele and LD … Read more

Arizona Reaction to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda for the Latino Community

August 27, 2020August 5, 2020 by David Gordon

On August 4, 2020, the Biden campaign released its Build Back Better Agenda for the Latino Community. Like the campaigns earlier unveiling of its agendas to promote opportunity and equity for women and minorities in general, this program is geared to providing greater inclusiveness and benefits to a part of the American People that has … Read more

With Betsy DeVos coming to Arizona, Education and Political Leaders discuss the challenges of reopening schools for In Person Instruction

August 27, 2020July 15, 2020 by David Gordon

The Arizona Democratic Party hosted a press call “on Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’s reckless threat to force schools to reopen without a plan to keep students, families, teachers, and staff safe.” Ms. DeVos, the Secretary of Education, will be in Arizona tomorrow to attend a closed-door virtual meeting of the Federalist Society. Apparently meeting … Read more

#AZ Senate Votes to End Session. What about the House? (video)

August 27, 2020May 12, 2020 by Pamela Powers Hannley

I drove to Phoenix last Thursday (May 7) because Speaker Rusty Bowers and President Karen Fann had called the Legislature back for a sine die vote (a vote to end the second session of the 54th Legislature). We have been adjourned and working remotely since March 23. Unfortunately, I made that trip for nothing. On May 7, … Read more

Senator Gallego needs to stop listening to the DC based consultants if he wants a political future. Time & time…

You've pointed out the political consultants' messaging that Sen. Gallego thinks will carry him further in his political career, but…

It probably comes from membership in the "Cult of Blue". You know, the cult that prompts good cops to stay…