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AG can’t prosecute UA students who protested Border Patrol agents
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has no plans to follow through on the calls from two GOP legislators that it prosecute three University of Arizona students who disrupted an event last month while protesting U.S. Border Patrol agents who were guest speakers.
AZ teachers face worst ‘pay penalty’ in the nation
The weekly pay of teachers in Arizona is barely two-thirds what other college-educated workers in the Grand Canyon State are paid, the worst rate in the United States.
The AZGOP chair is calling on Democrats to roll GOP legislative leaders
Hell, it’s difficult to imagine a scenario where even half of the GOP lawmakers support asking voters to increase the sales tax.
DPS answers questions for KTAR, but not Arizona Mirror
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Trooper Kameron Lee told KTAR on Tuesday that all of the agency’s pistols with major flaws had been fixed by Fabrique Nationale Herstal, the company that manufactured the guns That came as a surprise to us, as we had specifically asked DPS in November 2018 what had been done […]
As a public health crisis looms, anti-government beliefs fuel counterproductive vaccination policies
The dramatic uptick in unvaccinated students in Arizona is what the beginning of a public health crisis looks like. Unfortunately, it’s entirely unclear what policymakers will do about it.
Fireworks salesman backs bill to expand fireworks sale. Why isn’t it a conflict?
There are a few certainties in a legislative session: Fights over the budget will be centered on education funding, Democrats will get upset that moderate Republican peers vote like Republicans, and David Gowan will push legislation to expand the use and sales of fireworks in Arizona.
Arizona’s internationally poor standing on teachers demands action, not a victory lap
New data that shows just how pitifully Arizona stacks up in education, both nationally and globally.
Documents: Stringer voiced ugly views on child sex, minorities, poor people
Summaries of interviews and documents provided to the House Ethics Committee that were made public Wednesday paint a vivid picture of former Rep. David Stringer as someone who frequently made comments denigrating minorities and poor people, disliked Mormons and didn’t believe child sex-trafficking either existed or damaged the victims.
Wage hikes promised by McSally, GOP, haven’t materialized, but stock buybacks have boomed
Rather than invest in their workforce through new hiring and raising wages, a new report shows that U.S. corporations have bought back a record $1 trillion of their own stock in the 15 months since Republican members of Arizona’s congressional delegation cast votes for the GOP’s tax plan. Arizona Republican Reps. Andy Biggs, Trent Franks, […]
Benson cartoons find a new home at the Arizona Mirror
Gannett's loss is the Mirror's gain: Announcing legendary cartoonist Steve Benson will be published twice a week by the Mirror.
Stringer faced charges of paying for sex with intellectually disabled boy
Former Rep. David Stringer faced charges alleging that he had repeated sexual contact with two boys aged 15 and younger, including one who was intellectually disabled, according to Baltimore police records released Friday by the House Ethics Committee.
Rep. Stringer, facing ethics inquest for sex crime and racist remarks, resigns
Embattled Rep. David Stringer has resigned his legislative office, the House of Representatives announced late Wednesday afternoon. Stringer was facing an Ethics Committee investigation into two complaints filed against him this year. One related to his arrest in 1983 on sex crime charges in Baltimore, the other also included several racist remarks Stringer had made […]