by Carolyn Classen, blogger Carolyn’s note: So many Dems running for this position, hard to remember them all: Dr. Michael Butts, Dr. Teresa Leyba Ruiz, and now Brent Newby. One of them will face off with incumbent Superintendent Tom Horne (but he is being challenged in the July 21 Republican primary by state Treasurer Kimberly … Read more
Another week. Another report from Craig Harris and the 12 News Team on how flawed the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Welfare/Scam for the Rich and Crooked Program is. Despite assurances from Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and Legislative Republicans that the fraud rate for ESA purchases is one percent or lower, … Read more
Spokespersons for the new citizen’s intitiative (David has a great rundown of the outline, so I won’t repeat) say It’s time to bring accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion-dollar ESA voucher program, protect the vast majority of our kids’ educational opportunities, and give Arizona taxpayers the accountability and transparency we deserve. Damned right … Read more
With Arizona Legislative Republicans okay with rampant waste, fraud, abuse, and indoctrination in the billion-dollar a year publicly funded with working and middle class taxpayers money Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Welfare/Scam for the Wealthy Private School Voucher Program, the Arizona Education Association (AEA) and Save Our Schools Arizona have banded together to gather enough signatures … Read more
In what was perhaps, substantively, Governor Katie Hobbs’s best State of the State Address in her first term as Arizona’s Chief Executive, the driving issues of her and Democrats’ 2026 campaigns became crystal clear. At a morning presser and an address that reaffirmed their commitment to smart government and Arizona’s Promise, Governor Hobbs and Legislative … Read more