Royals & Rescues At the Statehouse... For a week that started out “All Meghan and Harry, All the Time” – Palace intrigue! Royal backstabbing! Tabloid sensations! – it sure ended with more of a “We’re in the Money” vibe, as the $1.9 trillion American Rescue…
Who Was That Masked Man? At the Statehouse... Whoever he was, he may be riding off into the sunset, no longer welcome in these parts.Just a day after the Arizona House of Representatives gave its stamp of approval to a bill allowing…
Half & Half At the Statehouse... As the Legislature reaches its midway point it is rarely surprising for much of the introduced legislation to end up on the cutting room floor, if we can borrow a phrase from Hollywood. What’s new…
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story At the Statehouse... Rivalry, suspicion, jealousy, and backstabbing (and the occasional duel), as every true Hamilton fan knows, are the building blocks of politics. One could claim all - minus the dueling…
Two Become One. Then Three. At the Statehouse... Two holiday weekends in a row?! Such a deal! (What’s that? Super Bowl Sunday is just a fake holiday? Don’t tell that to everyone’s favorite late night sketch comedians.)This Monday is Presidents’ Day…
Super Bowls and Supervisors At the Statehouse... Hey, did you hear – it’s Super Bowl weekend! Maybe you don’t care, what with the home-state team nowhere to be found. But it seems there’s still an Arizona connection: Word is,…
A Slow Simmer At the Statehouse... Just another casual, laid-back week of legislating and luxuriating. The protective fencing designed to ward of inauguration day marauders came down, a bit of rain fell, and everyone got along just fine for a…
The More Things Change At the Statehouse... New year, new legislative session. If we didn’t know better, though, you might be able to convince us we were still in that bygone era – 2020 – when a pandemic ravaged the…
Looming DeadlinesAt the Statehouse...As Mother Nature did her best to wreak winter havoc across the state, lawmakers this week worked well into the evening to meet the Friday deadline for bills to receive a first hearing in their committees of origin. In…
Moving On Next week, Arizona’s 2018 election cycle will officially end when Secretary of State Michele Reagan approves the official canvass of election results. This election cycle generated $3 billion in nationwide spending on advertising, and inspired Arizona’s higher-than-usual voter turnout. The high rate of…