Habemus Bipartisan Budget Deal! We have a bipartisan budget deal. BREAKING: We have reached a deal on a negotiated bi-partisan budget that features significant new investment in K-12 public education and universities. Voting begins soon. #AZBudget — Arizona House Democrats (@AZHouseDems) June 23, 2022 4am – a bipartisan budget has passed. Public education receives $526M. … Read more
Most people know that when houses or buildings are built, a solid foundation is needed for the structure to remain standing. With their 2023 budget proposal, Arizona Republicans have presented a financial blueprint that, if it is approved as is, threatens the long-term foundational funding of K-12 schools in future fiscal years, putting it on … Read more
Here we go again. For the second time in two years, the Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature have voted on a bill (SB1412 in this session) which would fine teachers $5000 for teaching controversial subjects that members of one race feel are attempts to shame them into guilt for the sins of the past. … Read more
The mass shooting in Buffalo this last weekend where ten people were ruthlessly gunned down and murdered and three others injured at a local supermarket has rightfully earned the condemnation from all in the world of reality for what it is: a despicable hate crime by someone who subscribes to the baseless views of critical … Read more
Instead of dealing with the State’s pressing issues like fully funding education, helping children enroll in KidsCare, and fully addressing the looming water shortage catastrophe, most Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature want leave the capitol by passing a skinny budget (a continuation of last years fiscal plan adjusted for inflation,) along with as many … Read more