Voucher expansion gets OK at AZ Legislature; Transportation sales tax in jeopardy; Flagstaff eatery feeds those displaced by Pipeline Fire
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
Support for the largest private school voucher expansion in state history in the full 60-member House, where Republicans hold a mere one-vote advantage, is far from certain.
To get on this year's ballot, the transportation tax request would need passed and signed by Gov. Ducey by June 25, according to election officials.
Flagstaff residents had to leave their homes when the Pipeline Fire erupted. The Salsa Brava restaurant owner made sure many of them had a good meal.
Today, you can expect it to be sunny and hot, with a high near 112 degrees. Partly cloudy and very warm at night, with a low near 85 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this date in 1888, the entire downtown section of Holbrook was destroyed by a fire that originated in a wool warehouse. The town was quickly rebuilt, however, with even larger and more substantial buildings.
In 1896, the new electric plant at the Yuma Territorial Prison was destroyed by fire.
In 1910, the Tucson Fire Department’s horse drawn wagons raced through city streets at 9 p.m. in response to an alarm. Suddenly a man appeared in the middle of the street waving a red lantern. The drivers veered to one side, and learned later they had barely avoided plunging into a 6-foot ditch which had been dug across the street for a sewer line.
In 1913, the establishment of an aviation school in Phoenix, the first in the Southwest, was announced. The school’s instructor, Jacques Neyvatte, guaranteed to make students expert fliers in six weeks.
In 1988, Gov. Evan Mecham and his brother, Willard, were acquitted of criminal charges of concealing a $350,000 campaign loan. The acquittal came two months after Mecham was removed from office by a State senate conviction in an impeachment trial on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of state funds.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Voucher expansion gets OK at AZ Legislature
