By Greer Warren Did you know you have a loud and clear voice in the Arizona Legislature? The Arizona Legislature is where policies on education, healthcare, abortion access, free and fair elections, criminal justice reform, and the environment are made — the issues that affect your life and the lives of your friends and families. … Read more
“Well-funded Christian Nationalist movements tap into their ideology for political action that directly threatens US democracy. And I believe, it’s also a threat to Christianity itself,” said attorney Amanda Tyler at a recent live event that attracted hundreds of attendees at the Loft Cinema in Tucson. Christian Nationalism is an unholy blend of fundamentalist religious … Read more
By Kirsten Engel On Monday, Janet Yellen reported that in less than a month, the Treasury Department will have exhausted all ‘extraordinary measures’ available to keep the nation from defaulting on our obligation to pay our current debt. If, at that point, Congress has stubbornly still failed to raise the debt ceiling — something it … Read more
By Larry Bodine, LD18 Chair The “tamale bill,” House Bill 2509, was ostensibly to help small families sell homemade food. But it was actually a ploy by the right-wing Americans for Prosperity, the Institute for Justice, and the Libre Initiative, which all oppose any regulation of businesses. House Bill 2509, sponsored by Republican Rep. Travis Grantham, … Read more
By Chris Mathis, Arizona Representative for LD18. The 2023 legislative session is now in full swing! Democrats are working hard to advance legislation to address our state’s pressing issues. Here are some highlights of what we’ve been working on. Budget Though they only have a slim, one-seat majority in each chamber, Republicans spent the first month of … Read more
Letter to the editor, by Jennifer Dawson. Jake Hoffman must be removed immediately as chair of the state Legislature’s Director Nominations Committee. He has no credibility as a man of integrity: he was one of the Arizona ‘fake electors’ attempting to overthrow the 2020 election, and has refused to admit it or take any responsibility … Read more
As we mark Black History Month in February 2023, LD18 pays tribute to the late Herschella Horton, former Democratic legislator who served in the Arizona House of Representatives.
by Gail Kamaras There is an exquisite irony in Vince Leach being defeated in the Republican primary in LD17 by a MAGA wingnut like Justine Wadsack. It seemed to me that Leach corruptly influenced Republican Commissioner David Mehl and “independent” chair Erika Neuberg of the Independent Redistricting Commission to create the state’s most gerrymandered voting … Read more
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