Sign In
Free Newsletter
Tag: Isela Blanc
House Dem budget proposal aligns mostly with Ducey’s
Arizona House Democrats held a press conference to pitch their budget proposal. (PHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES) Democratic representatives took their budget pitch public on...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Legislature passes bill to mandate reporting of school violence
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday approved new mandates on schools to report violent incidents in what Democrats say is feel-good legislation to hide the shortfalls in education funding. HB 2119 requires...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Bill to free hairstylists from state regulation on Ducey’s desk
Blanc to take on Mendez in 2020 LD26 Senate race
The 2020 race for Legislative District 26’s state Senate seat is on with the emergence of an unexpected primary challenge. Rep. Isela Blanc announced today that she will run for...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Proposed law would put restrictions on vacation rental homes
Committee proposed to study shift of county lines in southern Arizona
State lawmakers took the first steps Thursday to what eventually could lead to putting portions of eastern Santa Cruz County into Cochise County. Rep. Gail Griffin, R-Hereford, said residents of...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Key Republicans compromise on sales tax hike for education
Three Republican lawmakers have reached a consensus on a plan to ask voters to raise a sales tax for education funding. Sens. Kate Brophy McGee and Sylvia Allen, and Rep....
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Dem House freshmen break tradition, turn up the ‘volume’
(Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times) Democratic Rep. Isela Blanc said before being sworn in to represent Tempe’s Legislative District 26, she got some questionable advice:...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
House GOP, Dem leadership ‘babysit’ personality conflict
Rep. Bob Thorpe (R-Flagstaff) and Rep. Isela Blanc (D-Tempe) Legislative leaders are babysitting two members on a House committee after a passive-aggressive confrontation between them during...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
Rep. Blanc arrested, then released following D.C. demonstration
Arizona State Rep. Isela Blanc, D-Tempe, was arrested by capitol police today in Washington, D.C. while participating in a sit-in demanding that Congress pass a comprehensive...
Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals
House panel sinks bill requiring partisan city elections
A bill requiring municipal governments to hold partisan elections has failed to clear its first hurdle. Rep. Jay Lawrence (R-Scottsdale) House Bill 2032, which was introduced...
