Andy Biggs at a Turning Point USA rally for President Donald Trump in Phoenix on April 17. 2026. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
‘You can’t even cover them’: Andy Biggs’ 2011 bid to end Medicaid in Arizona
When Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for governor, was a state senator, he tried to abolish Medicaid in the Grand Canyon State because it cost taxpayers too much to provide health insurance for low-income Arizonans.
“When we allow the generations in the future to be robbed and enslaved to pay for the healthcare costs of people today…
Teresa Leyba Ruiz (left) and Kimberly Yee go head-to-head in the 2026 AZ Clean Elections Superintendent debate on Sept. 15, 2026. (Photo by Diannie Chavez/The Arizona Republic/pool)
Voucher oversight splits candidates for Arizona schools chief
Arizona’s billion-dollar and growing school voucher program took center stage Tuesday night as state Treasurer Kimberly Yee and former schoolteacher and community college president Teresa Leyba Ruiz sparred over how they would lead Arizona’s public schools as the next state schools chief.
The program, known formally as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, is projected to cost the state more than $1 billion this year and has drawn sharp criticism for a lack of regulations that…
Rep. Andy Biggs debates with his Republican opponents in the 2026 AZ Clean Elections governor primary debate at Sneaky Big Studios in Scottsdale on June 17, 2026. Pool photo by Diannie Chavez/The Arizona Republic)
Andy Biggs revives Kari Lake’s push for cameras in Arizona classrooms to spot ‘woke’ teachers
Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, said last year that he would support putting cameras in public school classrooms so that parents can keep an eye on “woke” teachers.
Experts say that doing so would put student safety and privacy at risk because…
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