By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Future Farmers of America attended the Senate Education committee Tuesday to support a Senate bill that would allow youth groups designated as “patriotic” societies under federal law to send representatives to speak during school hours with permission from a school’s principal. The bipartisan…
By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — Rep. Randall Friese (D-09) is making another attempt at passing a law that would provide for a mental health injunction on guns. House Bill 2249 would allow a peacekeeping officer or family member to obtain a court-ordered injunction against someone having a gun for reasons relating to their…
By JORDAN WILLIAMS Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — A new bill would allow judges to use discretion when imposing mandatory sentences for certain crimes. Under House Bill 2245, the “Arizona Judicial Discretion Act,” judges can deviate from mandatory prison sentences if the judge decides that the sentence is an injustice to the defendant or is…
By LIZ O’CONNELL Arizona Sonora News Not everyone who comes into East Coast Subs is there to order a sandwich. Some customers at the small restaurant south of the University of Arizona campus go straight to the vending machine in the dining room, and pull out their wallets. The machine dispenses 100, 40 and 10…
By HARRISON REED Arizona Sonora News It is impossible to miss James Huffer’s house, at the corner of North Beverly Avenue and East Patricia Street in Tucson’s Old Fort Lowell neighborhood. It is surrounded by sculptures – many of them large abstract pieces fashioned out of scrap metal and wood, placed around the yard from…
