State Sen. Catherine Miranda announced in a press release Monday she will be forming the Legislature’s first-ever Black Caucus. Miranda said the move will give Black Arizonans a voice at the Capitol despite lack of elected representation.“That's how (a caucus is) made up, is members that are the elected officials here," Miranda told KJZZ News. "Well, there's no (elected)
well, she has the ring of authenticity to her. when we scud why is he bringing it up now? she said she was afraid no one would believe her and was afraid of being attacked, which which is what has happened. the fbi thinks there s enough there to investigate. thank you, bob. we appreciate it. coming up, desperately seeking black leaders, arizona could become one of the fee states in the nation with no black lawmakers once this woman leaves office. believe it or not, there are other states where that s already a reality. we ll speak with state senator leah landrum. and i m casey hunt here at the rnc winter meeting in washington, d.c. where former presidential candidate mike huckabee is set to speak later
studies. those states include alaska, hawaii, vermont and utah. in arizona this weeks, senator leah landrum taylor began her last year in office. her eighth year in the senate, landrum taylor is barred from running again because of term limits. when she leaves there s a possibility there will not be a single african-american in the state legislature for the first time since 1950. joins me leah landrum taylor. first thank you for joining us. congratulations on your service and your career. thank you. glad to be here. when were you first aware of the dynamic in your state, when you left there would be none? well, it s become pretty evident as time has went on, of course, since the 1950s, moving forward into the 60s, into the 70s where there were quite a few african-americans in the legislature, and then the 80s, then all of a sudden the numbers
0 potential confrontation all and when he wouldn t cooperate, it was resisting arrest without violence, but it was his actions failing to obey the normal commands in an arrest, just to keep your hands out, put them on the car and behave yourself. he kept throwing throws the f-bombs around like punctuation marks. driver s license expired for six months. i believe the bond would be $2500, and of course we will be on top of the story. mark, i believe you ll be there all day. we appreciate you being there, and of course chris witherspoon, thanks for hustling over here. thanks. i appreciate it. the growing concerns about threats to the winter olympics in sochi, russia, now just two weeks away. tlaes five european olympic committees, along with the u.s. received disturbing e-mails on wednesday. while they contained a threat written in russia, efficiency say it does not pose any damager but the fear among americans is real. a new poll shows that nearly half fear an attack. among tho