Archive - Jen's Two Cents.

Inside Arizona’s Teacher Misconduct Hearings: The State Is Filling Key Seats

Arizona State Board of Education Seeks Members for Educator Discipline Panel

Apr 8

Building Bridges and Closing Bullard Road after Buc-ee’s Opens

Budget plans aim to improve access between north Goodyear, the post office, & Estrella Mountain Ranch, but a potential I-10/Bullard interchange closure…

Apr 7

License Plate Searches: A System of Trust

And the City of Goodyear agrees to employment agreement for a new City Manager.

Apr 6

March 2026

AZ Election Bill Targeting Presidential Candidates Adds “Incapacitation.” They Didn’t Say Who Decides.

One source puts it plainly: party insiders — not voters — could shape the outcome, noting the RNC “would never have chosen a Trump or Goldwater.”

Mar 27

Built for Kids. Applied to Everyone: Arizona's Push to Turn Parents into Gatekeepers and Platforms into Enforcers

When a striker feature is used to introduce large-scale policy shifts affecting surveillance systems, digital infrastructure, or constitutional rights …

Mar 26

A First-of-Its-Kind Government Mass Surveillance Proposal Gets First Hearing in Arizona

One of the more restrictive statutory frameworks governing government surveillance in the Arizona gets its first hearing Wednesday.

Mar 24

Scale of the System: Records Indicate Arizona Vehicle Surveillance Networks Can Reach 95,000+ Cameras

Records show vehicle plate searches in Arizona can extend across thousands of agencies and tens of thousands of cameras, with policies set locally and…

Mar 20

Weaponizing Kindness: When “Protect the Kids” Laws Expand Arizona's Government Control

The question facing lawmakers is not whether children deserve protection, but how to provide it without expanding surveillance, data collection, or…

Mar 14

Avondale Police to Ask for 58 More License Plate Readers Amid Recruitment Challenges

Avondale council members voice strong support for expanding technology and AI tools as the police department looks to address staffing challenges ahead…

Mar 3

February 2026

AI Impacts on Children Protections, Privacy, and the Workforce in Arizona

Exclusive Interview with AI and Digital Privacy Advocate Julie Barrett

Feb 25

Will Arizona Parents Have to Prove Their Kids’ Identity to Download Apps?

Have Big Tech lobbyists persuaded Arizona Republicans to support a bill that could require families to hand over children’s personal data?

Feb 17

Same, Benn. Same: Inside Arizona’s Fight Over License Plate Readers and Transparency

Social media isn’t perfect—but it filled the gap left when transparency and public engagement fell short.

Feb 6

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