By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — In 2019, there were 180 Arizona schools that received a D or F rating and new legislation given preliminary approval by the House would hand over their operations or shut them down if they don’t improve. House Bill 2808 establishes the Arizona Achievement District. This district is…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Schools would be required to publicly post every new book bought for their libraries, have elected governing board members approve all new book purchases and let parents know every book their child checks out under a proposal Senate Republicans advanced Tuesday. Critics said the new requirements…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Employers could be forced to fork out a year’s wages as reparations to employees whose religious exemptions from a company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy were denied. The Arizona House of Representatives on Monday gave preliminary approval to House Bill 2198, which requires employers to pay a lump sum…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — The grass lawns in front of the Arizona Capitol were filled with brightly painted circus-style games on Feb. 28, all of them satirical references to recent legislation restricting voting rights. “We’re here to demonstrate that inside of those (legislative) chambers, Republican legislators are playing with people’s…
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…
