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Inequality, Access to Care & Workforce Development: Legislative Update at DGT, Dec 4

Economic Inequality, Access to Care & Workforce Development will be the focus of my Legislative update at the Democrats of Greater Tucson Meeting on Monday, December 4. Come on down … Continue reading →

December 2, 2017

Legislative Whirlwind Part 2: ADEQ Gas Tank Removal in Phoenix

Did you ever wonder what happens to the storage tanks when a gas station closes? In Arizona, taxpayers often fund removal of the tanks– not the companies that installed them. … Continue reading →

January 4, 2017

Bernie, Donald & Me: Beyond the Victory on Nov 8

At 5 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2016, I had an existential crisis. How could a progressive candidate like me win election on the same day as Donald Trump? The LD9 … Continue reading →

December 18, 2016

Arizona Daily Star, Pamela Powers Hannley

AZ Star Endorses Pamela Powers Hannley & Other News

LD9 incumbent Rep. Randy Friese and I met with representatives from the Arizona Daily Star a few weeks ago to share ideas and answer their questions. Traditionally, the Starmeets with … Continue reading →

October 16, 2016

Fun with Campaign Finance: Questions for Ana

All three of my opponents spent $1000s on consultants leading up to the primary on August 30, 2016. According to the Secretary of State’s Campaign Finance Database, Ana Henderson, the … Continue reading →

September 7, 2016

Supporters Tell Why They’re Voting for Pamela Powers Hannley for House (video)

Supporters express different reasons for why they’re backing me in the Arizona House race for Legislative District 9. Some people have known me for many years and trust my judgment. … Continue reading →

July 19, 2016 · 1 Comment

Arizona Workers Deserve a Living Wage & a Lot More (video)

Far too many good-paying, full-time jobs disappeared when Wall Street crashed our economy back in 2009. Unfortunately, these jobs were replaced with part-time, low-wage, no-benefits jobs in the gig economy. … Continue reading →

June 10, 2016

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

We are the 99%.

Protesting cuts to education

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Desconocido (unknown)

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Category Archives: economy

Inequality, Access to Care & Workforce Development: Legislative Update at DGT, Dec 4

Legislative Whirlwind Part 2: ADEQ Gas Tank Removal in Phoenix

Bernie, Donald & Me: Beyond the Victory on Nov 8

AZ Star Endorses Pamela Powers Hannley & Other News

Fun with Campaign Finance: Questions for Ana

Supporters Tell Why They’re Voting for Pamela Powers Hannley for House (video)

Arizona Workers Deserve a Living Wage & a Lot More (video)

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