By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled House passed a measure that would ban sexually explicit materials in K-12 classrooms across the state. Rep. Jake Hoffman, a Queen Creek Republican, said the bill would shield children from inappropriate content. “This (bill) is about nothing more than protecting the innocence of Arizona…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Democrats urged their Republican colleagues to support legislation that would ensure paid family and medical leave and greater access to affordable housing Tuesday morning at a press conference in front of the state Capitol. Rep. Reginald Bolding, the Democratic House Minority Leader, called on the governor…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Mayors would no longer be able to order businesses to close during a state of emergency under a GOP-backed proposal fueled by anger stemming from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Arizona cities ordered many businesses to temporarily close. It’s the latest attempt to…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Arizonan businesses would be on the hook for half a million dollars in damages if they refuse a religious exemption from an employee who later experiences significant injury as a result of getting vaccinated under a proposal advancing in the GOP-controlled legislature. Employers who both deny…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Dana has known she’s a girl since she could talk, but Republican senators want to force her to grow up as a man and put her doctors in jail for providing medical treatments aimed at combating gender dysphoria. A proposal from Sen. Wendy Rogers — who…
