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Court says ballot measure case not ‘ripe’ for litigation
A state law throwing new hurdles in the path of initiative circulators will remain, at least for now.
Teachers end short-lived strike
The Arizona Educators United and Arizona Education Association called for an end to the Red for Ed strike today, leaving most of their demands on the table.
Ducey, Legislature scrape together revenues for $10.4 billion budget proposal
State lawmakers are moving to adopt a $10.4 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year, balancing the books -- and finding the dollars for a teacher pay hike plan -- at least in part by passing along expenses to some local taxpayers.
The Breakdown, Episode 16: Strike everything
Tens of thousands of Red for Ed supporters marched on the Capitol last week, and they say they'll stay out of schools until Gov. Doug Ducey and the Legislature come up with a plan for education that satisfies them.
Ducey, legislative leaders arrive at teacher pay deal
Arizona House and Senate leaders have reached a deal with Gov. Doug Ducey on a plan to fund his proposal for a 20-percent pay hike for teachers, but they won’t disclose how they’ll pay for it.
Ballot measure to tax the rich for K-12 funding launched
A coalition of teachers, parents and education advocates led by the Center for Economic Progress, a progressive public policy group, launched an effort Friday to raise income taxes on wealthy Arizonans to pay for the state’s public education.
Teachers union prepares to ask voters for tax hike
The Arizona Education Association is mulling a ballot measure that would ask voters to find the revenue for increased education funding in their own pockets – one way or another.
Pay hike flap leaves rank and file lawmakers with little to do
As teachers around the state prepared to strike, legislators sat nearly idle for four days as they got into a stand-off with Gov. Doug Ducey over how to give teachers pay raises.
CD8 results give Democrats confidence for midterm elections
The outlook of Democrats in the state got rosier on April 24 when the special election results in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District put the Republican candidate in the bright red district ahead by only 5 percentage points.
Lesko wins CD8
Democrat Hiral Tipirneni has turned an expected blowout in the Congressional District 8 special election into a fight.
Top Republicans meet to work out deal on teacher pay
Top Republicans are huddling to see if they can reach an accord over the issue of teacher pay ahead of Thursday's strike deadline, potentially forestalling or at least undermining the walkout.
Slowed by a brain injury, Gutierrez leaves his mark on Arizona politics
After suffering a traumatic brain injury caused by a freak accident that temporarily left him unable to speak, hear, or walk properly, Alfredo Gutierrez decided it was time to walk away from a decades-long career of public service
