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
Katie Hobbs did not mince words throughout her close to half-hour discussion with Arizona PBS Horizon’s Ted Simons. During the interview, the Arizona Secretary of State discussed: Her refusal to debate Kari Lake. Talonya Adams. Reducing Inflation. Education. Reproductive Freedom. Immigration. Lakes Election Denialism. The Water Crisis. Addressing future Pandemics. On the refusal to debate … Read more
The AP reports, Student loan forgiveness application website goes live: President Joe Biden on Monday officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program and announced that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period over the weekend. He encouraged the tens of millions … Read more