by Evan Wyloge | Feb 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
(Percentages represented 0-1) The Arizona Department of Education provides enrollment data every year, which includes ethnicity breakdowns. The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting analysis of ethnicity in schools began with this data, and we were able to see...
by Evan Wyloge | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Elections, Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices today weighed a challenge to Arizona’s legislative districts, which claims the maps systematically deprived Republican, non-minority voters of one person, one vote protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The...
by Evan Wyloge | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Elections, Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether Arizona’s redistricting commission illegally diluted the voting power of nearly two million Arizonans – specifically Republicans and non-minority voters – when the commission redrew the...
by Evan Wyloge | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, News, Politics
PHOENIX — Susan Bitter Smith, the chairwoman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, broke the state’s conflict of interest laws by working as a lobbyist for companies the commission regulates, an Attorney General’s investigation has found. The state’s top law...
by Evan Wyloge | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Government Transparency
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