“At the end of the day, this is about people and making sure people in Arizona are thriving across all counties (including the Rural ones.)” Arizona Democratic Party Chair and State Senator Raquel Teran. “I love Rural Arizona. It is the Democratic Candidates that will fight and protect Rural Arizona.” Arizona Democratic Attorney General Candidate … Read more
Matt Grodsky is the Vice President, Director of Public Affairs at Matters of State Strategies, he previously served as the Director of Communications for the Arizona Democratic Party from 2019 to 2021. He is the author of Righteous Might: How Democrats Turned Arizona Blue And How You Can Flip Your Battleground State Twitter: @mattgrodsky The … Read more
As the budget stalemate at the state Capitol drags on, lame-duck Governor Doug Ducey and Republican legislative leaders have agreed to a budget “framework,” one which includes more than a half billion dollars for fencing and other border security measures, but one which shortchanges public education. This is in keeping with the GQP’s 2022 midterm … Read more
Over the last two weeks, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has awarded four additional American Rescue Plan Grants to local government and education organizations to further assist schools, communities, and students. This is in addition to five earlier American Rescue Plan grants released in May for similar reasons. The first grant was $5.1 million … Read more
Above: Remember this from 2015? It was all a Big Lie. The Arizona Constitution requires the state legislature to enact a state budget before the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. In addition, the legislature really only had two priorites to address this year: (1) the school funding cliff that the last … Read more