Arizona: Phil Lopes

21 Arizona state legislators have joined a nationwide movement of state lawmakers which now number over 600 state legislators from 46 states who have signed on to a support letter organized by the Progressive States Network, a national partner of Health Care for America Now.  These legislators join faith leaders, small business owners and community leaders in their support of President Obama's efforts to pass comprehensive health care reform, including the choice of a public health insurance option, this year.

The national letter will be delivered to a White House meeting with Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform Nancy Ann-DeParle on June 17th in response to the Obama Administration's new initiative to see input on health care reform from state legislators.

by David Safier
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has been the number one photo op for aspiring Democratic candidates in the area for years. Stand with Dupnik, show you believe in law and order.

Now we may not see as many candidates lining up for photos and endorsements. Dupnik's statement about checking students' immigration status, then kicking the illegals and their families out of the country was stupid and out of character. As a teacher who loved his students but had moments when I was so frustrated and furious, I might have suggested "enhanced interrogation" for a few of them, even without the "interrogation" part, I suspect Dupnik reached an "I've had enough" moment that temporarily blinded him.

When the Arizona House Health Committee passed a comprehensive bill to provide women critical health information about an important medical procedure, two State Representatives were conveniently absent.

As noted in an earlier post here on Sonoran Alliance, HB 2564 requires that the abortion industry provide women with important information prior to undergoing an abortion. The bill is pro-woman, pro-information, pro-patients’ rights and pro-choice (in the truest sense of the word).

Instead of showing up for the vote the two pro-abortion Democrats decided to “take their ball” and go hold a press conference. (David Bradley the other Democrat was excused.) I’d call that a legislative temper tantrum.

Apparently not getting the memo on the Legislature's no-new-regulations pledge, Valley nurses hit the Capitol today to ask for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that they say would increase patient safety.
About 60 RNs braved the installation of a new Veterans Memorial on Thursday to lobby for House Bill 2186, which would ensure a nurse was not assigned to more than five patients anywhere in the hospital as well as establish protections for whistle-blowers who expose unsafe conditions.
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Phil Lopes, said the bill would improve patient care.
"We've got way too many people going to the hospital and getting sick from ...

read the rest of this post