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4 indicted in student aid scheme that used inmates
Federal prosecutors say they have broken up a ring of women who used the names of Perryville prison inmates to fraudulently get federal student financial aid.
Arizona two-year jobs forecast projects increases
State economists say Arizona is on a pace to add about 50,000 nonfarm jobs annually but that the rate of increase still trails the period before the Great Recession.
Republicans’ ‘bait-and-switch’ budget lacks vision
Arizona Legislative Republicans did the state a disservice by pushing through a bait-and-switch budget that lacks vision, leaves kids of working families without health care coverage and fails to create jobs.
Brewer vetoes bill to expand school voucher program
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to expand a year-old school voucher program.
School district says Spanish-immersion program raises test scores
Desert Willow Elementary School teacher Luz Ordosgoitia colors water red to show her sixth-grade science class that density affects how water and several other liquids separate when mixed.
Kavanagh cans $2,000 college fee bill
Rep. John Kavanagh says he's decided to kill a bill that would have required college students to pay a portion of their school tuition.
Senate fails bills on teacher conduct
The Arizona Senate has failed to pass three bills barring educators from partisan instruction, using unapproved course materials or using language in the classroom that violates Federal Communication Commission standards.
‘Parent empowerment’ bill barely passes Senate
A bill that would allow parents to shut down a failing school, fire its principal or turn it into a charter school narrowly won passage in the Senate today. The legislation applies to schools that receive a “D” or “F” under the state’s new grading system.
Funding for UofA expansion in Phoenix will ease doctor shortage, aid economy
Arizona suffers from a critical shortage of physicians that is compounded by the downturn in national and state economies and the subsequent loss of many jobs. Five years ago, the Legislature took steps to address these issues by supporting the expansion of the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix.
Capitol Quotes: Feb. 24, 2012
This week's most outstanding quips, jibes and utterances.
House committee approves minimum tuition bill
A state House committee has approved a bill requiring full-time students pay generally $2,000 annually toward their tuition at a state university.
Bill on minimum tuition fee to get hearing Wednesday
A bill to generally require that full-time students pay at least $2,000 toward their annual tuition at a state university gets its first hearing Wednesday.
