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The Maricopa County Community College District is even offering formalized cannabis industry classes now.
MJ Stapley is an expert who’s teaching in one of those new programs. Stapley is the founder and CEO of MJ Hybrid Solutions and an instructor in Gateway Community College’s cannabis business program. The Show spoke with her about how the cannabis industry here is growing up.
June 2, 2021
The Arizona Department of Education’s Ready for School Task Force is bringing together a diverse group of educators to get students back to school on the right foot next year. Bill Lucas serves on that task force. He’s a school counselor at Agua Fria High School in Avondale where he said he had to adapt fast as everything changed overnight last spring.
June 2, 2021
Testing products that can tell whether a drug has fentanyl in it will become legal in Arizona, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey.
June 2, 2021
Former President Donald Trump was often critical of court decisions and rulings that didn’t line up with either his views or those of the Republican Party when a judge or justice appointed by a Republican didn’t vote that way. So how independent can our judiciary be when there are political appointments and when strong criticism of rulings is coming from the very top of the electoral chain?
June 2, 2021
In addition to major rulings on the Affordable Care Act and free speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision on Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee — a voting rights case that calls into question state laws that mandated the dismissal of ballots cast in the wrong district as well as a ban on so-called “ballot harvesting.”
June 2, 2021
Lawmakers at the state Capitol are on a two-week break right now after failing to reach an agreement on a nearly $13 billion budget last week. But when they return next week to continue debating that massive budget package, one sticking point for some lawmakers will be increasing their own pay by increasing their per diem payments.
June 2, 2021
As of June 1, more than 3.3 million Arizonans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — that’s more than 46% of our population.
Arizona is still in the bottom half of states by vaccination rates. And more than one in 10 adults nationwide say they will probably or definitely not get vaccinated.
June 1, 2021
Lawmakers and the governor are in a standoff and have so far failed to pass a budget as the end of the fiscal year ticks closer. The Show spoke with Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services to break this all down.
June 1, 2021
The recent battle in Israel among some Jewish residents, some Palestinians, and Hamas has publicly revived a number of concerns — including Middle East warfare, whether Jewish and Palestinian people can coexist there, and anti-Semitism in the U.S. and elsewhere.
June 1, 2021
In October of last year, Phoenix Police arrested 17 protesters and identified the individuals as having gang affiliations, which allows prosecutors to level harsher charges and penalties than if they were regarded as simply unwieldy demonstrators. But, the protesters argued that they are not gang members on par with Bloods, Crips or biker gangs — that they are simply brought together in support of a cause.
June 1, 2021
