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Post SB1062: Arizona’s Christian Extremists Make Headlines with More Legislation

Arizona’s anti-gay “religious freedom” bill (SB1062) met with a swift and forceful negative response in the streets, on social media, and on national television. Responding to pressure by business interests and … Continue reading →

March 1, 2014 · 1 Comment

Democrat Randall Friese Kicks-off Campaign for LD9 Representative (video)

Grassroots volunteers mingled with local and statewide Democratic Party glitterati at the official campaign kick-off event for Dr. Randall Friese, who is running for a seat in Arizona House of Representatives. Friese … Continue reading →

February 10, 2014 · 7 Comments

From DC to Texas: Men Behaving Badly (video)

From the failure of the Farm Bill to the ups and downs of Immigration Reform to last-minute, late night anti-abortion bills— it’s been a wild ride lately. And, the craziness … Continue reading →

July 14, 2013 · 5 Comments

Pro-Choice Advocates Fight Back in Wis, NC, & Texas

Pro-choice advocates are fighting the Republican Party’s anti-woman laws in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Texas. In Wisconsin, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of … Continue reading →

July 9, 2013 · 2 Comments

Anti-Choice ‘Onslaught’: GOP-Led State Legislatures Debate 300 Bills to Restrict Abortion Access (video)

Words like “onslaught,” “unprecedented,” “extremist,” “dangerous,” “unconstitutional,” “medically unnecessary,” “unscientific,” and “draconian” have been used to describe the Republican Party’s nationwide push to limit women’s healthcare, stop women from choosing … Continue reading →

July 9, 2013 · 10 Comments

Brewer Stops Preventive Service Funding for Planned Parenthood (video)

While insisting that the War on Women is a myth cooked up by Democrats, Teapublicans nationwide continue to propose and pass anti-women legislation. The latest salvo in the War on Women came Friday … Continue reading →

May 5, 2012 · 1 Comment

War on Women: AZ Legislature Fuels the Fire

In 2010 and 2011, the Arizona Legislature led the way for crazy extremist laws against immigrants and brown people in general. Changing their focus slightly, the Arizona Legislature decided to … Continue reading →

April 25, 2012 · 2 Comments

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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

We are the 99%.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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.)

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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

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

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

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

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

Protesting cuts to education

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.)

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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.

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A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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.

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.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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

Tag Archives: abortion

Post SB1062: Arizona’s Christian Extremists Make Headlines with More Legislation

Democrat Randall Friese Kicks-off Campaign for LD9 Representative (video)

From DC to Texas: Men Behaving Badly (video)

Pro-Choice Advocates Fight Back in Wis, NC, & Texas

Anti-Choice ‘Onslaught’: GOP-Led State Legislatures Debate 300 Bills to Restrict Abortion Access (video)

Brewer Stops Preventive Service Funding for Planned Parenthood (video)

War on Women: AZ Legislature Fuels the Fire

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