By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — A bill to help individuals with drug-related felony convictions keep food on the table cleared committee on Wednesday, taking its first step toward becoming law. The bill won approval in the House Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by the measure’s sponsor, Snowflake Republican Rep. Walt Blackman….
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow PHOENIX — Arizonans can now receive free at-home COVID-19 tests alongside their online purchase packages, a day earlier than initially planned. Each household can order up to four tests via the U.S. Postal Service website. Last week, the Biden Administration announced it was purchasing 1 billion tests, half of which…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow PHOENIX — For Kara Janssen, walking out the front doors of Perryville Prison in 2016 was stressful enough without having to worry about food security, especially with three children to think about. “You get $200 when you’re leaving prison,” Janssen said. “They kick you out and say, ‘Good luck,’…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow PHOENIX — A nativist former top Trump White House official on Wednesday exhorted Gov. Doug Ducey to use Arizona’s National Guard to turn immigrants back at the border. Ken Cuccinelli, a top United States Citizenship and Immigration Services official in Donald Trump’s administration, said Ducey has the constitutional ability…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow, AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Democrats and public school advocates said Gov. Doug Ducey had two glaring holes in his final State of the State speech on Monday: funding for public schools and COVID-19. “If we truly want Arizona to be unstoppable, our priority should be increasing education attainment,” said…
