Why am I not surprised?
by David Safier The demand for GED classes is up. A tight job market amid staggering layoffs nationwide has a growing number of adults flocking to GED test preparation classes in Arizona and around the country. In Mesa alone, the program director expects to offer four times as many classes this fall as he did … Read more
Update: The Party of No (New Ideas)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From First Read: Let’s be honest: Yesterday’s House Republican budget rollout was a P.R. disaster for the GOP. “Here it is, Mr. President” was the title of the GOP Leader blog touting that they had answered Obama’s dare to produce a budget. The problem — their budget rollout didn’t contain any hard … Read more
Say, “Thank you, President Obama”
by David Safier This from an article about the possibility Arizona could lose $800 million in Fed Ed Stimulus money because we cut $150 million from higher ed: But Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said unless the final rules differ substantially — or Arizona can get a waiver — … Read more
Arizona Budget Impasse Continues
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Republican leaders say their budget work is at a point at which they're looking for ideas, other than raising taxes, to close the final $500 million or so of the projected roughly $3 billion budget deficit for the 2010 fiscal year starting July 1. Road bumpy for Arizona lawmakers' budget work … Read more
The Republican 2010 draft budget
by David Safier For those of you with more patience than I possess, here's the draft budget Arizona Republican legislators have put together for 2010, courtesy of the Arizona Guardian. Enjoy! (he said sarcastically.)
The Party of No (New Ideas)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver … Read more
“It ain’t over ’til we say it’s over”
by David Safier Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking about vouchers in Arizona after yesterday's State Supreme Court decision that they're unconstitutional, comes this: Ryan said there is a way to make the vouchers legal: persuade voters to amend the constitution to alter or repeal the ban. That may be the next … Read more
