Even when the lege is on vacation, their efforts against the public interest continue

Corporate profits must be protected at all costs...especially when those costs are borne by others.

From Arizona Capitol Times, written by Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services, dated 5/14/2025 -

State Republicans want to block Biden national monument

Key Points:

• Arizona Republicans are pushing to void a newly designated national monument

• Opponents of the monument argue the designation harms Arizona’s economy

• The monument sits on large uranium and water reserves

Rebuffed by a federal judge, Republican state legislative leaders want an appellate court to give them a chance to void the decision by former President Biden to designate nearly a million acres in northern Arizona as a national monument.

In new filings on May 14, attorney Justin Smith is arguing that U.S. District Court Judge Stephen McNamee got it wrong in January when he concluded that House Speaker Steve Montenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen have no legal standing to challenge creation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Guessing that AZ taxpayers are picking up the tab for Montenegro's and Petersen's litigation and the continuation of it.