Your 2026 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction primary voter guide: Where candidates stand on the issues
PHOENIX — Voters will soon decide who will lead the Arizona Department of Education and elect the superintendent of public instruction. Overseeing the Arizona Department of Education has become a different job in the last four years — as the U.S. Department of Education is dismantled, as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts have boomed and as diversity…
Guía de las elecciones primarias 2026 para superintendente de Arizona: qué opinan candidatos sobre temas clave
PHOENIX — Los votantes pronto decidirán quién dirigirá el Departamento de Educación de Arizona y ocupará el cargo de superintendente de instrucción pública. Supervisar el Departamento de Educación de Arizona…
Federal government aims to nearly triple Marana ICE detention capacity, new document shows
The federal government aims to nearly triple the capacity of a former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center, moving the building to 1,300-bed capacity from 513…
GOP candidates pitch themselves as the person to beat Arizona’s Democratic governor
PHOENIX (AP) — The two Republican congressmen running for Arizona governor pitched themselves at a debate Wednesday as the only candidate with broad enough voter appeal to unseat Democratic Gov.…
More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes federal food program
This story was originally published by ProPublica. As a House committee debated President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill last…
New dual enrollment fee, more student service cuts included in Pima Community College budget
A $10-per-credit fee is on tap for about 7,000 high school students throughout Southern Arizona who take dual enrollment courses…
Leadership review underway at Pueblo High after staff complaints
Pueblo High School is the focus of a culture and climate report being compiled in the Tucson Unified School District…
Se lleva a cabo una revisión del liderazgo en Pueblo High tras quejas del personal
La Escuela Preparatoria Pueblo es objeto de un informe sobre cultura y clima laboral que está siendo elaborado dentro del…
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