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The Breakdown, Episode 14: Enough is enough?
Gov. Doug Ducey offered teachers a 20 percent raise by 2020, but will that be enough to satisfy their demands?
Missing details of Ducey pay plan leave teachers skeptical
Lack of details of where the money is coming from and what the governor's plan does not include has Arizona educators panning his offer of a big hike in teacher pay.
Grassroots teachers’ push sidelines union in pay dispute
At 40,000 strong, Arizona Educators United pushed aside the Arizona Education Association, the political group typically charged with imposing their will at the Legislature.
Ducey offers teachers 20% pay raise by 2020
As Arizona teachers threaten to strike over low wages, Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled a revised budget proposal today that offers educators a 9-percent pay bump in the next school year.
House leaders offer teacher pay raise plan
Republican House leadership is backing a plan to give teachers a 6-percent pay bump next year at the expense of Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to restore cuts to K-12 school capital funding.
Matthew Simon: School choice should be for all students
Matthew Simon’s path to his current position as the Goldwater Institute’s new director of education policy may be surprising.
The Breakdown, Episode 13: Good – not great – times at the Capitol
Gov. Doug Ducey has had a rough time in the last few weeks, but some insiders argue that's just the nature of the political cycle as he campaigns for another term in his office.
Recent series of political plights plague governor
The bad news started when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber SUV in Tempe. Some blame was directed at Gov. Doug Ducey for welcoming the technology company to test autonomous vehicles in Arizona with little-to-no oversight.
The Breakdown, Episode 12: What do you want, and when do you want it?
Public school teachers and their supporters turned out in the thousands on March 28 with a list of demands for their elected representatives, but they may not get what they want - not right away anyway.
Ducey signs sales-tax extension, teachers call for more
Gov. Doug Ducey inked his approval Monday to extending the 0.6-cent sales tax for education until 2041 as an education group which helped pressure for legislative action is mapping out what it plans to do to get some new money into classrooms -- including a possible strike.
Jordan Harb: Starting a life of politics and public policy
Jordan Harb, the 17-year-old Mesa student who helped organize a student walkout on March 14 to mark the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., said he won’t be deterred by lawmakers’ lack of response.
The Breakdown, Episode 10: Pardon me
Pardon the noise - the soothing sounds of Capitol traffic are back this week, but so are our reporters with the latest.
