Over the last two weeks, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has awarded four additional American Rescue Plan Grants to local government and education organizations to further assist schools, communities, and students. This is in addition to five earlier American Rescue Plan grants released in May for similar reasons. The first grant was $5.1 million … Read more
Above: Remember this from 2015? It was all a Big Lie. The Arizona Constitution requires the state legislature to enact a state budget before the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. In addition, the legislature really only had two priorites to address this year: (1) the school funding cliff that the last … Read more
“When temperatures reach 110 degrees, the City of Tucson will open six cooling center locations, one in each Ward. The centers will be open from noon-6 p.m. These locations will be open on any day when temperatures are expected to reach 110 degrees. Donna Liggins Center, 2160 N. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705 El Pueblo … Read more
Attorney General Mark Brnovich–who resumed executions last year with pentobarbital and his newly-refurbished gas chamber–hailed a US Supreme Court decision Monday greenlighting two men’s executions. The men likely wouldn’t be on death row if they were allowed to present evidence in post-conviction proceedings that both men’s attorneys admitted they initially failed to mention. Justice Clarence … Read more
Here we go again. For the second time in two years, the Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature have voted on a bill (SB1412 in this session) which would fine teachers $5000 for teaching controversial subjects that members of one race feel are attempts to shame them into guilt for the sins of the past. … Read more