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LUCHA emerges as key PAC in Arizona progressive movement
Fourteen of the 15 legislative and county candidates who received endorsements and varying degrees of financial support from activist group LUCHA emerged victorious in last week’s primaries, a figure progressives say is evidence of the organization’s growing influence in Democratic circles.
Number of women who accuse Rep. Shooter of sexual harassment climbs
Tara Zika, a 26-year-old business development director at risk management firm Ashton Tiffany, said Shooter, 65, made inappropriate sexual comments and gestures at her several times over the course of one day at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns conference in August 2017.
Innovators and entrepreneurs of tomorrow to benefit from SB1376
Most great ideas die on the vine due to one issue or another, and sometimes for good reason. But the least we can do as a free society is make it as easy as possible for people to strike while the iron is hot and potentially create something that makes even the smallest improvement on the human condition.
High Court to hear minimum wage challenge
The state's business community will take its last-ditch effort to kill a voter-approved minimum wage hike to the Arizona Supreme Court Thursday.
Court should strike down new minimum wage law
Prop. 206 is a mix of foolish policy and political favoritism that harms the people it’s supposed to help.
Chamber chief faces firestorm for calling teachers’ union ‘crybabies’
The head of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce waded into a storm of criticism after calling the teachers’ union “crybabies” for asking for pay raises.
Ducey’s budget office, legislative leaders seek to block Prop 206
In an amicus brief, Speaker-elect J.D. Mesnard, Senate President-elect Steve Yarbrough and Gov. Doug Ducey’s Office of Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting told the Arizona Supreme Court that Proposition 206, will impose a “significant hardship” on the Legislature and Arizona’s taxpayers.
Last minute effort underway to block minimum wage hike
The immediate aim is to keep the minimum wage from going up to $10 an hour on Sunday as voters mandated.
Arizona Chamber of Commerce sues to block new minimum wage law
The state chamber, joined by several local chambers, and two Arizona taxpayers and restaurant owners, filed a complaint this morning seeking an immediate injunction against Proposition 206.
Minimum wage measure faces new obstacle
A bid to get a public vote to hike the state’s minimum wage is now facing a new hurdle.
Arizona Chamber to Arizona Solar Industry: Drop Dead
The recent editorial entitled “Demand-based rate strategy makes sense,” authored by a pair of local chamber leaders, seemed peculiar to me. The chambers sounded more like public information officers for utilities rather than cheerleaders for better Arizona commerce.
Prop. 123 column was long on rhetoric, short on facts
Readers last week were treated to Dianne Post’s column opposing Proposition 123 (March 24). It featured arguments long on rhetoric and legal theories outside the mainstream, but it was short on facts.
