A cacophony of voices speaking in Spanish, interspersed with laughter, fills a classroom at Rhodes Junior High School in Mesa. Some students speak halting English, but on occasion they attempt to translate for students who don’t speak any. As the ...
Read More »In Arizona, Trump’s promise to save coal jobs is colliding with reality 
The decision to close the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-powered plant near Page, Arizona has become the first real test of Trump’s promise to save coal jobs.
Read More »Disability providers say they need triple what Ducey offers 
Advocates for the disability community say the governor’s budget proposal is nearly $50 million short of what disability service providers need to keep up with Arizona’s minimum wage increase next year.
Read More »Texting while driving ban on teenage drivers is near the finish line 
After years of trying, Sen. Karen Fann, R-Prescott, is steps away from getting her proposal to ban teenage drivers from texting signed into law.
Read More »Civil forfeiture reform splits long-time allies, united some foes 
The 15-year-long “bromance” between Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery may have come to a crushing end right around Valentine’s Day.
Read More »House panel pushes funding increase for smart kids 
Lawmakers want to restore $3.5 million for Arizona’s gifted students.
Read More »House committee moves to increase Arizona smoking age to 21 
Despite one lawmaker’s protests that if age 18 is old enough to go to war, it’s old enough to smoke, a House committee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a measure that would raise the legal smoking age in Arizona to 21.
Read More »Push to raise smoking age to 21 aims to keep cigarettes from youngsters 
Saying it would help keep underage kids from getting cigarettes from 18-year-old high schoolers, Republican Rep. Paul Boyer wants to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
Read More »Legislative committee approves mandatory recess, takes own recess 
A legislative panel unanimously approved a bill to make schools provide students with least 50 minutes of recess per day.
Read More »GOP lawmaker faces backlash from students on dorm voting bill 
HB2260 states that “dormitories or other temporary college address cannot be used to define residency for the purposes of voter registration.” In other words, students who do not have the intent to stay permanently at their dorm addresses cannot register to vote from them.
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