Following an Arizona tradition of electing students to school boards, Tre’Davon Rhodes announced he is running for the Tucson Unified School District board. “I am running for the TUSD Governing Board to ensure that, like me, all students have the resources and opportunities they need to be successful,” Rhodes said in his launch statement. “I … Read more
The Department of Education’s new rule narrowing which graduate programs qualify as “professional degrees” is not a technical update. It is a targeted attack on the sectors that keep Americans alive, educated, and functioning. Starting July 1, 2026, entire fields dominated by women will lose access to the federal loan limits required to earn the … Read more
In an Executive Order issued earlier today, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs took the first steps to cut state taxes for Arizona’s Senior and Middle Class residents. In her order, called Cutting Taxes for Hard-Working Arizonans, designed to bring Arizona “in conformity” with the few tax cut measures that actually help the 98 percent contained in … Read more
Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature are about to get another opportunity to prove they favor cutting waste, fraud, abuse, unneeded fiscal fat, and misplaced spending priorities in the 2026 legislative session. The plum target for cutting, if they accept it, is the fiscal Frankenstein Monster they created and unconditionally support: The Empowerment Scholarship Private … Read more
Fresh off a Democratic electoral victory that exceeded expectations on November 4, 2025, Third Way Senior Communications Director Kate deGruyter interviewed with Blog for Arizona and discussed the path forward for Democrats heading into the 2026, 2028 campaigns and beyond. In the dynamics of Presidential politics, that includes supporting candidates that can win in the … Read more