By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Juvenile offenders might see their financial load lightened, thanks to new legislation approved by the state House of Representatives that would eliminate the rollover of court fees on them and their families. The legislation would scrap the court’s ability to charge juvenile delinquents or their parents…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Arizona landscapes would have a better chance of ending up on the silver screen under a legislative proposal to lure production companies to the Grand Canyon State with $150 million in tax credits that the Senate has approved. Proponents argue it will foster jobs, infrastructure and…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — “Never forget” will not only be enshrined in American vernacular but also Arizona curriculum, if a new proposal establishing 9/11 Education Day approved this week passes into law. Public school teachers will be directed to craft lesson plans about the terrorist attacks every September 11, or…
By Jeremy Duda and Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate voted to raise the aggregate expenditure limit for K-12 schools, heading off a school funding crisis and allowing schools to use nearly nearly $1.2 billion that would have otherwise gone to waste. With a week to go before a March…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Bipartisan proposals to fend off the threat of nearly $1.2 billion in mid-year funding cuts for Arizona schools were introduced Monday in the state Senate and House of Representatives, just two weeks ahead of the March 1 deadline to act before schools are forced to layoff…
