A Republican candidate debate on PBS devolved into overlapping bickering, as Treasurer Kim Lee and disgraced State School Superintendent Tom Horne attacked each other. Both miscreants are running in a Republican primary against each other. The clear choice for viewers was “no thanks!” Horne, looking emaciated like a man with one foot in the grave, … Read more
It is amazing what an audit can uncover. In another bombshell report by 12 News journalist Craig Harris, the billion-dollar-a-year Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) private school voucher welfare/scam for the wealthy and huckster class program, has been found by the Auditor General to have major issues of non-compliance in how management at the Arizona … Read more
Nick Mansour, a successful businessman and former college president, will bring four benefits to the neglected office of Arizona Treasurer: “We’ll make Arizona the best place to live, work and raise a family,” Mansour told Democratic activists in Legislative District 18. Mansour launches education-first campaign Mansour, 50, said his top priority as Treasurer is improving … Read more
On the one hand, voters can choose a career math teacher, a Ph.D. in Education, and a former college president for the Arizona School Superintendent. On the other hand, they can keep an 81-year-old stumbling dinosaur who has degraded Arizona’s public education system, which is ranked the worst in the nation. Standing in a packed … Read more
For months, politically minded Arizonans have waited for State Legislative Republicans to put forth their budget proposal. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has had hers out since January, and she had to resort to a bill-signing moratorium to pressure the state MAGA bunch to put forth their budget. Last week, Legislative Republicans finally publicly broadcast their … Read more