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State school board votes to authorize lawsuits against Superintendent Diane Douglas
With Diane Douglas boycotting the meeting at least in part because her seat was changed, the state Board of Education voted Tuesday to authorize two new lawsuits against her.
ACLU says Tucson police hide use of cell phone tracking technology
Tucson police purposely hides its use of technology that allows it to track the cell phones of people – innocent or otherwise – the American Civil Liberties Union is charging.
State invests millions in medical schools, lacks enough physician residency programs
Erin Garvey is sitting at a Mayo Clinic office in Phoenix, wearing a white lab coat and green pants. She has 10 months left in her five-year residency training. After that, she’s off to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she’ll learn more about minimal invasive surgery.
State school board official in dispute with Diane Douglas resigns
The employee at the heart of the feud between Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas and the State Board of Education submitted her resignation today.
DeWit accuses Ducey of pushing him out of convention
The tit-for-tat feud between state Treasurer Jeff DeWit and Gov. Doug Ducey intensified on Thursday as the treasurer accused Ducey of pressuring him to leave a GOP event.
Douglas proposes $400 million for schools from state surplus, rainy day fund
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas offered a plan today to pump $400 million a year into schools for teacher pay.
Dems uniting against Ducey trust plan
Democratic lawmakers are coalescing in opposition to Gov. Doug Ducey’s state land trust plan, a potentially troubling development for a governor who may need votes from the minority party to pass one of his top priorities for the 2016 legislative session.
Public interest group asks Bitter Smith to quit jobs outside Corporation Commission
A group that went after former Attorney General Tom Horne is demanding that Corporation Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith quit her jobs outside the commission and stop any lobbying activities while she remains in office.
Advocate: Poor AzMERIT reading results reflect higher bar
Poor reading results from third-graders’ first round with the state’s new AzMERIT test aren’t bad news to one education advocate.
Corporation Commissioners come out swinging in election controversy
A dispute between energy regulators over the role that corporations play in their election is threatening to escalate into a full blown controversy, with one commissioner threatening to subpoena the records of Arizona Public Service as a way of testing the authority of the agency in charge of regulating utilities.
Schools chief recall organizer alleges Douglas’ chief acted improperly
The chief organizer of a recall against state schools chief Diane Douglas is asking the Attorney General’s Office to investigate whether her chief of staff acted improperly in sending an email about the effort to an independent education group.
Ruling lets 82 campaign finance scofflaws off the hook
More than 80 candidates and committees suspected of various violations of Arizona’s election laws recently got some good news from the Attorney General’s Office – all is forgiven, thanks to a federal judge’s ruling that invalidated a key campaign finance statute.
