PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * New Superintendent Horne Policy Removes Oversight over up to $170 Million in Taxpayer Dollars * * * Governor Katie Hobbs sent a letter to Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Superintendent Tom Horne, calling out his irresponsible decision to rubber stamp ESA spending under $2,000. The action from Horne comes after he announced ADE had a backlog of over 89,000 reimbursement r more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Today, the State of Arizona released its annual abortion report, as required by a law passed in 2010. In response, Governor Katie Hobbs is calling for a repeal of the abortion report law that requires government surveillance of pregnant women: "This report is an attack on our freedom, is unacceptable, and must be brought to an end. The government has no place in surveilling Arizon more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 20 -- The Arizona Department of Education issued the following news release: State schools chief Tom Horne issued the following statement in response to Governor Hobbs' letter critical of the risk-based auditing approach for Empowerment Scholarship Program reimbursements: "The method we are instituting, known as risk-based auditing, is specifically provided for in the budget statute that the Governor signed last session. Maybe she should start reading what she signs. Eq more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The University of Arizona has announced there will be no increase in tuition and mandatory fees for resident undergraduates as part of its tuition, fees and housing rates plan for the 2025-26 academic year. "As our state's flagship, land-grant university, the University of Arizona mission includes the responsibility to provide broad access to an affordable world-class education," said President Suresh Gar more PR