Education

A Victory for Arizona Labor and Democracy: Reaction to the Court Rejecting Republican’s Unconstitutional Anti Union HCR 2040

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From the moment Legislative Republicans, in their positions as the majority party in the State Legislature, inserted biased and vague wording in explanatory language on several initiatives scheduled to appear on the November ballot, Democrats cried foul and sought redress. These initiatives are: Commenting on Legislative Republicans muscling their partisan perspectives into these referrals, State … Read more

Superintendent of Public Instruction Nominee Dr. Teresa Leyba Ruiz Releases Her First General Election Ad

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Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Nominee Dr. Teresa Leyba Ruiz has just released her first general election ad called “Let’s elect an educator, not another career politician.” The ad seeks to draw a contrast between the lifelong educator who puts student success first, Dr. Ruiz, and Republican Nominee Kimberly ‘I never met a Private School … Read more

Christmas in July: Statewide Democratic Nominees Message to AZ GOP Primary Voters: “Thank You”

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It is an awful lot like Christmas if you are a supporter of the Arizona Democratic Party and its primary victorious statewide candidates today. However, today, the person or people bringing gifts to Governor Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Attorney General Kris Mayes, Superintendent of Public Instruction Nominee Dr. Teresa Leybra Ruiz, and … Read more

Grijalva, Ansari, and Stanton Introduce The Fund Schools, Not ICE Act

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Fund K-12 Public Education, not Trump’s Gestapo and his Concentration Camps Those are the goals of Arizona House Representatives Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari, and Greg Stanton, who jointly introduced the Fund Schools, Not ICE Act, legislation that, if enacted, would take “unobligated” ICE funding (about $62 billion) to schools that qualify for Title IX funding. … Read more