The Roosevelt Elementary School District levied and spent $13.5 million earmarked for desegregation activities, but without operating any specific programs for that purpose.

Another tax season has passed and of the millions of law-abiding taxpayers who filed, many had to wonder if their private financial information would remain secure. There is ample evidence to justify taxpayer concerns about confidentiality and security.

At a time when Gov. Doug Ducey boasted more than $100 million in new investments for education in his budget plan, a Senate panel advanced a bill that could put roughly double that amount of school funding in jeopardy.

The chancellor for the Maricopa County Community College District announced his resignation Wednesday to move on to running a Chandler-based education non-profit organization.

Maricopa County taxpayers have a ticking time bomb on their hands. MIHS, the county hospital system, is an antiquated model in financial disarray.

The county’s hospital system for indigent patients has defaulted on a 10-year-old, $15.4 million loan from Maricopa County.

Arizona’s K-12 education finance system must be reformed. This 35-year-old construct demands a review because structural deficiencies presently create significant distortions.

A tax watchdog is behind legislation that forbids political subdivisions from running promotional campaigns during elections to raise taxes.

Desegregation school districts are balking at a proposal championed by the Arizona Tax Research Assn to take away their funding source, a revenue stream that is intended to remedy racial discrimination in schools.

The influential Arizona Tax Research Association is taking aim at schools’ ability to levy a tax whose revenues go toward remedying alleged or proven racial discrimination.