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Interning for Arizona Senator Mark Kelly
The legislature has gone home. Here's what they did — and what you can do.
Budget fights erupt at the Capitol. Bad policy and how to stop it. Late-session bills in motion. Grab a cup of coffee first, this one's a lot.
House Republicans choose to try to go it alone. The DOA budget and the real budget. Where we go from here.
How to leverage lawmakers' budget stalemate. Urging Gov. Hobbs to veto a dangerous bill. Analyzing the bits of legislation still alive.
Working one day a week is nice if you can get it. The threat of a constitutional convention. Budget update.
Taking a paid vacation from their paid vacation. Vouchers may not get stuffed in the Constitution after all. A billionaire subsidy in the state budget?
Agreeing with yourself doesn't mean much.
Lawmakers on vacation. Keeping the pressure on to oppose bad ideas. Allies behaving badly. A metric buttload of veto bait.
A dangerous bill that deserves a veto. A voucher poison pill in the Constitution. Bad votes and bad decisions.
Compromise for vulnerable families. Onward to budget negotiations. Unconstitutional bills with bipartisan support.
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Vetoes aplenty. Partisan infighting. Keep the pressure on. Chaos is opportunity.
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Harming vulnerable families over political games and budget cuts. Bad ideas headed for a vote. Time to write veto requests for a heap of garbage bills.
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Now entering the Fog of Secrecy. Devastating budget cuts and destructive tax giveaways. Our next phase of action.
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The quandary of lawmaker pay. Billionaires don't need handouts. The last gasp of bad legislation.
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Our lawmakers have garbage. A major league boondoggle. Buckle up for a metric ton of bills.
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Long committee agendas. Unrealistic budget expectations. Cueing up another lengthy ballot. Using our voices.
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Act II of committees. Enough with the tax carve-outs. Exploiting disabled kids for political leverage. A gold star.
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Committees back in action. Bigotry on display. Local governments under attack. Adjusting our thinking to the dangers of the new regime.
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Halftime at the Legislature. Lawmakers behaving badly. Two good bills to support.
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Long agendas this week. Attacks on our water future. Strikers galore. And, the longest ballot yet?
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Groundhog Day without the groundhogs. Bomb-throwing and what it means. One good bill is moving again.
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#AZLeg Republicans are hellbent on disenfranchising voters. It's time to speak out.