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Teachers rally for education funding Cronkite News reported that thousands of Arizona teachers angry about pay rallied as part of the Red for Ed movement at the state Capitol on Wednesday and demanded a 20 percent raise, but organizers stopped short of calling for a statewide education strike.
'Wear Red for Ed' movement marches on The White Mountain Independent reported that teacher sick-outs closed nine schools last week to participate in a grassroots movement for higher teacher pay.
A shocking lack of defibrillators in South Phoenix David Schlinkert March 27, 2018 Residents of South Phoenix are twice as likely to be without access to life-saving equipment in the event of sudden cardiac arrest compared to the rest of Phoenix.1 Why doesn't South Phoenix have more life-saving equipment? Many factors contribute to poor healthcare outcomes, and knowledge and access to Automated External Defibrillators (AED) is no exception.
Teachers rally for better pay KPNX 12 News reported Some West Valley teachers held a “sick out” on Wednesday, March 21, forcing nine schools in the Pendergast Elementary School District to close for the day. Many of those teachers then headed to the Capitol, where they held a #RedForEd rally to get more school funding.
Driverless cars will force labor changes The Slate reported that with billions in investment funding, the driverless future being unleashed by companies like Waymo, Lyft, and Uber still raises more questions than answers for the city planners who will be responsible for incorporating the technology into existing urban-transit infrastructures.
End of road for AZ quest to deny driver's licenses to DREAMers Joseph Garcia March 21, 2018 Arizona’s defiant drive to prohibit legally protected Dreamers from obtaining driver’s licenses has finally run out of gas, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear Arizona’s final appeal in the eight-year battle.
Pima County plans to reduce prison population In an opinion editorial for Arizona Capitol Times, Kurt Altman, Arizona state director for Right on Crime, compares Phoenix to Tucson by size and asking "Isn’t bigger always better?"
The Price of Uncertainty Reports and Publications March 2018 Kathleen Ferris, Sarah Porter, Grady Gammage Jr.
AZ teacher's FB post draws international attention AZCentral.com reported that amid a nationwide debate about teacher salaries, Elisabeth Milich, a Phoenix-area teacher, shared her salary, and her frustration, on social media by posting a photo of her pay stub on Facebook.
Celebrating ASU's iconic landmark ASU's State Press presented a feature on the history of Gammage Auditorium, the iconic ASU landmark that continues to make up the cultural bedrock of Tempe. Grady Gammage, the former ASU president and namesake of the building, had a vision for ASU and enlisted his long-time friend, internationally known architect Frank Lloyd Wright, to bring it to fruition.