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Reaction to Tom Horne Announcing a Recommended Twenty Percent Cut to Title One Public School Funding

April 3, 2024 by David Gordon

When his own Empowerment Scholarship Account Director recommended common-sense reforms to the ESA handbook that included greater regulations like increased oversight of potential “luxury items” purchase requests, Arizona Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne persuaded the State Board of Education to defer revisions to the handbook until next year to allow for greater community feedback. … Read more

Attorney General Mayes’s Office Indicts former ADE ESA Employees of Fraud

March 6, 2024February 29, 2024 by David Gordon

The Arizona Attorney General’s office, headed by Kris Mayes, announced the indictment of five individuals, three of them former employees at the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) for “allegedly engaging in fraud, conspiracy, computer tampering, illegally conducting an enterprise, money laundering and forgery related to the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program.” The defendants who have … Read more

Governor Hobbs Unveils Her Version of a Prop 123 Extension to Help Teachers

January 21, 2024January 16, 2024 by David Gordon

Governor Katie Hobbs has released her proposal to extend Proposition 123, a Ducey-led measure from 2016 to use contributions from the State Land Trust to increase aid to Arizona Public Schools. In the current version of Prop 123, the plan trust currently contributes 6.9 percent of its revenues, to help public schools. This fiscal year, … Read more

Governor Hobbs Hit the High Notes in her Second State of the State Address

January 21, 2024January 8, 2024 by David Gordon

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs touched on many subjects affecting Arizonans and the Grand Canyon State in her second State of the State Address. Please view the Governor’s address below. The topics the Governor addressed included border security, the state’s financial condition, Arizona’s Ascension in the high-tech industry, expanding post-secondary opportunities including apprenticeships, infrastructure such as … Read more

School Voucher Expansion May Throw the State $320 Million into the Red

August 25, 2023July 26, 2023 by David Gordon

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’s office released a July 21, 2023 study confirming that if the Arizona Department of Education’s (A.D.E.) questionable May 2023 enrollment projections for voucher scholarship accounts are accurate and the Fiscal Year 2024 State Budget may face a close to $320 million shortfall. This happened only hours before: What does the July … Read more

I remember Steve. He used to write these lengthy word hemorrhages that didn't really say much of anything. He's a…

I'm surprised Kavanagh has time for anything, considering his obsession with surpressing votes, trans-people, LG people, and bathroom use. Meanwhile…

I think Arizona has had enough of the Bolick family influencing Arizona policy. Boot Clint and boot his wife. She…