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Education Reform in Arizona: Just Another Year of Our Children’s Lives
By Stephen Stollmack Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org Most of us are now aware that certain forces within the government and private sectors are expending tremendous amounts of money and energy to change how
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Arizona is Lighting the Way in Solar Power
On Tuesday, Environment America release the report “Lighting the Way: What We Can Learn From America’s Top 12 Solar States.” Arizona shone brightest among the “Dazzling Dozen,” the twelve states with the greatest solar
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AZ Legislature Makes It Harder To Vote
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org Governor Jane Brewer recently signed Arizona HB2305 which will potentially remove many voters and make initiatives harder. Who writes these sorts of laws – the Arizona legislature or Murphy,
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Make Government Accountable – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says NO
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org “Government accountability means that public officials — elected and un-elected — have an obligation to explain their decisions and actions to the citizens.” – US State Department Accountability
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ALEC: Are Corporations and Legislators Working Against Citizens
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org Most of America supports gun background checks for gun purchases, medical marijuana, gay marriage, limiting the power of lobbyists and large cash donations to elections. Often government
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Bisbee Votes to Support Same-Sex Civil Unions
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org The US Supreme Court will soon decide on cases involving a states right to ban same-sex marriage and on a federal law defining marriage as a union
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National “April Days of Action” to Protest Drone Killing and Surveillance to include Tucson & Phoenix
Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org A nationwide, month-long campaign of counter-drone teach-ins, rallies and protest, called “April Days of Action” by its organizers, will challenge the escalated use of drones for targeted assassination by the Obama Administration as well as domestic
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A Week of Voices Against Violence
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org One Billion Rising launched a global day of events to bring women together to stand up to violence that is a part of daily life for some women. After
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“Strike All” Amendments: A Normal Part of Creating Law at the Arizona Legislature
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org “Strike All” Amendments, also called “strike everything” or “striker”, propose to delete the entire text of an existing bill and substitute new language, essentially making it
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Time to Rethink Death Penalty For Arizona?
By Nicholas Condorcet Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org Seventeen U.S. states, including New Mexico and Connecticut, have abolished the Death Penalty. Across the nation concerns about wrongful convictions, the cost of the long appeal
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