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AG Kris Mayes Begins Walking Back ESA Crackdown Following Goldwater Lawsuit

Nov 2, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is facing serious criticism after legal threats issued to families using the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program. The threats slammed the brakes on purchasing “supplementary materials” considered...

Leftist Parent Sends Rope, Sexually Explicit Book To Threaten School Board Member

Nov 1, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The vice president of the Higley Unified School Board, Anna Van Hoek, received a package with an apparent threat of violence from a leftist parent. The package, sent from Amazon, contained a rope and a book containing sexually explicit...

Grand Canyon University Covers College Costs For Hundreds Of Arizona Students

Oct 31, 2024

By Staff Reporter | Grand Canyon University (GCU) will now cover the college costs for over 300 students this academic year. The university expanded its Canyon Rising Scholarship (formerly the Students Inspiring Students Scholarship) to meet the needs of 305...

Tempe High School Teacher Arrested For Threatening Donald Trump Jr. And Charlie Kirk

Oct 25, 2024

By Staff Reporter | 24-year-old Daniel Ashpes of the Tempe Union High School District was arrested for threats against Donald Trump Jr. and Turning Point USA founder, CEO Charlie Kirk. The Tempe Police Department announced Ashpes’s arrest on Tuesday; he was...

Shelli Boggs Gains Key Endorsement For Maricopa County School Superintendent

Oct 21, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | A Republican running for Maricopa County School Superintendent picked up a key endorsement ahead of the November General Election. Late last month, Shelli Boggs announced the endorsement of Riley Gaines for her campaign for Maricopa County...

Free K-12 Achievement Tutoring Program Extended By Horne

Oct 21, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced the extension of free services through the Achievement Tutoring Program until the end of the 2024-25 school year. Horne hopes the move will allow a greater number of Arizona...

Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Charged Six Months After ASU Occupation

Oct 15, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has announced that her office has filed misdemeanor trespassing charges against 68 demonstrators who were arrested during a pro-Hamas protest at ASU in April. The demonstrators defied the orders of ASU...

New Report Dashes Claims Of ESA Critics

Oct 14, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | The Common Sense Institute of Arizona (CSI) has released a comprehensive report setting facts versus myths surrounding Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. According to the CSI, the full eleven page report, “dispels...

Scottsdale Woman Arrested For Fraud Against PTA Now Indicted For Yuma County School Theft

Oct 11, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | A former superintendent secretary with Yuma County's Hyder Elementary School District, Nubia Gonzalez, has been indicted for Theft, Misuse of Public Monies, and Forgery. The indictment comes eight weeks after her arrest in Scottsdale in...

Scottsdale Schools Superintendent Gets $16k Pay Raise Despite Lower Test Scores

Oct 8, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board approved a bonus of nearly $16,000 to its superintendent during an August board meeting, despite lower test scores. And during last week's meeting, it approved another performance pay...

Maricopa County Publishes Statements From Candidates For 58 School Board Districts

Oct 3, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona voters in the state’s largest county will have the opportunity to hear from candidates for school board positions ahead of the November General Election. Late last month, Maricopa County School Superintendent Steve Watson released a...

ASU Stabbing Raises Questions About Censorship And A Possible Cover Up

Oct 2, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | The brutal stabbing of 19-year-old Mara Daffron by fellow ASU Student Kaci Lenise-Charlie Sloan on September 19th raised questions about censorship and even possibly a coverup after the story languished for eight days before being reported on by...