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The Arizona bishops are calling state legislators to “keep in mind the most vulnerable among us” when considering new laws. The Arizona Catholic Conference, the Arizona bishops’ public policy arm,  issued a statement earlier today asking the state legislature to reconsider SB 1070 and HB 2632, identical bills that would require local police to enforce [...]

The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation that would extend the deadline for making contributions to school tuition organizations, the Arizona Catholic Conference reported today. The legislation, HB 2496, would extend the deadline to April 15 of the following year, giving Arizona taxpayers more time to contribute to tuition credit programs like the Catholic [...]

From the Arizona Catholic Conference, the policy wing of the state’s three dioceses: The Catholic Schools Rally was a huge success at the Capitol [Feb. 3]. Despite predictions of rain, the weather was perfect and the large crowd of Catholic students, teachers, and parents were treated to a great day of fun and learning. The [...]

ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE From Ron Johnson, executive director of the ACC Despite the fact that the House Appropriations Committee approved some budget bills this week, it appears that a final budget is far from being completed.  Complicating the situation in Arizona is the fact that our approximately $3 billion deficit is the second [...]

Arizona Catholic Conference Legislative Update From Ron Johnson, executive director Popular programs aimed at promoting abstinence until marriage received great news today when Governor Jan Brewer announced that she was going to restore the federal dollars previously received but turned down by Governor Napolitano for these purposes! While the future of federal abstinence until marriage [...]