Mayor Gallego Joins Biden at the White House Announcing New Ways to Combat Extreme Heat
Climate Change is an existential threat to the nation and the world. Those were sentiments of President Joe Biden who was joined by Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg at a virtual White House Event announcing additional steps the Administration was taking to combat extreme heat this summer and in the … Read more
School Voucher Expansion May Throw the State $320 Million into the Red
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
President Biden Signs Proclamation Authorizing Monuments to Emmett Till
Today is Emmett Till’s eighty-second birthday. Unfortunately, because of the racists (and what we call white nationalists today) in 1955 Mississippi that kidnapped, tortured, and murdered him, he is not alive to celebrate it. Or attend with members of his family the White House Ceremony today where President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala … Read more
Pima County Bd. of Supervisors appoint former D 5 Supervisor Betty Villegas to LD 20 House seat
Three term LD 20 House Rep. Andres Cano, a Democrat, resigned his seat on July 4, 2023 to pursue a Master’s degree at Harvard. Former District 5 Pima Couny Supervisor Betty Villegas was appointed today by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to finish up that term. Board Chair Adelita Grijalva made the nomination motion, … Read more
(UPDATED) Going to Waterparks are Valid P.E. Activities for E.S.A. Reimbursement?
Talk about a potential scam. Or blatant stupidity. The Empowerment Scholarship Account (E.S.A.) Division at the Arizona Department of Education has indicated, through a response on their call center on social media, that taking children to a waterpark could count as a valid expense for physical education activities/coursework. Education advocates and Legislative oversight leaders should … Read more
Governor Hobbs Asks Utility Companies How They Will Protect People During the Extreme Heat
On Friday, July 21, 2023, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs sent a letter to the state’s utility companies, asking what protections they would render to customers during these summer months of extreme heat. Earlier last week, the Governor, through the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health , signed off on a directive that would develop a … Read more
Public Schools Teach How to Masturbate, says Speaker at ‘Values in Education’ Forum
Local conspiracy theorist Bernadette Gruber of Tucson claims that Planned Parenthood will put abortion clinics in schools and that public schools teach children to consent to sex and how to masturbate. She will address a GOP-backed “Southern AZ Values in Education Summer Conference” in the Foothills of Tucson on August 5 — even though she … Read more
