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Hugo Polanco: Bringing the personal touch to politics, lobbying
As Hugo Polanco sees it, all of Arizona’s lobbying firms are either bipartisan, nonpartisan, or conservative. Well, all but one: Creosote Partners, a progressive lobbying firm where Polanco became the newest addition in July.
We need climate action to protect our future
In Phoenix, as people go about their business and make conversation, climate isn’t likely the top water cooler topic, much less that we are facing an existential climate crisis of our own making: drastically altered climates, extreme heat and weather, relentless and extreme loss of biodiversity, vanishing forests and catastrophic wildfire threats. And that’s just here in Arizona.
The Breakdown: Fun with funds
Affordable housing advocates scored a win this legislative session after lawmakers voted to reverse a decade-long trend of capping the state Housing Trust Fund’s budget.
The Breakdown: Wrap it up already
The 2019 legislative session is finally behind us. Or is it?
Who killed mall commission remains a mystery
The Legislative Governmental Mall Commission was given a name bureaucracies dream of and a death Sen. Lela Alston described as “snakey” even by political standards.
The Breakdown: Have you no honor?
How exactly do you work with someone you believe has betrayed you? That’s a question some lawmakers are asking themselves about the state’s county prosecutors after what some saw as an 11th hour reversal on criminal justice reform measures.
The Breakdown: Our watch has ended
Sine die watch is finally over after the Senate approved an $11.8 billion budget on Memorial Day
The Breakdown: Rumor has it
Today’s the day lawmakers in both the House and the Senate hope to introduce budget proposals, but don’t hold your breath for sine die just yet.
The Breakdown: Where there’s smoke…
State lawmakers tried to expand protections for firefighters two years ago, but the law does not seem to be working as expected.
The Breakdown: All eyes on the budget
Budget season is upon us! Preliminary documents were released to our team last week, and lawmakers have some thoughts.
The Breakdown: G-oh!-P
Phoenix is heating up and the sky may be falling. The state GOP led by Kelli Ward came out in support of a tax hike this week. But is it too late?
The Breakdown: #48
Arizona is on its way to joining 47 other states that have banned texting while driving.
