The Democrats’ stock buyback bugaboo; political conservatives want to tell business owners what payment options they must accept.
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Petersen declares war on Hobbs
The confirmation process isn’t the venue for policy debates or scoring partisan points.
The Political Notebook
The skinny budget isn’t a true status quo budget; how not approving an AEL exceedance could put Democrats in charge of the legislature.
The rationale behind Arizona’s set of spending limits, including on schools
The idea was to create a circuit breaker on creeping governmentalism.
The Political Notebook 1.27.23
Gallego takes aim at Sinema, not Republicans; Senate shouldn’t punt a debt ceiling increase to the House.
Debt ceiling isn’t the place for a spending fight
If House Republicans want to spend less, they should pass bills that spend less, not threaten a government default.
The Political Notebook 1.20.23
The politics of government shutdowns; where Hobbs is better than Ducey regarding school choice; the legislature and the open meeting law.
Hobbs’ budget is cautiously liberal
Conceptually, a consensus budget shouldn’t be that hard to negotiate, but the politics remain grim.
Can we have a productive discussion about border security and immigration?
The Biden administration’s border security proposals are serious, even if Biden is not.
The Mayes Effect
GOP lawmakers shouldn’t reject the possibility of a settlement of the district school funding case out of hand. Instead, the focus should be on parity for charter schools.