Laurie Roberts

Gov. Katie Hobbs' former appointee has snagged yet another cushy state contract at DES. This, as DES employees are being laid off. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego is heading to the Iowa State Fair in August. With six whole months in the Senate, he certainly doesn't lack ambition. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Arizona parents have stockpiled nearly $450 million in unused public funds in their Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. If they don't need public money to educate their kids, shouldn't we get it back? h/t to @CraigHarrisNews azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Turning Point Action called these Arizona GOP legislators traitors to the country. Well, goodness. Next we'll find out they think it's OK for women to work. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

With Arizona’s GOP congressmen now having voted for Trump’s massive budget, walk with me now on a big-beautiful stroll down memory lane. It's a pleasant trip, if you can avoid stepping in the steaming piles of hypocrisy. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Move over, alligators. Sen. Wendy Rogers and her MAGA warrior pals want an Alligator Alcatraz, too. But with snakes and scorpions. (Pay no attention to the fact that most detained immigrants have never even been convicted of a crime.) azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcent

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill will increase the national debt by trillions. But that doesn't seem to bother Arizona's self-professed fiscal hawk Republicans. azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

Every Arizona Republican member of Congress rails against the soaring national debt. Then, they vote to boost it. Tell me again why we should believe a word they say? azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Imagine the howling if a non-MAGA elections chief had made this mistake | Opinion azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

More idiot hikers rescued? Arizona needs a Stupid Hiker Law | Opinion azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Ah, summertime in the Arizona desert, when the temperature is passing blast furnace and approaching jaws of hell. What a perfect time to take a hike! Isn't it finally time for a Stupid Hikers Law? azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

The story of Idaho firefighters ambushed while battling a fire hits particularly hard in Arizona on a grim anniversary. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Arizona's legislative session has (mercifully) ended. But not before winners were crowned and losers got burned. azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

Now that the House has approved the budget, the dumpster fire that is the 2025 Arizona Legislature will soon head home with a list of accomplishments that is embarrassingly small. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

The world got a good look at Kari Lake at a congressional hearing on the Voice of America. All I can say is, sorry world. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

Arizona state government is five days away from a shutdown, and House Speaker Steve Montenegro is still living in fantasyland. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

The Arizona Diamondbacks has scored a massive victory, snookering the state of Arizona into giving the team a grand slam of a subsidy that's worth far more than advertised. azcentral.com/story/opinion/… via @azcentral

RIP, Steve Benson. You were a remarkable talent and more importantly, an incredibly decent person. I can only wonder at the cartoons you would be drawing now…