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Who will pay for tax cuts? | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
President Trump has released his tax cut proposal, something he has described as the “biggest tax cut in History.” His various spokespersons have assured us that the cuts will unleash…. Read full letter: Who will pay for tax cuts? | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
Continue readingRepair backlog for schools isn’t due to trial lawyers | Editorial | azdailysun.com
Gov. Doug Ducey has it in for “trial lawyers” – unless they are working for him. The Governor’s budget priorities are wrong as is his memory about use of trial lawyers. Source: Repair backlog for schools isn’t due to trial lawyers | Editorial | azdailysun.com
Continue readingDems Flex Their Muscles in Legislature on Budget Deal | azdailysun.com
PHOENIX — A Republican budget plan set for its first vote today would give Arizona teachers a pay hike more than double what was proffered by Gov. Doug Ducey. Read full article: Teacher due bigger pay hike in budget deal | Local | azdailysun.com
Continue readingPay attention to budget, Russia | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
There are two overriding issues to which we all must pay attention. First, the budget process, though boring, can be used to make policy without debate about those policy issues. Source: Pay attention to budget, Russia | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
Continue readingEducation Funding Malfeasance
Four weeks into the 2016–2017 school year, Arizona saw 53 percent of its district classrooms without a certified teacher; over 2,000 had no teacher and another 2,000 had an uncertified person at the head of the class. Source: Misogynistic Malfeasance | Blog for Arizona And, from Laurie Roberts, AZCentral: Gov. Doug Ducey said it was […]
Continue readingWhy no state budget? Governor Ducey’s university bonding plan | Blog for Arizona
County officials across the state are warning they could be on the brink of financial disaster if the state doesn’t stop stealing their revenues through “fund sweeps.” Source: Why no state budget? Governor Ducey’s university bonding plan | Blog for Arizona
Continue readingOppose CR as Sneak Attack on Critical Funding
When Congress reconvenes this week, it will have to pass a stopgap funding bill, known as a “CR” (Continuing Resolution), to fund the government past April 28. But with his 100-day report card looming on that same day, Trump is desperate for any legislative win he can get—so much so that his cronies in Congress […]
Continue readingDemand road fix in national parks | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
As a former superintendent with the National Park Service in Arizona, I know the maintenance backlog at our national parks is indeed $11.9 billion. The NPS is required by Congress Source: Demand road fix in national parks | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com
Continue readingMeals on Wheels a Lifesaver
March 18, 2017 – Arizona Daily Sun I feel pretty strongly about lots of things in the Trump Budget. But the one that really hit hard, the one that shocked me and then made me cry and continues to make my blood boil was Meals on Wheels. My mother lived alone in a small Iowa […]
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