By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Advocates for LGBTQ rights and defenders of religious freedom faced off during a Thursday hearing over a bill proposing to ban discrimination and conversion therapy. The bill will not be moving forward, assured House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who co-sponsored the bipartisan measure. Instead, the hearing was…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Legislation which would make it illegal to film police officers within eight feet of them is closer to becoming law, despite concerns that it could hinder efforts to document misconduct. “We believe that this bill stacks the deck against the public check on officer misconduct,” Timothy…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Schools could have their hands tied in the future by a legislative proposal hoping to prohibit masking requirements without a parent’s OK. An attempt last year to ban mask mandates in public schools was killed by the Arizona Supreme Court, which ruled that it was unconstitutional to…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Citing a need for academic transparency, Senate Republicans on Monday approved a bill that would require teachers to post all their lesson plans and materials online for parental review, despite some reservations. “In my opinion (it) really does add a lot of busywork for teachers. ……
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Undocumented immigrants on supervised probation who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony would have their pictures published online under a new legislative proposal framed as a way to collect data on crime rates in the immigrant community — but critics say it’s simply an…
