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Arizona must reform its employment and unemployment insurance laws
Dear Governor Hobbs and members of the Arizona State Legislature, I am writing as a concerned Arizonan to address our state’s at-will employment laws, which I have seen cause profound […]
Phoenix ranked top in the nation for build-to-rent homes
Key Points: Phoenix is the leading market for build-to-rent homes Some legislators are concerned the homes benefit from loopholes in water policy Supporters say the homes fill a niche in […]
Big retailers keep taking from Arizona families
I’ve spent years fighting for the people who keep our public schools running: educators, support staff, school nurses and classroom aides. Now, in my role as executive director of the […]
Marana prison may be used as ICE detention facility, says town manager
Key Point: Arizona’s first private prison sold back to original builder Management & Training Corp. paid $15M for the 500-bed prison Town of Marana lost over 200 jobs with prison’s […]
Big Beautiful Bill risks deepening inequality while promising growth
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1, 119th Congress) is being promoted as a pro-growth, pro-worker initiative. But for many Arizonans, especially working families, the bill’s sweeping changes could deepen […]
Hobbs signs bipartisan budget, ending weeks-long standoff and staving off shutdown
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a state budget, prevents government shutdown It caps off a long and arduous process that saw three separate budget proposals make it to the […]
AZ House passes bipartisan budget package, pitches it back to Senate
Key Points: House approved Senate’s bipartisan budget Two previous House budgets have failed Senate and the governor expected to approve the budget proposal The Arizona House of Representatives has finally […]
Gov. Hobbs rejects ‘continuation budget’ proposal from House
Key Points: Hobbs rejects GOP’s budget delay as political grandstanding State shutdown looms without budget by July 1 Bipartisan support exists, but Montenegro blocks House vote Calling his proposal a […]
Rampant corporate greed and cozy commission will devastate ratepayers
Rampant corporate greed enabled by lax oversight was already running Arizona’s ratepayers into the ground. Arizona Public Service collected $1.1 billion more than in 2022 after major rate hikes in […]
Senate passes $17.6B bipartisan budget in early morning deal
Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session Follows a House budget that was rejected June 13 The […]
House GOP budget rejected by Senate Republicans, Gov. Hobbs
First, House Democrats and Gov. Katie Hobbs rejected the House GOP budget proposal. Now, Senate Republicans have rejected the spending package shortly before introducing their bipartisan deal with Hobbs. “This […]
$17.3B budget package approved in late night House session
Key Points: House Republicans passed a caucus budget package Democrats and the governor have rejected the House budget One legislator believes the caucus budget is close to a bipartisan deal […]
