Katie Hobbs Rebukes Kari Lake’s Plan to Impose the Hillsdale Curriculum on Arizona Public Schools
After she lost her primary election in 2018 to Frank Riggs (who would fall to defeat to Kathy Hoffman that November,) then Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas called on the State Board of Education to replace the State Education Standards with the Hillsdale Curriculum, a private school program that originated in Michigan. At … Read more
Donald Trump And/Or His Incompetent Lawyers Are In Big Trouble For Lying To The FBI About Retaining Classified Documents
Donald Trump’s lawyer, Evan Corcoran, drafted a statement which Trump’s Lawyer Christina Bobb (formerly an OANN TV host who promoted Trump’s stolen election lie and the Arizona “Fraudit”), who is said to be the custodian of the documents, signed. It asserted that, to the best of her knowledge, all classified material that was there had been returned, … Read more
The Primary is Over – on to the General
Today, there are 77 days to Election Day 2022; but there are only 50 days to ballots dropping in the mail. The primary election is over. Some of the intra-party competitions have been extremely civil – for instance, Jevin Hodge and Adam Metzendorf vied for the CD1 nomination largely by presenting their own views and … Read more
2022 Judicial Retention Ballot
The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review (JPR) is responsible for developing performance standards and thresholds, and conducting performance reviews of justices and judges who are merit selected and subject to retention elections. Currently this includes judges and justices serving on the Arizona Supreme Court, Court of Appeals Division I, Court of Appeals Division II, … Read more
Arizona Sued (Again) For Jim Crow 2.0 Violations Of The Voting Rights Act
Arizona has a long, sordid history of voter suppression, and it has only gotten worse Since Chief Justice John Roberts, who spent his legal career working to destroy the Voting Rights Act to make America safe for wealthy white Christian males who are Republicans, finally succeeded in gutting the Voting Rights Act with Shelby County … Read more
Judy Schwiebert Wants to Continue the Work She Has Started in the Arizona State House
Believing “we all do better when we listen and work together so that everyone gets their chance to thrive,” Arizona House Representative Judy Schwiebert would like “the honor of trying to continue to work on those issues important for the people of my community” in the new Legislative District Two, “rather than lead us all … Read more
Kathy Hoffman’s ADE and Donors Choose Partner Again to Help Teachers Purchase Supplies to Help Children Learn
For the second time this year, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE,) led by Kathy Hoffman, and the teacher supply assistance organization, Donors Choose, have partnered to help instructors apply for needed funds to assist their supply needs in order to lift up child learning. In March, 2022, the ADE and Donors Choose joined forces … Read more
