The various budget reconciliation bills blatantly violate the state Constitution’s one-subject requirement.
The state budget is balanced. Or is it?
The state will spend more than it anticipates receiving in taxes. How is that balanced?
Senate should make it dreamers + asylum reform
The House passage of legal status for dreamers gives Senate Republicans an opportunity, both politically and substantively.
A constructive way to rein in Trump
Impeachment is a partisan dead end. Restoring congressional authority could attract some bipartisan support.
Lawmakers did the right thing on tax conformity
For individuals, increased simplicity was the chief benefit of the Trump tax reform. Legislators also made that the chief benefit in conforming state law to the federal changes.
State budget notes: A missed opportunity, but lots of spending
If Republicans are going to throw a spending party, there’s no reason not to invite the Democrats.
Stanton brags about a $3.5 billion bad idea
Local projects should be funded by local taxpayers, with local political accountability.
McSally wants to keep the federal government in the electricity business
The Trump administration wants to get the federal government out of the electricity business, but McSally says no.
How much of our immigration heritage do we what to give up?
If more high-skilled immigration has to come at the expense of family-based immigration, is it worth the exchange?
Let Trump prove his deal-making chops on immigration
The Kyl-Kennedy legislation provided the framework: Democrats win the argument about the past; Republicans about the future.