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John Baba describes what happened when his son was beaten by bully at school. He spoke in support of a bill by Rep. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, that would require schools to develop procedures for addressing bullying and that would punish school employees who fail to file reports about incidents of bullying.
A state lawmaker is pushing for a law requiring school employees to report and document bullying.
State lawmakers voted Thursday to put new limits on the packaging of food and drinks containing medical marijuana.
Twenty years ago, accountant Sharon Lechter decided to devote her career to financial education and literacy after her oldest son graduated from high school and soon fell into credit card debt.
Women who want to terminate a pregnancy would have to justify they're not doing it because they want a child of a different sex or race under the terms of new legislation.
John Baba’s 14-year-old son was assaulted in his second week of high school by a student who was on probation.
Conceding their lobbying arguments are inconsistent with those in court, state prosecutors have given up in their bid to regulate how products with marijuana are labeled.
Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a Senate panel voted Monday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized, even if it was taken wrongly from a medical marijuana patient.
Now that Arizona voters have approved the use of medical marijuana, employers need new ways to deal with employees who are impaired for any reason, a state lawmaker said Tuesday.
A House panel approved a measure Wednesday that could make it impossible for women to get abortions in rural areas.
State health officials are implementing parts of a controversial abortion law even as one section is being challenged in court.
A Republican lawmaker wants to require women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and listen to the heartbeat of the fetus at least one hour before the procedure, saying it would give them the necessary information to make an informed decision.
Requiring local governments to post audited comprehensive financial reports or the equivalent information on their websites would make it easier for citizens to see how tax dollars are spent, a state lawmaker said.
Refusing to blink, Gov. Jan Brewer late Thursday vetoed five bills sent to her this week by Senate President Andy Biggs despite her threat she would do just that.
Arizona may be in line to be the seventh state in the nation to ban abortions at 20 weeks.
Three doctors who perform abortions asked a federal judge Thursday to block the state from implementing a new law which bans terminating a pregnancy after 20 weeks.
The state's largest abortion provider is asking a judge to block new restrictions on procedure imposed by the Legislature.
The state's largest abortion provider is asking a judge to block new restrictions on procedure imposed by the Legislature.
Claiming these abortions are dangerous, the state House voted Monday to require the same physician oversight of a medical abortion as one performed surgically.
The Arizona House of Representatives is typically the least experienced of the Legislative chambers.
Last semester, 207 students at Arizona State University couldn’t prove they live in the United States legally and became some of the first Arizona residents to be charged out-of-state tuition.
Supporters of Gov. Jan Brewer’s performance-based education funding model for school districts and charter holders say concerns about the formula’s effects on schools in low-income areas don’t take into account the bigger picture.
A state judge has ordered Gov. Jan Brewer to finally fully implement the 2010 voter-approved Medical Marijuana Act, saying she acted illegally in holding it up.
A federal judge on Friday rejected a request that he appoint an attorney to represent the unborn who would be affected by a challenge to the state's new ban on abortions after 20 weeks.
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