While passing a budget resolution is the first step in a lengthy process, what’s left in it provides a framework that will shape federal spending—including slashing nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending by 2036.
Our teachers are not political pawns, and their pay should not be weaponized as a bargaining chip.
Bills limiting students' pronoun and bathroom usage are being considered for the fourth year in a row in Arizona’s State House.
New schools have been approved in central Phoenix and Deer Valley, while school boards in south Phoenix and Paradise Valley made the difficult decision to close a number of facilities due to low enrollment.
Sen. John Kavanagh, who was the first legislator in the country to propose a bathroom bill in 2013, brings similar bills back for another legislative session — this time he’s confident he can get them on the ballot.
News outlets run by colleges and high schools provide valuable job training, but could be forced to close next year.
LGBTQ advocacy organizations are expecting attacks on the trans and queer community to continue, and potentially worsen during Arizona’s legislative session.
Prop 314 serves as a painful reminder to those who lived through the state’s “show me your papers” era of unchecked aggression against immigrant families.
Christine Marsh has represented Scottsdale and Phoenix in the Arizona Senate since 2020 after teaching for over 20 years.
Being both parent and teacher gave me a front-row seat to the challenges our education system faces—and insights on how to solve them. That's why I want to take what I learned on the Deer Valley school board to the state capitol.
