It could create a path for pragmatic problem-solvers to reach the general election ballot. But making it such will require extraordinary organizational prowess.
Category Archives: State and local
Gutierrez was the G.O.A.T.
There is much to miss about the passing of Gutierrez and his era of legislative leadership.
Read the column…https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/gutierrez-was-the-goat
Now that Trump has demonstrated what Americans don’t want in immigration enforcement, what’s next?
Taking Gallego’s immigration framework seriously.
Budget leaves state finances still rickety
Hobbs and the legislature keep spending virtually all of any surplus in the very next budget year.
Biggs, Musk, and the disgusting abomination
Is Biggs exercising independent judgment or just deferring to Trump?
Prop. 123 extension: The case for an education lobby initiative
The GOP school choice-higher distribution combo is blatantly unconstitutional.
Yee boards a MAGA train
Arguing that the ESA program has too much oversight, rather than too little, won’t be politically fruitful.
The Political Notebook 5.20.2025
Is it a tax cut or avoiding a tax increase? It’s too early for Arizona Democrats to be crying in the beer about the 2026 election.
The sorry state of state government politics, Part II
Is Karrin Taylor Robson faux MAGA or a faux traditional Republican?
The sorry state of state government politics
The brouhaha over a funding shortfall for DD programs is a measure of political incompetence all around.