The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast

An update with AZ Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro Ep. 2089

Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Steve Montenegro gives an update on some critical bills at the legislature including election reform, keeping foreign money out of our elections, standing up to the Mexican drug cartels and a push to end DEI at Arizona's universities. 

AZ Rep. Leo Biasiucci pushes to reform SNAP…it’s time for rice and beans! Ep. 2088

Angela joins me to discuss a push by Rep. Leo Biasiucci pushing to reform the FOOD STAMP program in Arizona. We agree, SNAP should be basics, rice and beans when on welfare. DOGE continues to kick ass! Keep it going, cut all you can. Trump continues to irritate those walking in circles protesting the cutting of corrupt federal expenditures. + we break down Rep. Chaplik’s push to reign in people begging on the little median strips between busy traffic lanes. 

Congressman Abe Hamadeh talks tariffs, border, DOGE & more!

Congressman Abe Hamadeh joins me for a D.C. update talking tariffs, DOGE, the cartels, Europe and our international presence, USAid and more. 

Congressman Abe Hamadeh + NAZ uranium w. Curtis Moore

I start off with an update from Curtis Moore of Energy Fuels with an update on the Pinyon Mine in Northern Arizona, an agreement with the Navajo Nation, protests over uranium and a very interesting account of the process from mining to actual enrichment of uranium for power generation.
 
Next up, Congressman Abe Hamadeh joins me for a D.C. update talking tariffs, DOGE, the cartels, Europe and our international presence, USAid and more. 
 
Finishing up with Olivia and the most dangerous roads in the US, 5 in Arizona, a push to rid school lunches of additives and a possible law to curtail cell phone use by K-12 students. 

Doesn’t the left ever get tired of protesting? Ep. 2086

A busy Arizona day on the show with Mark Haughwout and I discussing Governor Hobbs veto of a common sense election change with her first veto of the year…many more to come. Tump/Musk protests in Phoenix and Flagstaff and the left that never tires of protesting. A Canada and Flagstaff plane crash, a rescue in Sedona, a bill making “Howdy” AZ’s official greeting and much more. 

Joe Galli, the Arizona budget & where’d a couple hundred million go? Ep. 2084

Joe Galli (from Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce) gives us a legislative update, talks housing and shares info about a budget shortfall and hundreds of millions that the state is now short. 

Bob Thorpe fights sanctuary city push in Flagstaff. Ep. 2083

Former state rep. Bob Thorpe joins Mark and I to talk about a push by some to make Flagstaff a sanctuary city. Plus we hit on birthright citizenship, fire issues and the so called “fake electors”. 

Lori Matthews & the “speed of government” + Paul Winfree AI, debt & growth.

I start off with an update on the Arizona governor’s race.
 
Flagstaff city council member Lori Matthews returns to the show to talk forest fires, housing and more. 
 
Inflation is still a problem and why interest rates aren’t going down. 
 
Olivia shares the crazy story of federal employees pushing paper in a mine. 
 
President and CEO of the Economic Policy Innovation Center (and former Trump staffer) Paul Winfree talks AI, tariffs, growing the economy and more. 

AZ GOP Chair Gina Swoboda & how to win in 2026!

I talk with the Arizona Chair of the Republican Party, Gina Swoboda about winning the governorship in 2026, fixing Arizona’s slow counting when it comes to elections, the impact President Trump is having on AZ and the USA and much more. 

Daniel Turner talks “Energy Emergency” + end of legislative immunity in AZ? Ep. 2080

I start the week off with a couple of bills making their way through the Arizona Legislature including a push to limit unemployment based off the unemployment rate and a push to end legislative immunity. Daniel Turner of Power the Future gives an update on America’s energy production, Trump and the energy emergency plus a reality check on how long these changes take to implement. 
 
Angela joins me to talk about the end of the penny. We go over some more proposed AZ legislation including a possible end of statewide enforcement of certain firearms and explosives. Egg thefts skyrocket and the Boy Scouts change their name to be “more inclusive”.