The Biden administration’s choice of Richard Cordray, former President Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) chief, to head the $1.6 trillion federal student-loan program, couldn’t be better. “As CFBP chief, Cordray led the bureau’s crackdown on consumer abuses in debt collection, student loan servicing, and for-profit colleges, garnering the respect of advocates and drawing the … Read more
Ahead of President Biden’s first address before a Joint Session of Congress as President, the Administration unveiled the second part of its Build Back Better Program: The American Families Plan. The American Jobs Plan was released last month. In a statement released by the White House, the Administration said: “The American Jobs Plan and the … Read more
The opponents of fully funding public schools and Democracy will not quit. This time, they have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to declare Proposition 208-Invest in Ed unconstitutional because: There are state caps on education spending. The Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 measure did not pass with a two-thirds margin for approval. The petitioners are: “Sen. … Read more
The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA,) an organization that specializes in advancing policy issues that would benefit Arizona children and families like education, health care, child safety, and childcare has a new leader. It is former Arizona Democratic Legislative Leader and current Center for Economic Progress head David Lujan. Mr. Lujan brings a vast amount of … Read more
It is ironic that it was only about four hours ago (April 19, 2021) that Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said in response to a reporter’s question, that the mask requirement would stay in place for Arizona’s schools at least until summer. It is almost as if Governor Doug Ducey was watching because, … Read more