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Land trust changes delay fiscal cliff
Changes Gov. Doug Ducey pledged to ease the “fiscal cliff” in his plan to increase education funding became apparent as the proposal became the centerpiece of a settlement agreement to end a lawsuit over K-12 spending.
Democrats’ conundrum: support or oppose the school finance deal
Each year without failure since the onset of the Great Recession, Democrats have denounced cuts to public education and clamored for more funding for K-12 schools, a demand that has gotten louder as the state’s economy improves.
State treasurer says school finance deal is irresponsible, likely illegal
State Treasurer Jeff DeWit said Tuesday a plan to settle the school funding lawsuit with trust land proceeds is irresponsible. And he said it's also likely illegal. DeWit said the additional withdrawals for the next decade called for in the proposal now being pushed by Gov. Doug Ducey would mean huge losses in revenues available to schools beyond that.
ASU study backs Ducey school trust land plan
The head of a Koch-funded think tank at Arizona State University says it makes more financial sense to spent land trust dollars on current education expenses rather than "hoard'' them for future generations.
DeWit: Team Ducey ‘not good, honest, moral people’
DeWit opened up to the Republic’s Laurie Roberts and savaged Ducey and his allies, calling them the bad guys in a dispute that began over policy but has since turned into a personal grudge match.
Land trust value drop highlights Ducey education plan risk
A nearly $200 million drop in the value of Arizona's permanent land trust in the past three months highlights the risks of Gov. Doug Ducey's plan to rely on high investment returns to power his school funding plan, state Treasurer Jeff DeWit said this week.
Ducey says tax cuts remain an option despite state’s school funding woes
Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday he won’t take another round of tax cuts off the table even as Arizona schools struggle to recover the hundreds of millions of dollars in state aid they lost during the recession.
DeWit hammered by Ducey ally on Breitbart
Lisa De Pasquale, the director of strategic communications for Sean Noble’s DC London, skewered DeWit today in a column on Breitbart. De Pasquale, who has written for Breitbart since 2010, rose to the defense of Ducey, whom she compared to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, dubbing him the “Walker of the West.”
OSPB chief insists Ducey’s land trust plan is sound
The Ninth Floor today issued a memo to lawmakers in response to DeWit’s criticism of his plan to boost K-12 funding through increased payouts from the state land trust. The memo, written by OSPB Director Lorenzo Romero, didn’t directly refer to DeWit or his email to lawmakers, but it did address several of the issues the treasurer raised.
Who’s hot, who’s not heading into 2015
A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.
Political novice DeWit joked and sang his way to win treasurer race
When former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman was claiming in radio spots that Jeff DeWit is a risky day trader, the political newcomer was out greeting voters in remote counties, a part of campaigning he says “fulfills your soul.”
Political newcomer DeWit wins treasurer’s race
Political newcomer Jeff DeWit has secured the Republican primary for state treasurer.
