House passes 'historic' budget bill; What if Roe v. Wade is overturned? Guidelines for teacher-student communication set
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
Arizona House passes a bipartisan spending package that boosts K-12 funding and pays off $1.5 billion in debt.
The Supreme Court will issue a decision soon on whether to overturn Roe v. Wade. Here's a look at the law in Arizona.
The State Board of Education is recommending that all schools in Arizona adopt new guidance for educators to communicate electronically with students.
Today, you can expect it to be mostly sunny and hot, with a thunderstorm in spots during the afternoon with a high near 109 degrees. Mainly clear and very warm at night, with a low near 89 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this date in 1881, a barrel of whiskey exploded in a Tombstone saloon starting a fire which destroyed the business section of the town.
On this date in 1844, Mary Bernard Aguirre was born in St. Louis, Mo. She married Ephifanio Aguirre, a Santa Fe trader, and came with him to Tucson where she became one of the first school teachers, and the mother of several sons who became prominent in mining and ranching in southern Arizona.
On this date in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson, a colorful Los Angeles evangelist who had been missing since May 18, ended a two-state search when she staggered into Douglas with a tale of kidnapping, torture, ransom demands and imprisonment somewhere in the desert.
On this date in 2013, aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter-mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona. Wallenda performed the stunt on a 2-inch-thick steel cable, 1,500 feet above the river on the Navajo Nation near the Grand Canyon.
In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed Title IX barring discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” (On the same day, Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed using the CIA to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nixon’s resignation in 1974.)
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: House passes 'historic' budget bill
