Russell Bowers

How does the Supreme Court’s Pro Religious Voucher School Decision “Espinoza vs Montana Department of Revenue” affect Arizona

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Allowing the creation of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts in Arizona where students can channel funds towards religious or nonsectarian private schools may have become more of a Pandora’s Box with yesterday’s Supreme Court Espinoza vs Montana Department of Revenue ruling that said that state governments can not discriminate against sectarian private schools that apply for state … Read more

Where does the Outlaw Dirty Money Ballot Initiative go from here? A conversation with Terry Goddard

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To get the Outlaw Dirty Money Ballot Initiative on the November Ballot, 357,000 valid signatures are needed because, if passed by the voters, the election results will necessitate a change to the Arizona State Constitution. Realistically, 400,000 signatures should probably be collected in case a portion of the signatories is declared invalid and ineligible. The … Read more

Suzanne Hug is running to serve the People and Work for Them

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Arizona Legislative District (LD) 25, an area that includes most of North Eastern and North Central Mesa is currently represented by State House Speaker Russell Bowers and Michelle Udall in the House and Tyler Pace in the State Senate. Republicans have exclusively held this district in recent memory. Suzanne Hug would like to change that … Read more

Arizona Capitol

State Legislature Suspends Legislative Session after Passing Skinny Budget with $50 million more to help People during the Coronavirus Crisis

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Republicans and Democrats, after a weekend of suspense and last-minute deal-making by Speaker Russell Bowers and Democratic Leader Charlene Fernandez, banded together and on a 59 to 1 vote passed the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million for people needing assistance to get through the Coronavirus Crisis. According … Read more