By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Future Farmers of America attended the Senate Education committee Tuesday to support a Senate bill that would allow youth groups designated as “patriotic” societies under federal law to send representatives to speak during school hours with permission from a school’s principal. The bipartisan…
By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — Rep. Randall Friese (D-09) is making another attempt at passing a law that would provide for a mental health injunction on guns. House Bill 2249 would allow a peacekeeping officer or family member to obtain a court-ordered injunction against someone having a gun for reasons relating to their…
By JORDAN WILLIAMS Arizona Sonora News PHOENIX — A new bill would allow judges to use discretion when imposing mandatory sentences for certain crimes. Under House Bill 2245, the “Arizona Judicial Discretion Act,” judges can deviate from mandatory prison sentences if the judge decides that the sentence is an injustice to the defendant or is…
It was a Thursday night when I opened up the online forum where thousands of women had posted their stories about losing their young children. Their babies had died before they even reached a year old and the cause of death was attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). These perfectly healthy babies slipped…
As the lights of the store hit the tinsel, bells, and lights, I found myself enthralled with the decor that surrounded me. The enthrallment did not stem from the twinkle that bounced off the decorations, rather, it came from the fact that these decorations were on sweaters. From where ugly Christmas sweaters started to where…
