Last October, the Blog for Arizona and other news outlets, especially ABC 15 News, reported on some of the questionable expenses of Empowerment Scholarship Account (E.S.A.) recipients (70,000 as of now with $665 million spent according to the JBLC) that met the approval of the Department of Education. Among these approved expenses were: Last week, … Read more
While attending an emergency meeting of the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board earlier today (November 21, 2023) State Attorney General Kris Mayes condemned recent hate crimes including Anti-Semitic ones, saying “hatred has no place in our state.” In her comments, the Attorney General, after calling for this emergency meeting, relayed that it was necessary to … Read more
This is Infrastructure Week and unlike the previous Presidential Administration, there are real projects to brag about as Arizona leaders celebrated the second anniversary of the Bipartisan Law signed by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021. A law that no Arizona Republican in Congress voted for. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has been crisscrossing the … Read more
The WaPo has a delightful report on the deep dysfunction and monetary distress of the AZGOP heading into an election year in one of the most vital swing states in the country. I couldn’t be more delighted (emphases added): Arizona: ‘We desperately need to keep the lights on’ In January, Jeff DeWit was elected Arizona … Read more
Hi everybody! Mike Bryan here, the founder and editor of BlogForArizona. I wish to formally invite you to attend my house party for Anne Carl this coming Friday evening, November 17th from 5:30 to 8 pm, in Tucson near Reid/Randolph Park at the Calle Chica house. You will get the exact address after you RSVP … Read more