State Schools
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This Phoenix school district is going electric—and neighbors are breathing easier
The Osborn School District in Phoenix plans to have over half their buses be electric by the 2025-2026 school year.
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WATCH: Republican lawmaker invites prayer group to speak in tongues at Arizona Capitol
State Sen. Anthony Kern escorted a religious group to the senate floor Monday morning and led them in prayer, where he asked for divine intervention in legislative matters as those around him spoke in tongues. “Let is be so, father God,” Kern said. “Lord right now we ask thee to release the presence of…
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VIDEO: Phoenix Rep. Judy Schwiebert breaks down why posting religious text in classrooms harms students
@coppercourier Phoenix Rep. Judy Schwiebert breaks down why posting religious text in classrooms could trivialize and demean the beliefs of students. #azleg #azpol #1A #10commandments #everythingarizona ♬ original sound – Copper Courier
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Families of transgender students dispel myths and fears that fuel anti-trans laws
Two other Republican-introduced bills “based in fear and a caricature” of transgender students make their way through the legislature.
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Over half of the anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Arizona this year have died. Here’s what’s left.
Arizona’s 2024 legislative session brought a slew of bills that would limit the freedoms and rights of LGBTQ Arizonans. Thirteen such bills were introduced—all by Republican legislators—and, while most are either dead or can expect to be vetoed, they send a clear message to Arizona’s LGBTQ community: we do not support you. Senate Bill 1628,…
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Outcry grows from educators as Republicans approve far-right material for classrooms
PragerU material features an animated Frederick Douglass praising the Founding Fathers for not outlawing slavery, videos that downplay climate change, and conservative activists ridiculing the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Arizona Superintendent greenlights far-right ideological materials to teach kids in public schools
The unaccredited, far-right group PragerU’s ideological classroom materials are now available for classroom use all across the state.
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Showdown imminent between Hobbs and Republican legislators over school vouchers
Hobbs proposed bringing back a requirement that students who use vouchers for private schools must have first attended public school.
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School safety bill exempting campus blueprints from public records headed back to Arizona legislature
The proposal had bipartisan support in 2023, but died due to hardline Republicans who refused to bring the bill to a vote.
