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Unofficial results: West Valley residents vote …

11/3/2021
West Valley voters have opted to end school district budget overrides that have been in place for nearly three decades, meaning two area school districts will lose funding of close to $10 million …

Ducey continues mask, voucher fight to keep $163M in …

10/29/2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is preparing to fight threats by the Biden administration to strip Arizona of $163 million in federal COVID-relief dollars for public education. The governor said …

Peoria Unified considering bond for 2022 ballot

10/29/2021
With little money left from a voter approved 2012 bond, the Peoria Unified School District will start looking at forming an advisory committee to research the possibility of putting a bond on the 2022 ballot.

Peoria councilwoman says police department is …

10/27/2021
Peoria Councilwoman Denette Dunn challenged the police department’s statement that the department’s sworn officer personnel is fully staffed during Tuesday’s meeting. Dunn …

Litchfield mayor promises to use HURFーnot general …

10/21/2021
The mayor of Litchfield Park pledged in a Wednesday city council work study session his intention to better appropriate HURF dollars, instead of tapping into the general fund to pay for roadway …

Judge: Governor can’t raid school trust fund

10/19/2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey, or whoever succeeds him, can’t conduct a future financial raid on a school trust fund account without first getting congressional approval, a judge has …

Two West Valley school districts asking voters to keep …

10/16/2021
Two West Valley school districts are asking voters this November to continue their 15% maintenance and operations budget overrides, which provides millions every year in funding.  Both …

School districts could face spending crisis

10/13/2021
PHOENIX — Arizona schools are facing the prospect of not being able to legally spend some of the money they are receiving. Without legislative action, school districts will have to reduce …

New report highlights dire straits of Arizona's …

10/12/2021
PHOENIX — Arizona continues to have a shortage of teachers for the classroom. And by some indications, the problem may be getting worse. A new survey by the Arizona School Personnel …

Feds to Ducey: COVID grants are not to penalize …

10/5/2021
PHOENIX — A key federal official is telling Gov. Doug Ducey he cannot use COVID grant dollars to penalize schools that impose mask mandates. And if Ducey doesn't fix the problem, he is …

New relief funds making way into Peoria

9/28/2021
The city of Peoria continues to have a number of programs underway to help those most affected by the pandemic thanks to federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Arizona Helping Hands receives $100K grant

9/23/2021
Arizona Helping Hands announced Wednesday it had received a $100,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, which will go toward assisting the non-profit in underwriting the Licensing Safety Program over the next year.