Random Musings

While, on the surface, the coming week is shaping up to be a quiet one, below the surface, there is a lot of activity budget-wise as legisla...

Some shameless hypocrisy coming up this week, which, perversely, may indicate a real budget proposal is nigh. Or certain Rs are just looking...

As of right now, there are no committee meetings on the AZ lege's schedule, and while that *may* change, I don't expect that it will...

While silly season grinds on and while the Republicans at the lege voted to abandon ship go on vacation a couple weeks ago, there is still ...

Silly season grinds on at the state legislature, but with a twist - the Republicans are now doing budget negotiations by abandoning their po...

While silly season grinds on, there will be some loud posturing going on as legislative Republicans have approved a package of budget bills ...

A (possible) break in the budget freeze at the Capitol this week, but don't hold your breath. As of now, silly season continues at the C...

Hurry up and wait season grinds on as Governor Hobbs and legislative leadership negotiate a state budget behind closed doors. Note: HHR refe...

Silly season drags on while everyone waits for a budget. Schedules can, and frequently do, change at any moment when the legislature is in s...

Well, we've officially entered "Silly Season"; the period between the end of committee consideration of bills (except by the A...

This week's theme seems to be "strikers gone wild redux." There are 49 measures on regular committee agendas (not Rules) this ...

This week's theme seems to be "strikers gone wild." There are a LOT of them this week. Because some agendas are so long and th...

Because some agendas are so long and there are so many strikers this week, I have to divide this post into two parts - Monday's and Tues...