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Proposition 126 hurts Arizona’s public education system, ties hands of Legislature
Our lawmakers need to have every tool available to them when planning for the future. We cannot afford to limit their ability to make choices related to critical funding for our state’s education system. Proposition 126 would do just that.
Advocates: Relatively small fund cuts have big impact on Arizona arts
The Trump administration’s call to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in next year’s budget would mean the loss of just over $1.5 million in federal funds for Arizona.
Ducey proposals would help needy, vulnerable Arizonans
Gov. Doug Ducey announced several plans aimed at the state’s most vulnerable, from the very poor to people suffering from addiction.
House reluctantly passes bill to limit access to food stamps
The Arizona House has reluctantly passed a measure that could cut off as many as 120,000 people from the state's food stamp program after the Republican sponsor promised to amend the measure in the Senate.
Republicans see problems with JTED cuts, prison spending
Lawmakers at the joint Appropriations Committee briefing on Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget proposal Jan. 19 were only allotted time for one question each following the budget presentation, but the questions they asked were telling.
State revenues continue to rise
After years of incessant cuts, Arizona might be on the verge of shifting the budget discussion following months of robust revenue collections.
Education Department to seek guidance on cuts affecting smaller schools
The Department of Education will ask the attorney general this week to issue a formal opinion on cuts to funds that support smaller schools.
Report: Universities faced nation’s deepest cuts even before latest reductions
Arizona sits atop the list of states that have made the deepest cuts to higher education and have enacted the largest tuition increases in the nation since the start of the recession.
Strong revenue showing raises questions about whether lawmakers acted too fast
The surprisingly strong showing in state revenue collections in April promptly revived questions surrounding the wisdom of rushing the budget’s passage earlier this year.
Governor says university cuts may be permanent
Gov. Doug Ducey suggested Thursday that the funding cuts just imposed on the state’s three universities might be permanent. And he would not rule out future reductions in state aid.
Hundreds protest Ducey’s proposed education budget cuts
“Education costs money, ignorance costs more,” was among the loudest chants hundreds of protesters voiced at the state Capitol the evening of Feb. 25.
Report: Arizona saw nation’s largest in-state tuition hikes
Arizona’s four-year public universities had the nation’s largest in-state tuition and fees increase over the past five years, according the nonprofit organization that oversees the SAT.
