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Independent Redistricting Commission Update 3/7/2021
March 9th Meeting at Noon At this week’s meeting, the IRC will be selecting about five candidates to interview for Executive Director, from about 40 applications. The names will not be made public at this meeting. Also at this meeting, will be a presentation from the Attorney General’s office on past Arizona redistricting law suits […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert 3/07/2021
EDUCATION MARCH 4 WAS A VERY BAD DAY!!!!! March 4 was a bad day and this day might go down as the beginning of the end of Arizona public education if we do not draw the line, right here, right now. Governor Ducey issued an executive order opening all schools for in-person learning regardless of […]
Continue readingFast Action Alerts 3/07/2021
BILL ALERTS for people who are short on time. Use “My Bill Positions” in the RTS sidebar menu to give these bills a thumbs-up or thumbs-down: DISABILITY RIGHTS HB2533 – SUPPORT – Would appropriate $100,000 and one full-time employee position to the Office of the Governor to hire a statewide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) […]
Continue readingGood News: COVID Bill Advances Without Destructive GOP Amendments
The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Saturday, as Democrats fought through a marathon debate — and overcame dissent from moderates within their own ranks — to move one step closer to delivering President Biden his first legislative victory. Democrats voted to adopt the bill without any Republican support after a more than […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert 3/7/21
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN: email to https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ or leave a message on the comment line at (202) 456-1111. Re: Failure to sanction killers of Jamal Khashoggi. Proposed script/email: “I am profoundly dissappointed that Pres. Biden has disregarded his campaign promise to hold Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Letting him […]
Continue readingMitch McConnell Was Wrong
Last week Senate Minority Leader McConnell claimed the only reason 7 in 10 Americans supported the American Rescue Plan was because they didn’t know what was in it. New polling shows that as Americans have learned more about the bill, their support for it holds. 71 percent of Americans support Biden’s rescue package, including two […]
Continue readingHope for Unions
What follows is based on a piece published to private subscribers by Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman. Joe Biden gave a speech on Sunday that could be a beacon of light for unions after forty-plus years in darkness. He spoke via video expressing solidarity with Amazon workers in Alabama, who are attempting to unionize one of the […]
Continue readingIndependent Redistricting Commission Update
The Independent Redistricting Commission has a new website. It is not fully built out, but meeting notices and agendas are available. The link is irc.az.gov. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 3rd at 9:00 a.m. Here’s a link to watch it: https://youtu.be/DKd5Uy2gvlM The link for public comments will be activated a bit after […]
Continue readingFast Actions (State Legislature)
February 28, 2021 BILL ALERTS for people who are short on time. Use “My Bill Positions” in the RTS side bar menu to give these bills a thumbs-up: CHILDREN HB2410 – SUPPORT – Would help prevent the injury and death of newborns and infants by increasing the age of infants who qualify under safe haven placement protocols […]
Continue readingFederal/County Legislative Alert 2/28/2021
Provided with the help of the Democrats of the Red Rocks FEDERAL ACTION ALERT – For Senators Kelly and Sinema: Thanks on Sponsored Bills, Filibuster Removal, Covid-19 relief bill: Please call and thank both Senators for Co-Sponsoring the Equality Act and the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Equality Act that would include Sexual Orientation and Gender […]
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