Biden is spending even more than Obama. But if there is a second tea party movement, GOP is more poorly positioned to benefit from it.
Category Archives: State and local
Ducey continues to get Covid balance right
Critics are materially misrepresenting his position and the status of community risk in the state.
Brnovich’s tax-cut lawsuit premature
The AG is right that Biden’s Covid response plan attempt to ban state tax cuts is a constitutional overreach. But the challenge isn’t yet ripe. And, for Arizona, probably unnecessary.
Democrats should rise to the ‘scorched-earth Senate’ threat
If Democrats abolish the virtual filibuster, GOP leader Mitch McConnell threatens to use other rules to bring the Senate to a grinding halt. Democrats should change those rules as well.
Union bill puts Sinema and Kelly in a political vise
Will Sinema and Kelly really vote to nullify two provisions of the Arizona Constitution, duly approved by a majority of the state’s voters?
Republicans shouldn’t block legal status for dreamers
Republicans have the poltical upper hand on immigration. But that could change if they stymie legal status for young adults who were brought here illegally as children. Opposition statements by Arizona GOP House members are revealing.
Don’t resume executions. Abolish them.
If the left-right coalition in the Legislature on criminal justice reform includes abolishing the death penalty, now is the time to act.
Lawmakers should preempt clean energy mandates
A recent state Supreme Court decision makes it clear that the Legislature, not the Corporation Commission, has the final say.
Ducey right about reopening schools
The governor has no legal authority to order schools to reopen. But he’s right, it’s time. Meanwhile, the Legislature is struggling to find the right balance regarding its role in an emergency.
Sinema, Kelly flunk first big test of bipartisanship
The Covid relief bill was a perversion of the budget process to enable a partisan cramdown on Keynesian stimulus and non-Covid redistribution. More to come.