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School choice group runs ads thanking Legislature, Gov for passing vouchers
A school choice group once chaired by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is running advertisements thanking Arizona’s governor and legislature for expanding school vouchers here.
Lawmakers approve bill asking schools to do more on dyslexia
Arizona is on the verge of requiring schools to do more to identify students with dyslexia and giving them guidelines for how to deal with them.
Bill passes prohibiting state or local governments from conducting database searches before gun sales
State lawmakers are making yet another bid to keep cities from requiring background checks when guns are sold from one person to another.
Pragmatism, not ideology or party, guides Sen. Sean Bowie
Sen. Sean Bowie, D-Phoenix, the only true freshman in the Senate, beat out a Republican in moderate Legislative District 18 last year, and his victory, he said, has helped to defeat some bad bills this year.
Southern Arizona lawmaker blocks bill funding memorial to victims of 2011 Tucson shooting
A Southern Arizona lawmaker is unilaterally blocking efforts to get some state dollars to help with building a memorial in Tucson to victims of the 2011 shooting that killed six and wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Federal government not releasing seized drugs for Arizona executions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined Arizona and Texas will not take possession of more than a thousand vials of an anesthetic used for lethal injections.
Lawmakers argue student journalists get no special protections
Legislation designed to protect student journalists from censorship has hit a roadblock Thursday amid criticism from some lawmakers that they're not entitled to those protections.
Ethics hearing set for Maricopa County justice of the peace
A state commission has scheduled a May 15 hearing to consider charges accusing a Maricopa County justice of the peace of violating state ethics rules during his 2016 election campaign.
Voucher-backing group’s Capitol ‘Thank You’ lunch cancelled
Republican Speaker J.D. Mesnard said he called off the "Thank You to the Legislators" luncheon because it was ill-timed and emotions are still running high at the Capitol.
Probation practice swamps justice system, leads to higher risk offenders
Arizona’s Adult Probation Services Division is increasingly responsible for more high-risk offenders under a sentencing practice called “probation tails.”
Report shows more bartenders, waiters find work despite Prop. 206
Data from the state Office of Economic Opportunity shows that the number of people working in bars and restaurants last month not only increased but did so at a rate six times higher than the economy as a whole.
House OKs Mohave County billboard measure, sends it back to Senate
The House voted 35-18 on April 20 to open areas of Mohave County to electronic billboards. But not in and around Lake Havasu City. And nowhere near the Hoover Dam.
