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Child Tax Cut helps me be the mom I want to be
The Child Tax Cut helps me be the mom I want to be for my kids. Knowing that each month will be a little easier, a little less stressful, isn’t a small thing. Every parent deserves that kind of peace of mind and every child deserves to grow up in that kind of home.
Consider a professional association, not a union
While we as professional associations don’t always agree on legislative policy, we did agree the recent initiative by the Service Employees International Union was bad for the health and health care of Arizonans and would hurt health care workers. My intention is that insight helps enlighten health care professionals and the public for alternatives to out-of-state unions and their influence on A[...]
Public schools now costlier than college
Arizona public schools just hit a major milestone — they’re officially more expensive than the full freight tuition cost of sending a child to college at a four-year university here in the Grand Canyon State.
9/11 to now: Arizona’s leaders step up when we need them to
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, our country needs to find that same sense of national unity we once had.
Covid destroyed economy, Sinema can bring it back up
Senator Sinema, I urge you to show leadership on these issues, and to prove to the people of Arizona that you are fighting for our interests.
Passage of the PRO Act is best for workers
The PRO Act will remove the many obstacles keeping workers from their right to join a union and ensure those newly-formed bargaining units reach a first contract. It will also eliminate anti-worker “right-to-work” laws, helping to boost wages and make safer workplaces across the nation. The PRO Act is the labor law reform that has been desperately needed for decades.
Congress must expand home care for children with disabilities
Anyone can become disabled at any point in their life. Would you want your mom or daughter to be without access to the daily care they need? I hope that sharing our family’s story will help people understand the need for investing in home health care.
Communities, short-term rentals can co-exist
The debate around short-term rental (STR) properties in Arizona has become polarized – a zero sum game. If a local leader calls for regulation, industry advocates will falsely claim that sensible legislation will doom the industry.
Supporting filibuster is good for Arizona
Destroying the filibuster may seem like a quick fix to pass legislation now, but as power shifts across parties and leadership, it will ultimately be counterproductive and lead to unhealthy and constant reversal of policies.
SRP $1B gas plan bad for consumers, environment
Last week, Salt River Project announced that it plans to spend nearly $1 billion to add 16 new natural gas units to its powerplant in Coolidge, one of the largest fossil fuel investments by a utility in recent memory. I served on the SRP board from 2016-2020, and this decision stunned me. It is wrong-headed, unnecessary, and out of step with where responsible electric utilities are moving in this[...]
Meeting future water, power, infrastructure needs
Over the past five years, Arizona has been capitalizing on a lot of “ups” — fix up, patch up, and catch up, and we have made some significant progress to build out our infrastructure systems.
Ak-Chin is all-in, we all win
It has been estimated the addition of sports betting alone may generate tens of millions of dollars in added revenue for the state of Arizona, benefiting K-12 schools, community programs, public safety, tourism and other services enjoyed by all Arizonans.
