Politico has long had a Republican bias. A recent example, Rural Democrats confront a potential new low: “The party has struggled more and more in rural areas in recent years. “I think it’s possible we find yet another floor in 2022,” a pollster said.” Paul Waldman at the Washington Post explains, We’ve been told a … Read more
Here we go again. For the second year in a row, Governor Doug Ducey and the Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature are fiddling while the financial prospects of Arizona Public Schools increasingly become perilous because many of these anti-public school members will not hold a vote to suspend or outright repeal the Aggregate Expenditure … Read more
My friend & fellow Council member on our Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition, retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi has just published a new book entitled “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” by Liberty Hill Publishing. Min is a Nisei (2nd generation) from Honolulu, Hawaii and taught at the University of Arizona in their East … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Judge dismisses GOP-led states’ lawsuit to block student-loan forgiveness plan: A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration from moving forward with plans to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student-loan debt for more than 40 million people, days after borrowers began … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman has been tirelessly working to reach out to the people across the state in both her capacity as the State Superintendent and as the Democratic Nominee for reelection to her current office. As previously reported on Blog for Arizona, the Superintendent has journeyed the state in her continuing … Read more