The Arizona State House of Representatives, in a 46 to 14 vote, secured a suspension of the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) for this year by passing Republican David Cooks HCR2001. The AEL is the archaic 1980s legal mechanism, that if allowed to be applied in March, would deny traditional public schools the right to spend … Read more
Republicans in both Arizona and Washington D.C. really have no stomach for governing with the other leading party. That would require a good faith effort and a recognition that your side is not going to get everything it wants. The evidence for that. Both groups do not want to produce serious budgets and negotiate with … Read more
Arizona Legislative Democrats and Pro-Public Education State Advocates have just about had enough of the bull fecal matter coming from the extremist wing of the Arizona Republican Party when it comes to the matter of suspending the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) so traditional public schools (charter public ones are exempt) can spend the money promised them in. … Read more
Raquel Teran, the new Democratic Senate Leader, and current State Party Chair sees opportunity with Katie Hobbs presiding as Arizona’s Governor on the ninth floor of the State Capitol. An opportunity to finally get more of the Legislative Democrats’ agenda, called the Blueprint for a Better Arizona, passed and sent to the Governor’s office for … Read more
It was a tale of two vastly different political parties at the opening of the Arizona State Legislature on January 9, 2023 for all of Arizonans to see. The Arizona Democrats, as they have done every year recently, presented their Blueprint for a Better Arizona of how to build strong schools, tackle the housing crisis, … Read more