Education

(UPDATED)While Kari Lake Consorts with Felons and Talks About Dumbing Down Kids, Katie Hobbs Mingles with Obama and Talks About Solutions to Lift Up Arizonans

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The choice should not be difficult for Arizona Voters this coming week in deciding who should be the Grand Canyon state’s next Governor. If people are still on the fence, they should consider the events of this week. Trump Republican Gubernatorial Nominee Kari Lake invited convicted felon Stephen Bannon to headline a campaign event, calling … Read more

The Financial Clock is Ticking Again on Arizona’s Public Schools

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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

New book “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” published by retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi

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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

Federal Judges Reject Republican Lawsuits To Kill Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (Updated)

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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