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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

AZ: Juvenile Justice

Nationally, Black youths are almost five times as likely as their white peers to be held in juvenile facilities, an equivalent ratio to 10 years ago. (Adobe Stock)
Despite drop in youth incarceration, racial disparities continue in AZ, nation

New data released by The Sentencing Project found youths of color continue to face disproportionate incarceration rates compared with their white peer…

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Per a report from the Sentencing Project, most kids are arrested on relatively minor, nonviolent charges. (Adobe Stock)
AZ Bill Would Compel Officers to Inform Minors of Miranda Rights

An Arizona bill would compel police officers to inform minors under 18 of their rights after being arrested; which is required by federal law…

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A new survey shows that since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the number of young people detained in juvenile-justice facilities has dropped by 24%. (Olena/Adobe Stock)
COVID-19 Crisis a Chance to Rethink AZ Juvenile Detentions

TUCSON, Ariz. -- As the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States last month, a new survey found the number of young people in secure …

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Legislators in Arizona voted nearly unanimously to allow courts to keep 17-year-olds in the juvenile justice system through their 19th birthday. (Joe Gratz/Flickr)
AZ Bill Would Prevent Teens from Being Tried as Adults in Court

PHOENIX – A bill awaiting Gov. Doug Ducey's signature would give courts more time to try youth offenders as juveniles. Advocates say this …

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A new report recommends encouraging teens in foster care to achieve milestones such as getting a job and learning to drive. (Darnok/Morguefile)
Report: Brain Science Shows How to Help Teens in Foster Care

PHOENIX — A new report says teenagers in foster care need as much normalcy and stability as possible - because their brains are still developing…

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The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in Arizona helps kids and families get needed services and keeps many out of detention facilities. (Youth Justice Coalition)
Program Cuts Number of AZ Kids in Juvenile Detention in Half

PHOENIX -- In recent years, the juvenile detention population has been cut in half - in Arizona and across the country - in areas that use the …

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A new report suggests youth prisons fail at turning young lives around. (Pixabay)
Factories of Failure? Report Calls for Closing Youth Prisons

PHOENIX – Children should not be kept behind bars, according to a new report that examines the ineffectiveness of youth prisons in Arizona and …

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A new report says fees and fines in the juvenile-justice system only perpetuate poverty.(markrhiggins/iStockphoto)
Report: AZ Juvenile Judges Can Base Fees on Family Income

PHOENIX - Fees and fines within the juvenile-justice system place an unfair burden on low-income families, according to a new report. In some states…

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Delegations from Arizona and across the country are in Washington, D.C., this week to push for federal regulations to end anonymous shell companies. (Warchi/iStock)
AZ Delegation in DC to Push for End to Shell Companies

PHOENIX - An Arizona delegation is joining others in Washington D.C. this week to urge Congress to tighten laws that allow anonymous shell companies …

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A task force will spend the next year identifying the number of untested rape kits in Arizona police evidence rooms. (puravida/morguefile)
Arizona Names Task Force to Identify Untested Rape Kits

PHOENIX - Gov. Doug Ducey has named a task force to identify the number of untested Sexual Assault Evidence Kits, also known as rape kits, sitting …

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