Kiera Riley

Irákleion, Shenyang

Education and Courts Reporter at Arizona Capitol Times

Education + Courts Reporter for @azcapitoltimes + @theyellowsheet + @stateaffairsUS Formerly @phoenixnewtimes @azcentral ••• [email protected]

Articles

Battle to change how appeals judges are elected reaches Arizona Supreme Court

1 week ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Kiera Riley

By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol TimesA long-fought legal battle to see state Court of Appeals judges stand for retention elections statewide, as opposed to by county of residence, is now under consideration by the state high court. Attempts to alter the judicial retention election system for intermediate appellate judges started in the Legislature, and with insufficient success, soldiered through the courts on constitutionality grounds.
SEN-JAKE-HOFFMAN-COURT-OF-APPEALS | Arizona | State Affairs Pro

1 week ago | pro.stateaffairs.com | Kiera Riley
ARIZONA-ELECTIONS-PROCEDURES-MANUAL | Arizona | State Affairs Pro

2 weeks ago | pro.stateaffairs.com | Kiera Riley
Kennedy Jr. celebrates Arizona’s push to ban processed foods and sodas

2 weeks ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Kiera Riley

By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol TimesU.S. Secretary of Health Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited with Arizona lawmakers today to celebrate the legislature’s passage of two bills in line with his Make America Healthy Again mantra. The legislature sent both a bipartisan bill to cut ultraprocessed foods from school lunches and a proposal, with exclusively Republican support, to exclude sodas from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to the governor Tuesday. Whether Gov.
PROPOSITION-123-SCHOOL-CHOICE | Arizona | State Affairs Pro

2 weeks ago | pro.stateaffairs.com | Kiera Riley
Adelita Grijalva announces bid for father’s seat with wide support

3 weeks ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Reagan Priest |Kiera Riley

Photo via Ellen O’Brien/Cronkite NewsBy Reagan Priest and Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol TimesAdelita Grijalva announced she will run to fill her father’s congressional seat on Monday with the backing of major Democrats across Arizona, which consultants say make this primary one to watch. Grijalva has long been the favored candidate to replace the late-Rep. Raúl Grijalva in Congressional District 7 and her candidacy comes with name recognition and wide support.
Lawmakers face waiver of school spending limit or permanent fix

2 months ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Kiera Riley

By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol TimesAnother legislative session means another waiver on the aggregate expenditure limit, and with no end in sight, lawmakers and a school finance aficionado stress the need for a permanent fix given the perpetual limits school district budgets face. Entering the fifth consecutive fiscal year of a necessary waiver to avoid about a billion dollars in budget cuts to school districts, another single fiscal year fix cleared its first hurdle in committee Feb.
LAWSUIT-EMPOWERMENT-SCHOLARSHIP-ACCOUNTS-VOUCHERS | Arizona | State Affairs Pro

2 months ago | pro.stateaffairs.com | Kiera Riley
House panel passes Prop 123 extension proposals – Senate committee next - Rose Law Group Reporter

2 months ago | roselawgroupreporter.com | Kiera Riley

By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol TimesA picture, or at the very least, a starting point for Proposition 123 came into focus in the House Education Committee Tuesday, though not without red flags raised by Republicans, Democrats, education, tax and business groups alike. Stakeholders have long met, though oftentimes siloed, to discuss what to do given Proposition 123’s lapse at the end of the fiscal year.
EMPOWERMENT-SCHOLARSHIP-ACCOUNTS-DEPT-OF-EDUCATION | Arizona | State Affairs Pro

2 months ago | pro.stateaffairs.com | Kiera Riley