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Key Republicans compromise on sales tax hike for education February 19, 2019

Three Republican lawmakers have reached a consensus on a plan to ask voters to raise a sales tax for education funding.

One last complaint before I go February 19, 2019

In one of his last acts as AZGOP chair, Jonathan Lines filed a complaint against the Sister District Project – a group devoted to electing Democratic down-ballot candidates that helped Democrats in LD6 and LD18 last year.

A Prohibition Loophole February 18, 2019

Arizona became a dry state on January 1, 1915, five years before Prohibition became part of the U.S. Constitution. Arizona’s law was put on the ballot by a voter initiative that said in part that spirituous liquors could not be “received, possessed, sold or in any manner used either in the original package or otherwise ...

Would you take away the ESA program from parents, or not February 18, 2019

Families participating in Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program received a warm and welcome reassurance at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on SB 1395, a bill that would alleviate many of the administrative struggles ESA parents have faced in navigating the program’s rules.

We must keep the heat on voucher backers February 18, 2019

So, the fight continues because those in power do not care. So we watch. We attend hearings. We fill committee rooms. We report. We post. We tweet. We expose. We write these letters. We keep pushing the truth against those that want to twist, ignore or deny the facts.

Goldwater loses bid to unveil information on experimental drugs February 18, 2019

A federal judge rejected efforts by the Goldwater Institute to force the Food and Drug Administration to detail publicly how dying people can get access to unapproved medicines.

Bill loosens regulations on food trucks February 18, 2019

A Republican lawmaker who owns a food truck, wants to ease regulations on food trucks.

Law to levy tax for city band nears final note February 18, 2019

If you're counting on music to keep the local kids out of trouble, with a Capital T, you'd better act quickly: The state House voted along party lines Feb. 14 to repeal a law that now allows cities to levy a tax to finance a municipal band.

Arizona lawmakers debate cap on children’s health program February 18, 2019

Advocates for a health insurance program for children from low-income families are pushing lawmakers not to let Arizona once-again become the only state to freeze enrollment in the program.

The Breakdown: Just roll with it February 18, 2019

With no clear resolution ahead in the battle between the governor and Republican legislators, budget talks could take a turn toward empowering the minority party.

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That's It For Today June 5, 2017

This is my last post for the day. Starting in a few minutes we'll be replacing the guts of our website with something newer and better than what we have now, and no one at MoJo is allowed to edit the site until we're done. That will be Tuesday morning according to our tech boffins. I fully expect everything to go flawlessly during this conversion, […]

The Intercept Discloses Top-Secret NSA Document on Russia Hacking Aimed at US Voting System June 5, 2017

On Monday, the Intercept published a classified internal NSA document noting that Russian military intelligence mounted an operation to hack at least one US voting software supplier—which provided software related to voter registration files—in the months prior to last year's presidential contest. It has previously been reported that Russia attempted to […]

Lunchtime Photo June 5, 2017

The East Basin in Dana Point harbor.

Chart of the Day: Health Care Spending as a Percentage of GDP June 5, 2017

This is apropos of nothing in particular. I was over at the World Bank site fiddling around with some stuff and happened to look at their chart for health care spending. There's a good case to be made that as GDP rises, the share devoted to health care also rises. This is because richer countries have more "spare" income and health care is wha […]

Trump's Tweets Threaten His Travel Ban's Chances in Court June 5, 2017

President Donald Trump began the week with a barrage of early-morning tweets blasting the courts for blocking his travel ban executive order. But in doing so, he may have just made it more likely that the courts will keep blocking the ban. People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TR […]

Trump Is Now Lying to His Own National Security Staff June 5, 2017

In his NATO speech a week ago, Donald Trump declined to explicitly endorse Article 5, the provision that says an attack on one is an attack on all. I'm on record as suggesting that reaction to this was sort of overblown, but Susan Glasser provides some behind-the-scenes context to suggest it was quite a bit worse than I thought. It turns out that Trump […]

Der Spiegel Just Published the Minutes From Trump’s Contentious Meeting With G7 Leaders June 5, 2017

German magazine Der Spiegel has been given access to minutes from a contentious meeting of G7 leaders in Taormina, Sicily, at the end of May, in which they applied last-ditch pressure on President Donald Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement. The meeting came toward the end of Trump's first trip abroad as president—and became an opportunity for w […]

Donald Trump Doubles Down on Boorish Temper Tantrums June 5, 2017

President Trump was busy during his early morning "Fox & Friends" time. Around 6 am there was this: People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017 The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, […]

What's the Deal With Rex Tillerson? June 5, 2017

I'm not quite sure how to phrase this, but, um, what's the deal with Rex Tillerson? The guy was CEO of ExxonMobil. Out of the blue, Donald Trump decides to make him Secretary of State, a job about as unexpected as if someone made me head of NASA. He gets confirmed, and since then he's.... What? He refuses to talk to the press. He's barely […]

Republican Congressman on Suspected Islamic Radicals: "Kill Them All" June 5, 2017

In response to the London terror attack, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) had an extreme proposal: kill anyone suspected of being an Islamic radical. On his campaign Faceboook page, Higgins, a former police officer, posted this message: The free world…all of Christendom…is at war with Islamic horror. Not one penny of American treasure should be granted to any natio […]

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