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Arizona leaders can help solve US debt crisis
Arizona and other states must now step up and demand that Congress set the time and place for such a convention as required under Article V. To do otherwise would reward bad congressional behavior and moot the state’s equal rights to propose amendments to the Constitution as provided by Article V. The time for action is now!
Study says US is ill-prepared to ensure housing for growing number of older people
As its population ages, the United States is ill-prepared to adequately house and care for the growing number of older people, concludes a new report being released today by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Arizona lawmakers fall in line, but House fails to elect new speaker
Arizona lawmakers voted on party lines for a new House speaker Tuesday, but it was not enough to overcome a new group of rebellious Republicans in the House who blocked the election of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan.
50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona spared as shutdown averted
Congress approved a stopgap measure to keep the government open with just hours to spare Saturday night, heading off a shutdown that would have meant the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones who would have felt the pinch.
50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona wait, watch as shutdown looms
If Congress cannot head off a government shutdown before Sunday, it would mean the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones to feel the pinch.
Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise
After a lull during the pandemic, eviction filings by landlords have come roaring back, driven by rising rents and a long-running shortage of affordable housing.
Senate passes 11th-hour debt ceiling bill, heading off threat of default
The U.S. Senate gave final approval to a bill to suspend the debt ceiling, just days before today’s “X-date” when Treasury officials said the government would run out of money and default on its debts.
In very volatile political climate, facts matter
ARIZONA has a water, housing, immigration, drug, and education crisis, yet ARIZONA Republicans in Washington are more interested in investigating investigations rather than putting the people as their first priority.
Pass Senate bills to end probate system actions that cause abuse, abandonment, exploitation
Every citizen should be concerned that our rights are so easily eliminated and all that we hold dear and planned for, wiped away. It is incumbent on the Arizona Legislature to pass and Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign into law, SB1291 and SB1038.
State begins to shed thousands from Medicaid, push them to other care
Arizona started purging people from the pandemic-inflated Medicaid rolls this month, a process that could end up pushing more than 600,000 people off the plan, health officials and advocates said.
New ‘No Labels’ party qualifies to run candidates in 2024
A new political party is set to field candidates in Arizona in next year’s elections and its name says something about its view of traditional party politics: the newcomer is called the No Labels Party.
Phoenix City Council bans ‘source of income’ discrimination for renters, home buyers
The Phoenix City Council has given overwhelming approval to a measure that would prevent landlords and property owners from discriminating against renters or buyers who rely on public assistance for income.
