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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.

Phoenix Latino community backing Biden infrastructure …

9/15/2021
President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion proposed infrastructure plan would have a potential large impact on the Latino population in the United States – especially the Latino community in the …

Chairman Sellers: Here’s how Maricopa County is …

9/1/2021
As chairman of the Board of Supervisors, I’ve made it clear that to secure a brighter future for our county, we don’t just need to beat the pandemic, we also need to put into place …

State Supreme Court: Education tax remains in place

8/19/2021
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the income tax surcharge on the wealthy can remain, at least for the time being. But how much of the funds can be spent, however, remains in …

Scottsdale Airport funding reportedly part of …

8/16/2021
Scottsdale Airport could receive nearly $4 million in additional federal funding if the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act legislation becomes law, one Arizona senator says. The …

Feds seek to stop Arizona COVID funds from going to …

7/14/2021
PHOENIX — Lawyers for the U.S. Treasury are asking a federal judge to throw out a bid by state Attorney General Mark Brnovich to say Congress can’t tell Arizona it can’t use any of …