Vanguardia Arizona reported that while the number of Latino votes cast in Arizona and across the nation is growing significantly, major barriers to boosting Latino turnout persist.

An expert discussion panel held at Phoenix College as part of an ongoing series of civic engagement activities, hosted by Chicanos Por La Causa, said when it comes to the Latino vote, the news is mixed.

Erica Quintana and David Schlinkert

January 17, 2019

The Payson Roundup reported that Rim Country schools continue to cope with the ongoing teacher shortage, despite recent pay raises.

The San Tan Times reported that Expect More Arizona commissioned its annual statewide public opinion survey of 600 likely Arizona voters and for the fourth year in a row, results show that voters believe education is the most important issue facing our state, above immigration, healthcare or the economy.

KJZZ reported that one of the items Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey addressed during his inaugural speech Monday was water and how Arizonans need to come together to help ensure the state’s future.

KJZZ's The Show reported that a survey of the ongoing teacher shortage in our state shows gaping vacancies within the 211 participating school districts and charter schools throughout Arizona. Half the vacancies are filled by teachers who don’t meet standard teacher certification requirements.

The Arizona Republic reported that days after he retired for the second time from the U.S. Senate, Jon Kyl is back to work again for a Washington, D.C.-based law and lobbying firm.

Kyl, 76, returns to Covington & Burling, which paid him nearly $1.9 million from January 2017 until he returned to the Senate in September, financial disclosure records filed on the day he left office show.

The Arizona Republic reported that with nearly 400 kids on a waitlist, the state sits on $56 million in federal aid.

The no-strings-attached aid from the federal government for Arizona goes untapped because lawmakers last spring declined to authorize its use.

In an editorial in The Arizona Republic, Grady Gammage Jr., a senior research fellow at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU Morrison Institute, shared his view on how 2018 may well have been a watershed year in Arizona.