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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Criticizes Uncontrolled ESA Expansion and Commits to Investigate Fraud in the State Voucher Program

June 1, 2023May 21, 2023 by David Gordon

Fresh off announcing, with Governor Katie Hobbs, their intentions to prosecute fraudsters who victimized thousands of Tribal members and urban homeless individuals by confining them in illegitimate behavioral health centers and fleecing the State Medicaid program AHCCCS, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes appeared on the Bram Resnick Sunday Square Off Show earlier today (May 21, … Read more

Okay with No Accountability for ESA funding, Arizona MAGA Republicans Stick it to Deaf and Blind Children

April 15, 2023 by David Gordon

MAGA Extremist Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature, otherwise known under the deceptive title of the “Freedom Caucus” are at it again. This time, their more extreme members, led by Jake Troll Farm-Fake Elector Hoffman, are making life harder for deaf and blind children who attend the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Let … Read more

No Surprise Here: E.S.A. Expansion Costs More than Republicans Forecast and is Helping Rich Families

March 23, 2023 by David Gordon

Well, the proof is out. The financial disaster that the ill-advised and unaccountable Empowerment Scholarship Account (E.S.A.) expansion that public school educator advocates, sane policy experts, and informed media outlets predicted would drain state coffers and benefit (by a great margin) rich families has become a reality. In reporting from Mary Jo Pitzel at AZ Central, … Read more

(UPDATED) Not a Good Beginning for Transparency at Tom Horne’s Department of Education

January 8, 2023January 7, 2023 by David Gordon

Remember when Republicans in Doug Ducey’s office and the Arizona Legislature wanted to take away control and oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Program (E.S.A,) from Superintendent Kathy Hoffman because she actually believed in reporting who was applying and where the monies were being spent? Well, those fears among the pro-plutocratic and Christian-Nationalist wing of the … Read more

Hobbs Goes the Bipartisan Route while Horne, Surprise, Surprise, Steers Far Right

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 by David Gordon

Apparently, the transition to governing periods, as well as who one associates with, can be telling to people who want to gauge what kind of leader a successful nominee will be. Take two examples in Arizona this week: Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs and apparent Superintendent of Public Instruction-Elect Tom Horne (there may be a recount here … Read more

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