Notable Quote
“I’m here on campus because, you know, I
signed up to be the bullet sponge, if you will,”
~ Officer Tricia Smalley, school resource
officer, Benson Unified School District
TODAY’S NEWS & VIEWS
April 15, 2040
Arizona’s K-12 schools and police face flood of gun threats, lockdowns, guns
The threat of gun violence is real in Arizona schools.
Dispute over poverty funds shakes schools’ trust in Arizona’s Education Department
Arizona Department of Education leaders for weeks denied the department had taken, without notice, tens of thousands of dollars in federal poverty funds from a southern Arizona school district and several charter schools this year. Now, they are reversing course and acknowledging they did move money from school budgets.
It attempted to finesse, rather than actually challenge, the duopoly on political power of the Democratic and Republican parties.
These Arizona lawmakers are most likely to lose their jobs over the abortion ban
Opinion: Arizona’s new 19th century abortion ban seems likely to flip the Legislature to Democrats. These Republicans should be the most worried.
Arizona Republic
RELATED: Extreme, punishing law is unacceptable’: Hundreds gather in Scottsdale for abortion rights
Old Town Scottsdale erupted into a cacophony of honking cars on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of abortion rights supporters gathered.
She cleaned Phoenix mayors’ offices for a decade. Then she was fired over her uniform
Maria Sanchez cleaned the offices of Phoenix mayors, council members and top executives for more than a decade. She took care of their plants during the pandemic, shared her home-cooked food with them and knew some of their children.
Glendale council selects Leandro Baldenegro to fill Ocotillo District seat
