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Mayes, Gallego, and Kelly Take Action Against Musk/Trumps Incompetence and Defiance of the Courts Toward Head Start

February 8, 2025 by David Gordon

It seems the Musk/Trump Administration, through predictable gross incompetence or juvenile defiance, are not fully complying with court orders that mandated them to resume doling out Congressionally approved funding to the states or government agencies. One of the organizations experiencing funding lapses at some of its entities across the country is Head Start, the Johnson … Read more

A Beginning: AZ House Democrats Launch Their First Voter Outreach Town Hall Focusing on Education

February 17, 2025February 7, 2025 by David Gordon

A Beginning. Recognizing that they have to improve their messaging and outreach efforts to their constituents, Arizona Legislative Democrats hosted an education town hall yesterday evening at Memorial Hall off Indian School in Phoenix. In what will hopefully be the first of these issue oriented outreach efforts, Ranking Democratic Member of the House Education Committee … Read more

Open Letter to President Garimella and University of Arizona Board

February 6, 2025 by Michael Bryan

Dear President Garimella, On January 21, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded its policy restricting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in sensitive areas such as schools, healthcare facilities, and places of worship. This reversal of policy allows DHS, ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to freely conduct operations in these … Read more

Sickening: House Appropriations Chair Livingston is Willing to Sacrifice Disabled Children to Fund the Private School Welfare Program for the Rich

February 3, 2025 by David Gordon

Sickening. That is what voters across Arizona should feel toward Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature like House Appropriations Chair David Livingston who is looking to anticipated cuts in federal outlays from the Musk/Trump/Vance Administration as a way to cut vital social programs like those who support developmentally disabled children. Watch this exchange between Livingston … Read more

A National Welfare Program for the Rich: Trump Issues Executive Order Allowing Federal Funds for Private School Vouchers

January 29, 2025 by David Gordon

Donald Trump wants to do for Public Education in America what Republicans have done in Arizona. Screw it! Earlier this evening (January 29, 2025,) Mr. Trump issued three Executive Orders dealing with Education. One of them, an attempt to end the teaching of “critical race theory” in public schools across the country will be addressed … Read more

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