Validate an unsatisfactory Biden presidency or strengthen Trump’s place in our politics. That’s the choice Republican candidates are giving swing voters, who hold the balance of power in the state.
Category Archives: State and local
What Biggs’ America First Contract says about him and today’s populist right
Biggs had a chance to be a principled conservative voice in Congress. He choose Trumpism instead.
Corporate welfare at the Arizona Legislature
Putting $150 million of general fund revenue at risk … to make movies?
Ducey supports retail electricity competition by snuffing it out
If Ducey truly supports retail competition, why did he sign a bill pulling the rug out from under the only application the state has received to provide it?
What we can learn from the French presidential election about neutralizing extremism
In the U.S. two-party system, there’s no easy route to the ballot for a candidate from the abandoned middle.
Brnovich abuses his legal review authority over elections manual
A legal review is supposed to ascertain whether there are any manifest violations of state law. Brnovich has gone way beyond that.
Arizona Supreme Court usurps democracy in setting tax rates
As a result of the court’s actions, Arizona now has income tax rates not approved by any democratic process. Not by voters. Not by the Arizona Legislature.
Why are Republicans interrupting the Democratic meltdown on immigration?
Overpromising what state action, such as Ducey’s Border Strike Force, can do distracts from the real issues, both substantively and politically.
How Ducey used and misused his Covid emergency powers
Ducey’s management of Covid-19 reveals that the state’s emergency powers laws need an overhaul.
Title 42 shouldn’t be part of the immigration debate
It’s fair for Republicans to use immigration as an issue against Biden and Democrats. But misusing a public health measure for immigration control shouldn’t be part of it.