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Ducey’s Budget Disaster
Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled a $10.1 billion spending plan funded by projected to be paid for by selling more lottery tickets and hiring back many of the auditors who ensure that people are paying the state what they [...]
Another Cruelty by Ducey and Repugs in the Legislature
Thanks to Flagstaff resident Lex Heerding for "telling it like it is" regarding funding for services to vulnerable adults. This is one more area where Republicans in control of our state government have neglected the public good [...]
December Job Growth Worst in Four Years
Job growth has slowed since Trump took office. Jobs created in 2016: 2.24 million Jobs created in 2017: 2.06 million 2016: 187,00 jobs/month 2017: 171,000 jobs/month December 2017 job numbers are lowest in four years. #JobsReporthttps://t.co/kVDu6AQb4n pic.twitter.com/Z9riMIFPfn [...]
Coconino Voices: Doctors, lawyers false targets of populist anger
I can remember reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly (now The Atlantic) years ago that examined what they called the Davos Crowd. The authors examined the class of wealth that was international, worth billions, and travelled [...]
Republican Corruption Coming to an End in Arizona?
PHOENIX -- Senate President Steve Yarbrough, the architect of an ever-increasing siphoning off of state tax revenues to help send students to private and parochial schools, says he's now willing to consider a cap. What's the change? [...]
Net Neutrality = Open Road (not a toll road)
On Tuesday, December 12, the Trump-packed Federal Communications Commission is set to repeal Obama-era rules that provide free and equal access to information through the internet. Without these safeguards, companies like Suddenlink, CenturyLink, and Verizon will be [...]