Governor Katie Hobbs has released her proposal to extend Proposition 123, a Ducey-led measure from 2016 to use contributions from the State Land Trust to increase aid to Arizona Public Schools. In the current version of Prop 123, the plan trust currently contributes 6.9 percent of its revenues, to help public schools. This fiscal year, … Read more
2024 may be a good year for Democrats across the electoral board in Arizona. That includes the solid possibility of taking, for the first time in decades, control of the State Legislature. Why? Because they are on the side of the issues people most care about. Those include economic opportunity, fiscal responsibility, improved and well-funded … Read more
When readers last heard from Stephanie Simacek, she was successfully running for a seat on the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board. Fast forward to today and Ms. Simacek, while able to retain her seat on the Deer Valley Board, has declared her candidacy for one of the State House seats in Arizona Legislative … Read more
She is back. After failing in the battle of extremists for the Republican nomination for Arizona Secretary of State, Shawnna Bolick, a noted 2020 election denier is retiring to the State Legislature after being appointed by the Maricopa County of Supervisors to complete the term of retiring State Senator Steve Kaiser in Legislative District (LD) … Read more
Last month, Arizona Superintendent of Public instruction Tom Horne launched an attack on the Arizona State Board of Education approved Dual Language Program. Passed by the Board in 2020, the Dual Language Program, which, according to AZ Central was taught to 941 students last year and administered in 110 schools during the 2021/22 year, was … Read more