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1 month ago | s4745.pcdn.co | Shauneen Miranda |AZ Mirror

By Shauneen Miranda | AZ MirrorA federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pause enforcement of a new U.S. Education Department ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices. The order came as another federal judge in New Hampshire issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the Trump administration from yanking federal funding from many schools.

1 month ago | s4745.pcdn.co | Shauneen Miranda |AZ Mirror

By Shauneen Miranda | AZ MirrorOnly refugees who were closest to arriving in the United States are covered by an order the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued last month partially blocking the Trump administration from suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the court clarified in a filing Monday. A three-judge panel wrote that its earlier order only pertains to people whom immigration officials had conditionally approved as refugees before Jan.

1 month ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Jim Small |AZ Mirror

By Jim Small | AZ MirrorA cratering medical marijuana industry and a softening recreational market dragged total marijuana sales in Arizona down nearly 10% in 2024, breaking a three-year streak of at least $1.4 billion in legal cannabis purchases and marking the second straight year of decline. The $1.3 billion in combined medical and recreational sales represents a nearly 14% drop from 2022, when Arizona consumers spent a record $1.5 billion at marijuana dispensaries.

1 month ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Caitlin Sievers |AZ Mirror

By Caitlin Sievers | AZ MirrorThe Republican gatekeeper standing in the way of the Democratic governor’s nominees to head state departments said this week that those directors need to have a “neutral, fair” approach to regulation. But Sen. Jake Hoffman is using the committee to exact political vengeance on Gov. Katie Hobbs by unfairly targeting her nominees, said Christian Slater, the governor’s chief spokesman.

2 months ago | jewishaz.com | Caitlin Sievers |AZ Mirror

Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne knows that a crisis is coming if Arizona teachers keep leaving public schools. He thinks the best way to solve the shortage is to raise teacher pay — a solution that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can get behind — and to strong-arm districts into implementing more forceful punishments to curb student misbehavior. Horne’s latter idea, however, is not one that has garnered bipartisan support.