Journalists’ Roundtable: Trump replaces DHS secretary and more
March 6
It’s Friday, which means it is time for another edition of Journalists’ Roundtable, where we discuss Arizona politics. This week, Mark Brodie subbed in for “Arizona Horizon” host Ted Simons and was joined by Jim Small of Arizona Mirror, Jessica Boehm of Axios Phoenix and Wayne Schutsky of KJZZ.
This week’s topics included:
- President Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary; Sen. Markwayne Mullin named new nominee
- Auditor general report finds AZ school districts spending 52.1 cents of every dollar on classroom instruction last year, down from 52.6 cents the year before; lawmakers propose ballot measure requiring 60%
- New AZ Public Opinion Pulse poll finds Biggs leading Schweikert in GOP gubernatorial primary (40-19; 41% undecided); in general election, Hobbs leads Biggs (42-37) and Schweikert (44-35) – 16% undecided in both matchups
- Senate approves home design bill over objections of cities and towns
- Senate approves TJ Shope bill on transparency, contracting; Gov. Hobbs has her own proposal
- AZ House approves ballot measure to require legislative adjournment by April 30
- US Senate War Powers Resolution votes / Iran military campaign
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