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ACC: ‘Positive movement on many bills’ in the Arizona Legislature
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 [...]
Humanitarian to be re-sentenced in littering case
You may have read our front page story from the Nov. 19 issue, “Lifesavers or desert desecrators?” The feature detailed the troubles of a humanitarian group working on the border. This summer, 13 No More Deaths volunteers were cited for littering after leaving behind water for migrants trekking across the desert illegally. The Tucson 13, [...]
Labor Day: Seeking justice
The U.S. bishops called Catholics to “renewed vigor as we seek to build together a society that cares for its own, reaches out to the poor and vulnerable, and offers true hope to all” in their annual Labor Day statement. “Poverty has many faces. And they are the faces of our brothers and sisters here [...]
No More Deaths volunteer cited for littering
TUCSON – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement officers charged a humanitarian aid volunteer with littering after he left jugs of water in the desert for immigrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border illegally. No More Deaths volunteer Dan Millis has entered a plea of not guilty for the Class B misdemeanor of littering on a national [...]