Republicans will do anything to avoid the voters having the final say on their extreme taxpayer give away program

Teachers have come to House gallery late Friday as lawmakers debate education measures, including ESA issues. The Senate Sgt of Arms, who works for Senate President Warren Petersen, refused to let teachers sit in Senate gallery.

From a veteran.

The answer is no. This referral was heard Friday night with little to no public comment — except for 3 major ESA supporters. Its intent is to stop the ESA reform initiative being pushed by teachers.

“Crybaby Carter” is at it again. Speaker Pro Tempore Neal Carter let his temper get the best of him after getting called out by House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos. Representatives were explaining their votes before midnight on HCR2001 when the voting board closed suddenly. This action was appealed, and Leader De Los Santos was defending his members’ right to speak. The truth is hard sometimes.

Arizona students and public school families deserve better than the miserable failure we saw from Legislative Republicans this session. Read our full statement: arizonaea.org/about-aea/medi…

WATCHING Will Arizona teachers union cut a deal w GOP lawmakers to kill anti-union ballot referral in exchange for modest ESA reforms?

I don’t think Mr Turning Point, aka Matt Gress, is going to help public schools.

BREAKING: New Arizona poll shows overwhelming opposition to virulently anti-union HCR2040. 85% oppose #AZleg efforts to punish public school teachers for union activity. Also a huge majority supports reforming or ending Arizona’s out-of-control $1 billion ESA voucher system. Only 33% would leave it as is.

🚨 JUST IN: New poll shows an overwhelmingly opposition to HCR2040. 85% of Arizonans oppose efforts to punish public school teachers for union activity. On the other hand only 33% of participants would leave the education voucher program as is, most Arizonans would like to see change on how it’s been managed and implemented. Take a look ⬇️ #azleg #poll #arizona

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: At Capitol after several sources told @12new that @GOP lawmakers are negotiating with the state teachers union on a modest ESA reform bill that could go to voters. Union wants to kill anti-union referral while @GOP doesn’t want ESA voucher initiative on ballot

👏 What an absolutely absurd ordinance. You want to punish people for feeding the hungry? How about you work on solving homelessness? @CityofPhoenixAZ @MayorGallego

Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted by a jury with no Black jurors. Whatever one believes about the verdict itself, we cannot ignore the larger truth that many Americans are wrestling with: justice is still being administered through a system with a long history of racial disparity in sentencing and punishment. This requires more than reaction. It requires moral honesty about who is deemed dangerous, whose pain is centered, and how differently accountability has often been applied in America. If we want justice worthy of its name, it cannot be shaped by race. #KarmeloAnthony

Republicans gutted public education in Arizona to fund private school vouchers. Now they want to export that failure nationwide through a private school voucher tax credit. Today, with @RepGwenMoore, I introduced the Keep Public Dollars in Public Schools Act to repeal this giveaway and keep public dollars in public schools where they belong.

The private ed push continues. Despite acknowledgment in Aug by AZ GOP Chair that voucher loopholes enabled wasteful spending, AZ Republicans are poised to hold the line. Again. No new restrictions and no income cap, academic testing , or fingerprint registration requirements.

Years of complaining about all manner of things and it’s calling out the ESA that finally gets me trolls. 🤷‍♀️ Makes me more excited to vote to reform that corrupt waste of money in November. Stop free riding on the rest of us and pay for your own private school. ✌️😘 #esa #education #arizona #grift

Happy Pride Month 🌈 This month, we celebrate the LGBTQ community across U.S. Soccer and throughout the ecosystem of the game. We believe soccer is stronger when everyone feels seen, supported, and empowered to show up fully as themselves. Here’s to a month of celebration, connection, and belonging.

Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA members of our community. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

And I love how all these ESA fanatics that just want a subsidy from the rest of us pretend this is about choice. You have two free choices. You want something else, pay for it yourself. And let’s not pretend these people aren’t using ESA money for trips and lingerie and jewelry and college tuition! Absurd. #esa #arizona #education @votewarren