The House Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday, May 14, to hear testimony from several California experts on opening up Arizona’s economy. The two primary presenters were scientists whose recent research shows that COVID19 infection in the population could be much more widespread in the population than we had thought and that the virus has been in … Read more
Amid the nationwide controversy regarding when it is safe for states to open up their economies during a pandemic, the Arizona House Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet to hear presentations from open up experts. What about hearing from the public health experts, too? The HHS meeting will be Thursday, May 14 at … Read more
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
When unforeseen emergencies occur, all systems of government (state, local, national, Republican or Democrat) are faced with challenges they did not anticipate having to govern through. The Coronavirus Public Health Emergency is no exception to this rule. The test all levels of government have to face is how their elected and appointed officials plan to … Read more
President Trump and Congress have been bailing out businesses with multiple Coronavirus relief packages. One business they haven’t helped is the US Postal Service. In fact, Trump has suggested shutting down the post office and privatizing the services. I think that is a terrible idea for the American public. The US Postal Service (USPS) is … Read more