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Schools should consult lawyer about whether to follow new Title IX rules, Horne says
The Arizona Department of Education urged schools to consult their lawyers before following federal regulations that seek to expand sex-based discrimination protections to members of the LGBTQ+ community. Those federal protections will require schools to let students access bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity regardless of biological sex. Courts...
School vouchers intended to save taxpayer money blew a massive hole in Arizona's budget
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, could get a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition,...
Dignity Health East Valley, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Chandler Regional Medical Center and Arizona General Hospital – Mesa Announces Opportunity for Non-Profit Organizations to Apply for Grants Improving Community Health
Dignity Health East Valley is inviting local non-profit organizations to consider applying for grants that support the delivery of services vital to improving health and well-being, and improving health equity. The application period opens June 17 and runs through August 16, 2024. Successful applicants will be announced in December for projects conducted between March 2025 through February 2026.
Mesa Arts Center's One Street Over Project Concludes
Mesa Arts Center unveiled the results from its large-scale community engagement project, “One Street Over,” a six-month public art project conducted in the Whitman Neighborhood in Mesa, Arizona. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Mesa, Mesa Public Schools, Rail CDC, and more,...
Supervisor Candidate Ugenti-Rita accused of mortgage fraud
PHOENIX — In April of 2023, Michelle Ugenti-Rita obtained a mortgage for $680,000 on a home worth $850,000. Mortgage records and a Deed of Trust filed that month show Ugenti-Rita was listed as the sole borrower and as “unmarried.”. But court records show Ugenti-Rita was still married at...
Intel Launches Apprenticeship Program for Manufacturing Technicians in AZ
SANTA CLARA — Intel is launching its first U.S. registered apprenticeship program for manufacturing facility technicians in Arizona in collaboration with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), the Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board, the SEMI Foundation, Maricopa Community Colleges District (MCCD) and Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. The company plans to train facility technician apprentices over the next five years. Selected apprentices will be full-time Intel employees on day one and will earn a certificate and college credit upon successful completion of the one-year program.
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