Say, “Thank you, President Obama”
March 27, 2009
by David Safier This from an article about the possibility Arizona could lose $800 million in Fed Ed Stimulus money because we cut $150 million from higher ed: But Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said unless the final rules differ substantially — or Arizona can get a waiver —
Arizona Budget Impasse Continues
March 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Republican leaders say their budget work is at a point at which they're looking for ideas, other than raising taxes, to close the final $500 million or so of the projected roughly $3 billion budget deficit for the 2010 fiscal year starting July 1. Road bumpy for Arizona lawmakers' budget work
The Republican 2010 draft budget
March 27, 2009
by David Safier For those of you with more patience than I possess, here's the draft budget Arizona Republican legislators have put together for 2010, courtesy of the Arizona Guardian. Enjoy! (he said sarcastically.)
The Party of No (New Ideas)
March 26, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver
“It ain’t over ’til we say it’s over”
March 26, 2009
by David Safier Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking about vouchers in Arizona after yesterday's State Supreme Court decision that they're unconstitutional, comes this: Ryan said there is a way to make the vouchers legal: persuade voters to amend the constitution to alter or repeal the ban. That may be the next
AZ Repubs between Barack and a hard place
March 25, 2009
by David Safier This could cause some problems. A draft proposal of rules by U.S. Department of Education could force the state to undo $160 million in cuts to higher education approved in January by lawmakers if Arizona is to receive $775 million in federal stimulus aid. [snip] Included in those rules, House Speaker Pro
Unanimous ruling: vouchers violate AZ constitution
March 25, 2009
by David Safier How often do you see a unanimous ruling from a Supreme Court, state or federal? That's what we got today on the voucher issue from the Arizona Supreme Court. At issue are the vouchers for foster children and disabled students I wrote about earlier today. Here's the shocker, for me, anyway. The ruling
AZ Voucher legality decision coming soon
March 25, 2009
by David Safier From the Capitol Times: The Arizona Supreme Court has announced that on March 25 it will decide whether two school tuition-voucher programs for disabled and foster children should be allowed to continue. By way of background, in May, an appellate court decided the Arizona vouchers for disabled and foster children were unconstitutional since some
