Guns and the Ed Supe job?
by David SafierJust a thought. Will the issue of allowing guns in school become an issue in the race for Ed Supe?
Learning to the test
by David SafierNow this is a test driven student culture. Fourteen to 16 hours a day, he studied for the college entrance examination, which this year will determine the fate of more than 10 million Chinese students. He took one day off every three weeks. [snip] Families pull out all the stops to optimize their … Read more
Update: Bill to require nonpartisan elections in Tucson is a “do pass” in Senate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to ALIS SB1123, the bill to to require Tucson to conduct nonpartisan elections, and elections by ward ward only, is a "do pass" in the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) today. It will now move over to the House. Earlier this week, the Arizona Daily Star weighed in on this … Read more
A Landmark Legislative Victory: Congress authorizes FDA to regulate tobacco
Posted byAzBlueMeanie: Some 50 years after the U.S. Surgeon General first warned of the dangers of smoking and 45 years after the seminal Surgeon General's 1964 Report on Smoking and Health, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally will be authorized to regulate tobacco products. It has been a long time in coming. On Thursday, … Read more
House Minority Leader Lujan says Governor is planning state government shutdown
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In yesterday's Arizona Republic there was this interesting factoid buried in this report Tax hike could go to voters, say lawmakers: House Democratic leader David Lujan said Brewer told him she is prepared to shut down state government if she can't reach an accord with the GOP-controlled Legislature by the end of … Read more