Flagstaff Unified School District voted Monday to end its mask mandate after the CDC updated its mask recommendation guidelines last week. The new guidelines say that Coconino County is a “medium” transmission level.

Last week, Scottsdale Arts hosted an opening reception for the exhibition “What Makes Me Me.” It featured self-portraits of 35 Arizona artists living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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The Arizona House of Representatives voted to require teachers to disclose to parents if a student told them something in confidence.

The history of Black people in Arizona has rarely, if ever, received the level of attention and scholarship as that of whites or Latinos. That included, until very recently, the libraries of Arizona State University.

The Arizona House of Representatives has voted to remove algebra II as a requirement for high school students. While algebra 2 would no longer be mandatory, four years of math still is. The state Board of Education would have to come up with an alternative such as statistics or business math.

The bills passing on a party line vote would allow people to carry firearms in libraries, and allow loaded weapons in vehicles on school grounds.

It’s not unusual for people in Phoenix to mourn the loss of a business — especially one with longtime ties to a neighborhood. But one community found reason to celebrate Tuesday as a former restaurant was demolished at I-17 and Northern Avenue.
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Democrats have been reworking proposals aimed to make community college free across the country. This comes as enrollment is dropping at community colleges, and state funding for them has been slashed.

Still nearly half of the slots that have been filled are covered by people without certification requirements.