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Arizona voters won’t get to rein in vouchers. Don’t tell us they all love it.

  • Elvia Díaz

Arizona school vouchers that are pulling $1 billion away from students in K-12 public schools are here to stay, whether we like it or not. And, unfortunately, they’ll stay with no real oversight that taxpayers like me might expect, leaving parents with remarkable discretion over how our public money is spent. What are we supposed […]

Arizona

Judge tosses GOP voucher measure that would have blocked all future reforms

  • Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

A Republican-backed ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to ensure private school voucher funding for military families is protected was tossed off the ballot on Wednesday after a judge concluded that it unconstitutionally would also ban any future reforms to the voucher system. Maricopa County Judge Joseph Kreamer said in his ruling […]

Arizona

Judge: GOP ballot measure aimed at teachers union unconstitutionally guts police, fire unions too

  • Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

A Republican ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to put the state’s largest teacher’s union out of business was tossed off the ballot on Tuesday after a judge concluded that it also would have outlawed all public sector unions.  And that violates the Arizona Constitution’s Separate Amendment Rule, which demands that proposed […]