Conceptually, a consensus budget shouldn’t be that hard to negotiate, but the politics remain grim.
Category Archives: State and local
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.
Sinema remains Dems’ best hope for 2024
Her policy preferences are far closer to the Democrats than the Republicans.
Stanton, Gallego dance on Southwest’s bones
The shadow boxing for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination will be an unedifying exercise.
The Last Act: Ducey’s folly
The attempted cramdown of a desalination proposal was a raw exercise in crony capitalism.
Ducey the accidental reformer
Ducey didn’t actually propose or budget for the reforms for which he is being lionized.
Reimagining state government
We shouldn’t be electing politicians to do what should be nonpolitical, technocratic jobs.
Andy Biggs and The Revenge of the RINOs
Biggs’ attempt to deprive McCarthy of the speakership is obtuse regarding the lesson of the 2022 election.
Abortion special session would be a mistake
Hard to think of a worst way for Hobbs to gauge whether there is space for bipartisan deal-making with a GOP-controlled legislature.