Legislature should address problems facing state, not culture war
Arizona’s children are going back to school, and our elected officials face enormous decisions on how to weigh containing a deadly pandemic against the needs of families. We are losing lives and livelihoods every day, and yet somehow our Legislature cannot be bothered to focus on Covid relief when school-mandated prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance make such an ideal wedge in the culture wars.
Pledge of Allegiance mandate for kids advances
The way Rep. John Fillmore sees it, young children need to hear and say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school.
Obama to travel to Arizona on Wednesday
President Barack Obama will travel to Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the victims of last weekend's shooting rampage.