Hawaii Senate VP Says Ige Is Skirting Board of Education Nomination Process - Honolulu Civil Beat
The statement came after the governor didn’t submit enough nominees for consideration for upcoming vacancies. Reading time: 2 minutes.
The Hawaii Senate vice president on Friday accused Gov. David Ige of trying to circumvent the public input portion of the nomination process for new Board of Education members by failing to submit sufficient names for upcoming vacancies by an April 1 deadline.
The criticism came as the board prepares to choose a replacement for outgoing schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto, who has announced she won’t seek a new term after her contract expires July 30.
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Jackie Peloquin s name.
Police arrested a woman who they say fatally hit a pedestrian with her vehicle and fled the scene on Sunday evening, according to officials.
Officers responded to a report of a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian near Cave Creek and Sahuaro roads in Phoenix, police said.
Jackie Peloquin, 53, was walking across Cave Creek Road on an unmarked crosswalk with a shopping cart just before 8 p.m., when Melissa Truax, 43, struck her with a white 2006 Acura sedan while driving north on the same road, according to court documents.
Peloquin was hospitalized but later died from her injuries, police said.
A teen boy is in the hospital with serious injuries after he was shot by his brother in west Phoenix early Thursday morning, police say.
According to Sgt. Maggie Cox, Phoenix police spokeswoman, officers responded to calls of a shooting around 3 a.m. near 67th Avenue and McDowell Road.
When officers arrived, they found a
16-year-old boy
with a gunshot wound. The Phoenix Fire Department took the man to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, Cox said.
His brother, later identified as 29-year-old Willie Jones
, was still at the location and was detained by police, Cox said.
Jones told police he accidently fired the gun while handling it. He was booked into jail on charges of aggravated assault and misconduct involving weapons.
A pair of Arizona state lawmakers is asking the Deer Valley Unified School District to please do better as police investigate allegations of sexual harassment at a district high school.
State Rep. Shawnna Bolick and Sen. Nancy Barto, both Phoenix Republicans, sent a letter to district Superintendent Curtis Finch that said the district needs to thoroughly investigate the allegations, “carefully review” its sexual misconduct policies and seek input from victims’ rights organizations.
The letter comes about a week after allegations by a former student about a Barry Goldwater High School English teacher gained attention on Twitter. The former student said the teacher repeatedly sent inappropriate messages to female students on