A day after the Arizona House of Representatives passed HCR2001, a measure to suspend the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL,) the State Senate followed their example in a 23 to 7 vote today (February 8, 2023.) All 14 Democrats and Nine Republicans voted to give educators, children, and family peace of mind about schooling for the … Read more
Four Democratic Arizona State Senate Nominees launched ADLCC-sponsored ads yesterday to promote the issues of reproductive freedom and fully funding education. Two of the nominees, State Senator Christine Marsh in Legislative District (LD) Four and Eva Burch in LD Nine concentrated their 30-second ads on the issue of reproductive freedom. The Marsh one focuses on … Read more
It is time to stop shortchanging the Children of Arizona. It is time they were able to attend full-day kindergarten no matter what zip code they live in. It is time they were no longer crammed into larger classrooms. It is time they all had highly qualified and well-paid teachers in every class. It is … Read more
Reactions to the Pima County Court Ruling reinstituting the 1864/1901 abortion ban have been flowing in since its announcement on Friday afternoon. Please read the latest comments below. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: Yesterday’s ruling in Arizona is dangerous and will set Arizona women back more than a century – to a time before Arizona was … Read more
Save Our Schools Arizona did it. With about an extra 23,000 signatures, the organization and their pro-public education allies submitted 141, 714 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office to halt the Ducey-Republican universal voucher empowerment scholarship account law from going into effect. It should be noted, that per the Arizona Department of Education, 76 … Read more