For most of you, I am your representative in the Arizona House. For long-term LD9 residents, think of my Powers For The People blog and video updates as my version of the Farley Report. Senator Steve Farley emailed the Farley Report to constituents every week that he served in the Legislature.
For all of you, whether or not you live in my district, I am your embedded journalist– your eyes, your ears, and your voice– in the Arizona Legislature.
2021 Video Updates & Podcasts by Rep. PPH
Video Updates from Weeks 1-2 of #AZLeg2021
Jan 11: Inauguration Day 2021: Face Masks & Chain Link (video)
Jan 18: RTS Alert HB2014: Republicans Attack Clean Elections … Again (video)
Jan 18: RTS Alert HB2014: Republicans Attack Clean Elections … Again (video)
Jan 19: Today’s Update Is about Gratitude (video)
Video Updates from Week 3 of #AZLeg2021
Jan 26: #AZLeg Should Focus on COVID, Not Tax Breaks
Jan 28: Emergency Tourism Dollars Won’t Overcome #AZ’s Bad Reputation (video)
Jan 29: #AZLeg Week 3 Ends, as Pandemic Rages in Arizona (video)
Video Updates from Week 4 of #AZLeg2021
Feb 1: RTS Alert HB2113: Seriously? Tax Cuts for the Rich? (video)
Feb 3: RTS Alert for 4 Good Bills (video)
Video Updates from Week 5 of #AZLeg2021
Feb 9: RTS Alert HB2391 & HB2255: Transparency in Government. Yes! (video)
Feb 11: #AZLeg Should Focus on Food & Housing Security, Not Gambling & Tax Breaks (video)
Video Updates from Week 6 of #AZLeg2021
Feb 16: More 5G Preemption & Tax Break Bills in #AZHouse (video)
Feb 17: Economic Development Across Arizona (video)
Feb 18: Should Community Colleges Offer 4-Year Degrees? (video)
Video Updates from Week 7 of #AZLeg2021
Feb 25: Arizona Is #1 in Voter Suppression (video)
Video Updates from Week 8 of #AZLeg2021
March 1: I Stand Against Mandatory Sentencing & for Victim Rights (video)
March 2: What Have Republicans Got Against Engineers? (video)
March 2: Libertarians Shake Up #AZHouse: Bipartisanship Abounds (video)
Video Updates from Week 9 of #AZLeg2021
March 9: #AZLeg Should Fund #PublicEd, Not Pricey Private Schools (video)
March 11: Protect Victims: Bring Back Child Abuse Reporting Bill (video)
Video Updates from Week 10 of #AZLeg2021
March 16: Rent Your Stuff for $$$: What Could Go Wrong? (video)
March 17: AZ Voters Said NO! to ESA Expansion & YES to Public Ed (video)
Video Updates from Week 11 of #AZLeg2021
March 22: What Next? Privatized School Transportation (video)
March 23: Striker #HB2321 Is Massive Corporate Welfare Bill (video)
March 24: Republicans Attack Invest In Ed & Ignore Voters (video)
March 25: Unions: A Perennial Target in #AZLeg (video)
Video Updates from Week 12 of #AZLeg2021
March 31: Republican Bills Attack Voting Rights, Freedom of Expression (video)
Video Updates from Week 13 of #AZLeg2021
April 7: Putting More People in Prison Won’t Help Child Abuse Victims (video)
Video Updates from Week 14 of #AZLeg2021
April 12: Paradise Valley & Scottsdale, Do You Want More Blight? (video)
April 14: Republicans Put Ideological Guardrails on Health Information (video)
April 15: Big Brother Is Watching: Gambling Goes Mobile in #AZ (video)
Video Updates from Week 15 of #AZLeg2021
April 20 (Day 100): Barto’s Anti-Abortion Bill Criminalizes Doctors & Victimizes Women (video)
April 21: #AZHouse Republicans Pass #PEVLPurge Voter Suppression Bill (video)
April 23: #AZLeg Vote Protects Fetuses, Criminalizes Doctors & Patients (video)
Video Updates from Week 16 of #AZLeg2021
April 26: What Did #AZLeg Do in the First 100 Days?
April 28: Dems Fight Back as Republicans Attack Your Rights (video)
Video Updates from Week 17 -18 of #AZLeg2021
May 4: Arizona Republicans Pass More Voter Suppression Bills (video)
May 6: Arizona Needs a Comprehensive Approach to Affordable Housing (video)
May 7: Cinco de Mayo in #AZLeg: House Passes Bills Attacking Free Speech (video)
Video Updates from Week 19 of #AZLeg2021
May 19: Arizona Republicans Vote Down ERA (video)
Video Updates from Week 20 of #AZLeg2021
May 25: Republican Flat Tax Feeds Economic Inequality in #AZ (video)
May 26: #AZGOP Budget: $0 for Housing Trust Fund, Teacher Pay or Maternal & Child Health (video)
May 27: #AZHouse Adjourns with No Budget. Et Tu, #AZSenate? (video)
May 29: #AZGOP Budget Has Flat Tax & Tax Breaks But Lacks Votes (video)
Week 20 of #AZLeg2021: Legislature Adjourned
Video Updates from Week 22 of #AZLeg2021
June 8: Two #AZGOP Budget Bills Defeated in #AZHouse (video)
June 9: Grand Canyon Inst – AZ Budget Priorities: Tax Cuts v. Productivity & Prosperity
June 10: #AZ Democratic Budget Shows Difference in Priorities, Values & Spending (video)
Video Updates from Week 23 of #AZLeg2021
June 15: Budget Paused as #AZLeg Focuses on Fire (video)
Video Updates from Week 24 of #AZLeg2021
June 22: #AZ Republicans Propose Irresponsible Flat Tax Budget for 3rd Time (video)
June 24: #AZHouse Dems Deny Quorum, Stalling Budget Temporarily (video)
June 24: Roots of Arizona Libertarianism Can Be Found in 1950s Virginia (video)
Thank goodness one of the longest and most vile sessions of the Arizona Legislature ended on June 30, 2021.
2021 Interim Updates: I started a Podcast!
August 20: Podcast: The State of Politics in Arizona (video)
August 27: Podcast: Arizonans Fight Back Against #AZGOP with Six Referenda (video)
Sept. 4: Podcast: Arizona Bowl: Using Sex to Sell Football & Gaming (video)
Sept. 11: Podcast: Labor Day, How Unions Are Organizing Arizona
Sept. 18: Podcast: Fighting Back Against Repressive Anti-Choice Laws in Arizona & Texas (video)
Sept. 25: Podcast: COVID19 in Arizona: Where Are We Now? 18 Months Later (video)
Oct. 11: ‘A View from the Left Side’: New Podcast from Rep. PPH (video)
Oct. 12: Podcast: The Filibuster, It’s Time to Remove a Relic of Racism (video)
Oct. 13: Podcast: Updates from Taxes to Reproductive Rights & COVID … What’s the Latest?
Oct. 19: Podcast: Fight for $15 in a Right-to-Work State (video)
Oct. 24: Podcast: Cybersecurity, Corporate Surveillance & Crypto. How Safe Are We? (video)
Nov. 5: Podcast: Independent Redistricting Commission Draft Maps Ready for Public Comment (video)
Nov. 23: Podcast: How Will Climate Change Shape Arizona’s Future? (video)
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