Workers at bottom of state’s wage scale will be entitled to pay hikes
Workers at the bottom of the Arizona wage scale are going to be legally entitled to a pay hike of $42 a week beginning in January.
Legislators pass proposal to triple their daily allowance
Brushing aside the “optics” of the last-minute action, state lawmakers voted Monday to triple the daily allowance they now get. The move by the House Appropriations Committee came after Rep. Noel Campbell, R-Prescott, urged colleagues to make the vote on the politically risky move bipartisan and unanimous.
‘Red for Ed’ movement kindles political fire in educators
A Desert Shadows Middle School teacher is one of the public education advocates who, fired up by Arizona’s “Red for Ed” movement, plans to channel her energy into political activism.