Where’s Wendy?!
Where’s Wendy? At state Sen. Wendy Rogers’ request, an Arizona judge issued an order barring a reporter from contacting her at any of her homes, in an apparent attempt to silence questions over her residency. Under Arizona law, candidates must be registered to vote in the county of the legislative district they are running to serve. Rogers, […]
Rep. Liz Harris expelled
Thank you AG Kris Mayes. The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stayof a Texas district court judge’s ruling to limit access to medication abortion. The decision could lead to the halt of the FDA-approved abortion drug, mifepristone, restricting medication abortion access nationwide. Thanks to proactive legal actionby Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, access to mifepristone in Arizona remains […]
Sinema Sells Out Our Water Supply
Relief for displaced residents. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed bipartisan legislation to offer immediate and increased compensation to residents of mobile home parks who are being displaced to make room for student housing. The legislation follows the Phoenix City Council’s devastating failure to take action to prevent the forced evictions of three mobile home parks across from Grand Canyon University, ignoring the […]
Calling it what it is
Veto alert. On Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed SB1305, the attack on teachers passed by Republican lawmakers. Rather than funding Arizona schools, the bill would have opened teachers up to lawsuits and investigations for teaching the truth about our country’s history. The bill is just another example of the far-right’s use of fear-mongering to distract from the […]
Taxpayer-funded discrimination
Sinema hit with ethics complaint. We joined several Arizona organizations in calling on the Senate Ethics committee to investigate Sinema’s possible misuse of official taxpayer funds. Recent reporting has alleged that she required Senate staff to perform a number of personal tasks unrelated to their official job duties. School spending cap lifted. But no thanks to the 21 Republican legislators who voted […]
Bill Banning Drag Advances
SB1028 passes committee. Senate Republicans advanced a bill banning drag in public, ignoring testimony from community members on how the bill’s vague definitions have the potential to criminalize LGBTQ+ people for existing in public. It’s a waste of time – Gov. Katie Hobbs has indicated she won’t sign this type of hateful legislation, but this is what Arizona Republicans are […]