By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Schools could have their hands tied in the future by a legislative proposal hoping to prohibit masking requirements without a parent’s OK. An attempt last year to ban mask mandates in public schools was killed by the Arizona Supreme Court, which ruled that it was unconstitutional to…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Citing a need for academic transparency, Senate Republicans on Monday approved a bill that would require teachers to post all their lesson plans and materials online for parental review, despite some reservations. “In my opinion (it) really does add a lot of busywork for teachers. ……
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Undocumented immigrants on supervised probation who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony would have their pictures published online under a new legislative proposal framed as a way to collect data on crime rates in the immigrant community — but critics say it’s simply an…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Republican proposals seeking to criminalize anyone transporting or illegally immigrating with undocumented minors are moving unimpeded through the legislature. A bill conflating child sex crimes and smuggling elicited outrage from Democratic legislators during a Thursday hearing, who said that packaging the two issues in one bill…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — A new analysis of a push to lure movie productions to Arizona with $150 million in tax credits says claims that the state will see a return on its investment are unfounded — and the state could end up getting little in return for its money. …
