Republican lawmakers have been staking out conflicting positions on whether Afghan refugees should be resettled here, and the fear of public backlash led the enrollment of refugee children to be delayed in one local school district. The enrollment of about ...
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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.
Read More »Education alliance sues to end mask mandate prohibition, other new laws
A coalition of school board members, educators, child welfare advocates and others is asking a judge to void a host of changes in state law approved in the waning days of the legislative session.
Read More »Largest school district defies mask mandate prohibition 
The Phoenix Union High School District plans to require students, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks indoors when school starts on Aug. 2.
Read More »Passing bills means wise choices, gaining support 
Gov. Doug Ducey signed and vetoed more bills than ever before, and almost one-third of the Legislature went home batting .000 for passing bills.
Read More »House ends session with flurry of bills 
The House wrapped up this year’s legislative session by, among other things, voting to give rural lawmakers more money. The Senate voted June 29 to pass HB2053, which increases the daily stipend for living expenses for lawmakers outside of Maricopa County during the session. ...
Read More »Ducey signs controversial bills 
Gov. Doug Ducey signed two controversial bills late Friday -- one that exempts businesses from following mask mandates and another that bans private funds for election administration.
Read More »Lawmakers’ focus veers from Covid relief in 1st weeks of session 
After nearly four full weeks of session, none of the bills lawmakers sent to the governor’s desk deals with the Covid pandemic, a shift in emphasis that’s especially noticeable given lawmakers’ insistence to help residents and businesses survive the crisis.
Read More »LD23 awash in curious campaign conflicts 
The progression of the election season seems to have only encouraged candidates for the House in Legislative District 23 to continue accusing each other of criminal misdeeds.
Read More »Lawsuit filed over alleged libel, slander in LD23 race 
A Republican House candidate in Legislative District 23 is suing the incumbent he defeated and a local party official for slander and libel on the campaign trail.
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