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Stories by Gloria Gomez
Posted May 16, 2022, 6:51 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
More than half a million drivers across Arizona have decked out their cars with specialty license plates, but they're more than just a decoration: They’re an active cash flow to nonprofit organizations that have raised over $8 million in the current fiscal year.... Read more»
Posted May 5, 2022, 6:57 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
With legislators still undecided on how to spend the record $5.3 billion dollar budget surplus, the Arizona Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union, is demanding massive increases in education funding.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2022, 7:45 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Amid a nursing shortage, Arizona became the third state in the nation to allow people to be trained and hired by home health agencies as licensed health aides to care for family members under 21 who qualify for long-term, around-the-clock care. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 28, 2022, 11:23 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Citing the state's record-high surplus, community advocacy organizations ACE and the People First Economy for Arizona called on legislators to ramp up education funding and mobilize the estimated $5.3 billion surplus to benefit Arizonans.... Read more»
Posted Apr 21, 2022, 5:42 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
A $13 billion dollar budget, sold by Republican lawmakers as a continuation of last year’s budget while the legislature debates how to spend its current $5.3 billion dollar surplus, was promptly shot down in its first House Appropriations hearing.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2022, 3:09 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Religious organizations would be granted wide berth to remain open during health crises if a bill sent Tuesday to Gov. Doug Ducey is signed into law.... Read more»
Posted Apr 19, 2022, 1:22 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The future of classroom COVID-19 mitigation measures now lies in Gov. Doug Ducey’s hands: A bill the state Senate approved Monday would force schools to seek parental consent if they want to keep their students masked up. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 14, 2022, 9:00 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
An audit of Pima County’s Regional Transportation Authority Plan - enacted in 2006, after voters passed a one half cent sales tax dedicated to projects to improve roads and public transit - found it falls short by $149 million, putting 11 projects at risk. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2022, 5:23 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Arizona faith-based adoption and foster care agencies who make decisions based on religious views are now free to do so without any threat of lawsuits thanks to a new law signed this week, and opponents say that could hurt foster kids across the state. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 6, 2022, 12:59 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Foster kids in Arizona overwhelmingly outnumber licensed foster families, and a bill on Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk could shrink their options even further by allowing agencies to deny applicants based on religious beliefs. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 3, 2022, 11:54 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Just two days after Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law controversial bills targeting trans Arizonans, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to all state attorneys general warning of legal action against laws that violate constitutional and federal non-discrimination protections.... Read more»
Posted Apr 1, 2022, 11:22 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman, human rights activists and parents sharply criticized Arizona lawmakers after Gov. Doug Ducey signed bills that would restrict the treatment trans youth could receive and limit what sports teams they could join.... Read more»
Posted Mar 30, 2022, 3:49 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
With the stroke of a pen Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey made it illegal for Arizona women to seek an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy — even if they became pregnant because they were raped. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 30, 2022, 2:31 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
In a move against transgender youth in Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey signed new laws barring them from participating in girls’ and womens’ sports, and from obtaining gender reassignment surgery. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 30, 2022, 9:18 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The proposed Republican constitutional amendment that would make it unconstitutional for Arizona public schools, colleges and universities to teach so-called “critical race theory” goes before the full Senate for vote, and if passed, it will go directly to the November ballot. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 29, 2022, 7:26 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
An eleventh-hour proposal that would make sweeping changes to how Arizona schools are funded won Republican approval on a legislative panel Monday, despite the devastating budget cuts that critics say many schools will face if it becomes law. ... Read more»