By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Republican legislators want voters to make it unconstitutional for Arizona public schools, colleges and universities to teach so-called “critical race theory,” a move that will come at the detriment of quality education, critics say. The proposed constitutional amendment would capitalize on a nationwide GOP movement to…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror An eleventh-hour proposal that would make sweeping changes to how Arizona schools are funded won Republican approval on a legislative panel Monday, despite the devastating budget cuts that critics say many schools will face if it becomes law. The amendment attached to Senate Bill 1269 increases total K-12 funding by…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Republicans in the House pushed through legislative proposals that restrict transgender children’s access to girls sports and gender-affirming surgeries. Republican legislators defended the proposals as necessary legislative protections. Senate Bill 1138, in particular, elicited heated rhetoric. The bill would ban surgeries for minors performed for the purpose…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — A ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy was approved by a Republican majority in the House, and is on its way to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk. Under Senate Bill 1164, a doctor who performs an abortion on a woman who is more than 15 weeks…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Elections across the state could be open to court-ordered recounts under a new legislative proposal that allows Arizonans to file actions in superior court if they also provide the funding, and critics say that could open the door to wealthy special interest groups. “Not to get…
