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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
March 8, 2010

Arizona bishops call on state legislature to withdraw immigration bills

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

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 [...]


February 19, 2010

ACC: ‘Positive movement on many bills’ in the Arizona Legislature

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

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 [...]