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Pingerelli votes against disbursement of $43M to …

2/21/2022
A Peoria Unified School District board member who also is an Arizona state legislator voted against a measure at the Capitol that would disburse a previously budgeted $43 million to the district.

House waives K-12 spending cap

2/15/2022
PHOENIX — The Arizona House voted 45-14 Tuesday to waive the expenditure cap that is in the way of Arizona public schools being able to spend all the money they already have for this fiscal …

Cat declawing could become illegal in Arizona

2/9/2022
PHOENIX — A House panel voted Wednesday to make the routine declawing of cats in Arizona illegal after the chairman of the committee called it “gruesome and unnecessary.” The …

Arizona Senate committee approves voucher expansion

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial …

Arizona schools chief: Cap is ‘ticking time bomb’

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Calling it a “ticking time bomb,” state schools chief Kathy Hoffman called out Republican lawmakers Tuesday for failing so far to ensure that Arizona schools across the …

Coalition working against Arizona voting restrictions

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — A coalition of community groups is asking Arizona voters to overturn a series of restrictions on registration and voting already enacted and those now being contemplated this year by …

House panel approves ban of ‘explicit’ sex-ed …

1/26/2022
PHOENIX — A House panel approved legislation this week that is aimed at keeping “sexually explicit materials” out of the hands of school children. But the discussion about HB …

Senate committee approves election changes

1/26/2022
PHOENIX — With complaints and suggestions that there was fraud in 2020, state lawmakers began the process Monday of making major and minor alterations in state election laws. On party line …

Arizona lawmaker: ‘brutality of communism’ should …

11/24/2021
PHOENIX — A first-term Arizona lawmaker wants to require that students have to study what he says is the “brutality” of communism before they can graduate. Rep. Quang Nguyen, …

Peoria Unified, public health guidelines at odds with …

7/22/2021
Public health versus politics has hit home at Peoria Unified School District, with state legislators and the governor issuing rules at odds with federal, state and county COVID-19 guidelines.

Fight over unemployment benefits could derail Arizona …

6/11/2021
PHOENIX — The president of the Arizona Senate is firing a warning salvo at House Republicans who would kill her top priority: It’s not a good move for your political future. Karen Fann …

Ducey rescinds statewide mask requirement in schools

4/19/2021
PHOENIX — Students and teachers at Arizona schools are no longer going to be required by the state to wear masks. But they can if they want. And local districts remain free to continue to …