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
For those at the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) who say there is nothing to look at with their handling and oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Welfare/Scam Private School Voucher for the Rich Program, think again. In reporting by the Fourth Estate, Education Department officials have apparently been stalling the Arizona Auditor General’s … Read more
Poor Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne. If he comes down too hard on plutocratic and home school conservative reactionary zealots for their repeated instances of waste, fraud, abuse, and downright theft of working and middle class taxpayer dollars that fund the billion dollar Welfare for the Wealthy Empowerment Scholarship Program (ESA) Private School … Read more
When will it ever end? When will political leaders beholden to the discredited National Rifle Association finally say “enough is enough” and “no more selling weapons of war to the nation’s mentally unbalanced and criminal elements.” How many innocent children and their families have to suffer before these leaders serve the people who voted for … 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