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AG: Parents can take schools to court over quarantine
If your child is sent home to quarantine when school resumes because of possible exposure to Covid, you have the right to challenge that in court.
Child abuse investigation backlog soars
Once again, the Department of Child Safety has fallen behind on child abuse and neglect investigations.
GOP glimpse into election law fights
Republican lawmakers who met December 13 to discuss allegations of voter fraud in Pima County during the 2020 presidential election provided a glimpse at what some of the policy battles in next year’s legislative session could look like.
Abortion ruling could lead to stricter laws
Supporters and opponents of legal abortion are bracing themselves for a court ruling next year that could give Arizona lawmakers far more power to regulate or ban abortion.
Pima county gets 2 new state lawmakers
Pima County supervisors voted Tuesday to fill the county’s two vacant House seats.
Bill allows CTEs to offer associate degrees
Legislation next year may look to allow career and technical education districts to award associate degrees – something proponents say will help meet various industries’ workforce demands.
Slew of newcomers fill empty seats in Legislature
The House will start 2022 with nine new members who were appointed to fill spots that opened due to a slew of resignations after the 2021 session. And that means new faces will be heading a couple of powerful committees.
6 new members appointed to House
Since the Legislature adjourned sine die on June 30, six new House members have been appointed to fill the seats of members who resigned or, in one case, died. And three seats are still vacant.
Tucson under gun again for vaccine mandate
Tucson again faces a possible financial penalty for its vaccine mandate one day after a senator dropped his request to investigate the city.
Bill proposes partisan school board races
A new bill would put school board elections on partisan ballots, forcing board candidates to declare a party affiliation.
Key committee chairs chosen
Rep. Walt Blackman will be the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, whose purview will expand to include criminal justice reform bills as well.
Sen. Leach drops request to probe Tucson’s vaccine mandate
Tucson is no longer in danger of being financially penalized for its vaccine mandate program.
