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Peoria deputy finance director: 'Updating the 10-year CIP is a significant undertaking'

By NW Valley Times Report | May 13, 2023

The Peoria City Council has been asked to take a future vision of local needs with a 10-year capital improvement project schedule and budget.

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Peoria City Council honors local students for their 'achievements in artistic endeavors'

By NW Valley Times Report | May 12, 2023

The Peoria City Council recently celebrated 21 local students who participated in the city's Young Artists Program.

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Santa Cruz County students and their ACT Mathematics performance in 2021

By NW Valley Times | May 11, 2023

There were 712 Santa Cruz County students who took the ACT Mathematics test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Did Santa Cruz County students pass their AASA Mathematics tests in 2021?

By NW Valley Times | May 10, 2023

There were 3,498 Santa Cruz County students who took the AASA Mathematics test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Kern: Vetoed bill “would have protected taxpayers and job creators from unelected bureaucrats”

By NW Valley Times Report | May 9, 2023

Arizona State Sen. Anthony Kern (R-27) criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) regarding Hobbs’ veto of SB 1255, a bill Kern said would have given the “Legislature final approval over costly bureaucratic agency rule making .”

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Did Santa Cruz County students pass their ACT English Language Arts tests in 2021?

By NW Valley Times | May 9, 2023

There were 678 Santa Cruz County students who took the ACT English Language Arts test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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AASA: How many Santa Cruz County students passed their English Language Arts tests during 2021?

By NW Valley Times | May 8, 2023

There were 4,045 Santa Cruz County students who took the AASA English Language Arts test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Lesko Leads Letter to Consumer Product Safety Commission to Protect Gas Stoves

By NW Valley Times Report | May 8, 2023

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) sent a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to request that the CPSC rescind its Request for Information (RFI) on residential gas stoves and cooktops.

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AASA: How many Maricopa County students passed their Mathematics tests during 2021?

By NW Valley Times | May 7, 2023

There were roughly 350,970 Maricopa County students who took the AASA Mathematics test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Maricopa County: 35% of students passed their ACT English Language Arts tests during 2021

By NW Valley Times | May 6, 2023

There were 43,928 Maricopa County students who took the ACT English Language Arts test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Maricopa County: 41.4% of students passed their AASA English Language Arts tests during 2021

By NW Valley Times | May 5, 2023

There were 301,603 Maricopa County students who took the AASA English Language Arts test in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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Washington Elementary School District settles lawsuit over ending contract with Arizona Christian University

By NW Valley Times Report | May 4, 2023

The Washington Elementary School District (WESD) has settled a lawsuit over its ending of a student teaching internship contract with Arizona Christian University (ACU) over concerns of the university’s “biblically informed values.”

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Peoria Unified Schools board member on bathroom policy vote: 'I think our district is going down a very dark road morally'

By NW Valley Times Report | May 2, 2023

The Peoria Unified School District continues to stand by its recent decision on student bathrooms, while some board members urged students and families to pursue their education elsewhere.

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Analysis: Hobbs’ effort to repeal school choice program could doom scholarships for 40 students in NW Valley Times readership area

By NW Valley Times | May 2, 2023

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has proposed reversing Arizona’s school choice program, which benefits 40 students within the NW Valley Times readership area in the third quarter of 2022.

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Lesko: "70 percent of Americans don’t think President Biden should be running again"

By NW Valley Times Report | Apr 30, 2023

U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) reacted to a new NBC News poll showing the majority of respondents saying "Joe Biden should not run for president."

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NW Valley Times area weekly mass times

By NW Valley Times | Apr 29, 2023

The following parishes in the NW Valley Times coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Peoria Unified Schools board president on idea of bathroom, locker room policy: 'This is something I wouldn’t be able to support'

By NW Valley Times Report | Apr 28, 2023

The Peoria Unified School District rejected a request to direct the school system's administrative teams to draft a policy requiring students to use bathrooms and locker rooms associated with the biological sex they were born with.

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Lesko Reintroduces Legislation to Simplify Hydrogen Permitting Process

By NW Valley Times Report | Apr 28, 2023

On April 27, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) reintroduced the Hydrogen Permitting Simplification Act to streamline the hydrogen permitting process for federal hydrogen programs if the programs utilize zero-carbon emission sources.

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Lesko Statement on House Passage of Debt Ceiling Package

By NW Valley Times Report | Apr 27, 2023

On April 26, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) released the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act:

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Lesko Sends Letter to Secretary of Agriculture on Proposed School Meal Standards

By NW Valley Times Report | Apr 25, 2023

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack expressing concerns regarding the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rule on long-term school nutrition standards.