Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature are about to get another opportunity to prove they favor cutting waste, fraud, abuse, unneeded fiscal fat, and misplaced spending priorities in the 2026 legislative session. The plum target for cutting, if they accept it, is the fiscal Frankenstein Monster they created and unconditionally support: The Empowerment Scholarship Private … Read more
On October 2, 2025, The Arizona Attorney Generals office headed by Kris Mayes announced the indictment of Florida resident Adam Jones “for Theft and Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices,” where he is accused of creating fictitious children and defrauding the Empowerment Scholarship Private School Voucher Account Program of between $4,000 and $25,000 from December, 2022 to … Read more
This should come as no surprise. Since the 2022 passage of the expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Program (ESA,) people like writers on this Blog and public school advocates have continually warned that such a move would welcome waste, fraud, abuse, and a race to soak up hardworking working and middle class tax payer dollars … Read more
When Democrats regain power in all the branches of the federal government, one of the first legislative acts they must take is undoing all the horrible provisions of the Trump/MAGA Big Billionaire Reverse Robin Hood law that has robbed safety net security from the poor and the country’s clean energy dominance in order to pay … Read more
A couple of days after the latest revelations that families enrolled in the Empowerment Scholarship Account Welfare for the Wealthy Private School Voucher Scam Program have been getting away with questionable purchases under $2,000 of working and middle class taxpayer money for items like lingerie, diamond rings, and above ground pools, 12 News Muckraking Reporter … Read more