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Blackman Accuses Arizona Republic of ‘High-Tech Lynching’

May 30, 2025 10:12 amJune 12, 2025 3:45 pm

In a recent exposé by the Arizona Republic’s Ray Stern, respected lawmaker Walt Blackman (R-7), best known for pushing legislation to criminalize false claims of military honors, now finds himself at the center of a credibility crisis. According to Stern, Blackman...

Hobbs Shunned Gress-Chaired Ad Hoc Oversight Committee

April 11, 2025 4:32 pmApril 21, 2025 6:29 pm

Fourteen minutes before a scheduled ad hoc committee meeting on executive budget mismanagement on April 3, 2025, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced that her agencies were prohibited from participating. The committee, consisting of three Democrats and six Republicans, was formed...

Hobbs Quietly Signs Nguyen’s Child Protection Bill

April 11, 2025 8:38 amApril 17, 2025 2:32 pm

In a rare moment of bipartisan consensus, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed House Bill HB2114 into law—a child protection bill sponsored by Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Quang Nguyen (R-1). The legislation delivers a clear message: Arizona will...

Border Czar Homan’s Address to AZ Legislators Prompts Dem Walkout

April 9, 2025 5:07 pmApril 17, 2025 2:32 pm

In a special joint session of the Arizona legislature on April 8, 2025, former Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and current Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan addressed the Arizona Legislature. Homan stated that President Trump assigned him...

Kolodin Explains Bill Assignments: ‘Appropriations, Expertise, or a Quiet Death’

March 26, 2025 3:47 pmApril 17, 2025 2:34 pm

During the 2025 legislative session, several high-profile bills received dual-committee assignments instead of the usual process of a single-committee approval ahead of a review by the rules committee. Critics claimed Speaker Montenegro intentionally sent these bills to multiple committees for...

AZ Corporation Commission Alters Utility Rate Procedure

December 11, 2024 6:00 amJanuary 2, 2025 3:54 pm

“The only support for this ‘policy statement’ came from the utilities themselves. The Commission is charged to protect ratepayers by regulating the utilities, not the other way around. The Commission should pump the brakes, not rush through major rulemaking decisions...

What Is Biden’s Case to American Jews?

May 16, 2024 2:33 pmJune 10, 2024 1:19 pm

American Jews voted for Joe Biden to be their President or Vice President by over 50 points in 2008, 2012, and 2020. With the 2024 election on the horizon, it’s looking like this year may hold the first national election...