Update to Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies. The Associated Press reports Key reservoir on Colorado River hits record low amid drought: The surface elevation of Lake Mead along the Nevada-Arizona border dipped to 1,071.56 feet (326.6 meters) at 11 p.m. on Wednesday evening. The level was last hit in July 2016 and is … Read more
The Grand Canyon Institute is a “centrist think tank” that provides a great service to our state by analyzing economic issues and producing independent reports. (You can read many of these reports at this link on their website.) Below is June 8, 2021 press release from the Grand Canyon Institute. It incudes key findings from … Read more
With funds from the American Cares Act, the Phoenix City Council last year provided funds to the Phoenix Public Library to loan out laptops and hotspot devices for residents in need. On June 4, 2021, at an event at the Burton Barr Central Library, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman of the Arizona Department of … Read more
School Board districts across Arizona are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers from one end of the county to the other. Bringing in outside agitators creates chaos in public meetings and protesting curriculums they fear and know nothing about. Their goal is not better education but simple disruption. Recently from Scottsdale to … Read more
May 18, 2021, was supposed to be a festive day for children in the Scottsdale Unified School District. They were going to be honored for their academic and extracurricular performance at the monthly school board meeting. One student, seventh-grader Theo Joseph, was due to receive acclaim for the essay he submitted to the Phoenix Holocaust … Read more