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Steller column: Charter schools, teachers crucial to outcome of #RedForEd movement

About 17 percent of Arizona's students attend charter schools, and charter teachers make up around 10,000 of the state's 60,000 public-school teachers.

 

Catalina Mountains have water for now but are "tinderbox dry"

"Tinderbox dry" Catalina Mountains need good monsoon rains to maintain water supplies.

 

Tucson City Council wrestles with competing proposals for employee raises

Many city employees in line for a raise next fiscal year, but how much will depend on where they work and for how long.

 

Lawmakers get personal in debate over letting classrooms post 'God enriches'

House Democrats failed Tuesday in their bid to keep the name of the Almighty — at least the English version — out of classrooms.

 

Ducey signs bills on fees charged by credit reporting agencies and other issues

Arizonans will get new ways to protect themselves from identity theft for free.

 

Ad Watch: Arizona Democratic Party launches marthamcsally.forsale

Their criticism is tied to a year-old vote to reverse an Obama-era administration rule that blocked cable and internet companies from selling user information to third parties companies without their consent.

 

Tales from the Morgue: Student wants to go back to school and faces bureaucratic obstacles

A high school student left school, got a job and was supporting herself financially. The 17-year-old wanted to get her GED at night school, but was told she would have to wait until she was 19.

 

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