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AZ Legislative Alert – August 9, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT August 9, 2023 STATUS UPDATE The longest and ugliest legislative session has come to a close after 204 days. It was a session filled with bad legislation that went to the Governor’s desk and was vetoed, setting a veto record, and good bills that failed to get a […]
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COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT July 10, 2023 STATUS UPDATE The Arizona Legislature is currently in recess until July 31. If all members collect per diem, the cost to Arizona taxpayers for this recess from June 12 to July 31 is estimated to be some $222,000. What a waste!ESA Vouchers remain uncapped. It is […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – June 19, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT June 19, 2023 STATUS UDATE The Arizona Legislature has been in session now, longer than any previous legislature. It came back into “active” presence this past week for a couple of days and has adjourned again until July 31! This is their fifth extended recess this session. While these […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – June 12, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT June 12, 2023 STATUS UDATE The Arizona Legislature is due to return to “work” tomorrow, June 12, after a month’s “vacation”. They are expected to be in session for only a couple of days to pass a few bills. They are expected to then adjourn again until August 1. […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – June 5, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT June 5, 2023 STATUS UDATE The Arizona Legislature remains on pause – due to reconvene on June 12 (not sure for how long). Some people think the Republican strategy is to stay in session far longer than normal – perhaps even until October. One reason for this may be […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – May 29, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT MAY 29, 2023 STATUS The Arizona Legislature met Monday, 5/15, to rush through a whole host of anti-culture and pro-gun bills. Many of these are now on the Governor’s desk. Then the Legislature adjourned for a month, reconvening on June 12. The “official” line is they are working on […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – May 22, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT MAY 22, 2023 STATUS The Arizona Legislature met last Monday, 5/15, to rush through a whole host of anti-culture and pro-gun bills. Many of these are now on the Governor’s desk. Then the Legislature adjourned for a month, reconvening on June 12. The “official” line is they are working […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – May 8, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT MAY 8, 2023 STATUS The Republicans are now back to 30 members so have the majority back. The replacement for Liz Harris is Julie Willoughby. She ran with Harris in 2022 as a team. She says she is NOT an election denier – seems that was one of […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – April 30, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT April 30, 2023 STATUS STATUS The State Legislature reconvened on April 25 for a few hours and did nothing. They have recessed again until May 3. The County Commissioners in Maricopa County (Republicans) are in no hurry to name a replacement for Liz Harris who was expelled from the […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert – April 24, 2023
COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT April 24, 2023 STATUS Both the Arizona House and Senate have recessed until April 25. They have done this since the House expelled Liz Harris (R-13). The expulsion was done because Ms. Harris wasn’t acting like a “team player”. Her wild accusations accused Republicans and Democrats of being bribed […]
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