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Bill aims to attract filmmakers to Arizona HB 2127 would restore motion picture tax-credit program for 20 years By Rachel Gottfried DAILY WILDCAT
A proposed bill may bring more filmmakers to Arizona, potentially creating jobs and opportunities for students in the state. House Bill 2127 aims to reinstate Arizona’s motion picture tax-credit program, which expired two years ago. If passed, the program would be
in place for 20 years. The bill would allow for an income-tax credit equal to 20 percent of a production company’s costs that exceed $250,000. The tax credit’s limit would be set at $15 million for any given production, and set a $70 million ceiling for the amount of total credits awarded in a year. It also includes an incentive for the construction of sound stages, which is said to be critical for attracting people to the industry. The incentive would bump the tax credit to 25 percent if a company films at least half of its production in a facility that cost at least
hundreds of jobs for college students as well as Arizona residents. Students would receive on-the-job training while interning on location with professionals, she said, and upon graduation, these same students would not necessarily have to leave Arizona for California or New York to find “viable work” in the industry. Hotels, restaurants, flower shops, hardware stores, furniture stores and clothing stores could also benefit from film production in the state, she said. Lisanne Skyler, an assistant professor in the School of Theatre, Film
$50 million to build. Supporters of the bill say the program will definitely attract film productions to Arizona. “We have been losing projects that were interested in filming here to New Mexico, California and Utah — all of which provide incentives,” said Shelli Hall, director of the Tucson Film Office. Hall said Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” and “The Lone Ranger,” starring Johnny Depp, both had the chance to be filmed in Tucson. The bill, she said, could provide
and Television, said she hopes the bill will pass. “On my own projects, my producers will only let me consider shooting in states with incentives,” Skyler added. “It is that critical to a production to have these tax savings, particularly in the current economy and the lower budgets many films are being made for these days.” Marshall Vest, director of the economic and business research center, said his research suggests that the bill in itself is a bad idea.
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The Arizona Cardinals selected Michael Floyd, a wide receiver from Notre Dame, with the 13th overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday. Floyd was the desired target for Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who repeatedly said he wanted Arizona to select Floyd in the days leading up to the draft.
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Transgenders face difficulties with voter identification law By Savannah Martin DAILY WILDCAT
Creative writing sophomore Ben Griffith hopes to have a hassle-free voting experience this election season. But as a member of the transgender community, he could face a unique set of obstacles due to Arizona’s voter identification law. “I keep waiting for folks to be like, ‘We need to double check and be sure that you’re legit,’” said Griffith, who is a female-to-male-identified member of the transgender community. “Of course people give me an odd look when they see my legal identification.”
Earlier this month, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a provision of Arizona’s 2004 voter identification law that requires voters to present identification at the polls. Voters need one form of documentation that shows a name, address and photograph or two forms of identification that show a name and address. The court declared the other half of the law, which requires proof of citizenship for voter registration, unconstitutional. While many of its challengers say the law discriminates against Latinos and newly naturalized citizens, few have voiced concern for members of the transgender community, who may not have ID to match their gender.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, who defended the voter identification law in court, neglected to comment on the impact the provision could have on transgender citizens. “A lot of times federal agencies and state agencies make rules to guard against certain things like immigration or terrorism, and then trans people end up being targeted as a side effect, basically,” said Stephan Przybylowicz, co-director of ASUA Pride Alliance and a graduate student studying information and library science. “They don’t think about how it affects the trans community. So it wasn’t necessarily
With the economy slowly recovering from a recession, this year may be the brightest for college graduates entering the labor market. The unemployment rate in Arizona has dropped by 2.4 percent. Although the country has been out of the recession since June 2009, entry-level job prospects have been slowly improving along with the economy, said Marshall Vest, director of the economic and business research center. “This slow improvement is much better than what we have seen since the recession started in late 2007,” Vest said. As the state unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent from 11 percent, prospective candidates will have a better chance of finding job opportunities than they did last year, he said. This recession has been the longest and worst recession with the slowest improvement since the Great Depression, said Gerald Swanson, an adjunct economics professor. While the economy has been improving, the country is still in a fragile state, he said, and cannot afford any shocks such as a terrorist attack or a spike in oil prices. Although the U.S. economy is starting to improve, it could be hurt in the long run by the recession that Europe is facing, Swanson said.
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Library dean recognized nationally Carla Stoffle receives award for Peace Corps work, 20 years with UA By Brittny Mejia DAILY WILDCAT
Carla Stoffle has come a long way from the makeshift library she patched together for children in Barbados more than 40 years ago. A laundry list of life experiences as a world traveler, educator, humanitarian and librarian has earned her the role of dean of UA Libraries — a position she has held for the last two decades. After countless hours and years of hard work, Stoffle will receive the Joseph W. Lippincott Award in Anaheim, Calif., this June. The prestigious award, which was established in 1938, is given annually to an individual who has provided distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, according to the American Library
Association’s website. “I was a little stunned, because there are a lot of really good people in the library profession doing really good things,” Stoffle said. “It’s humbling that somebody looked at you and looked at others and said, ‘Well, we think maybe this time, you’re the worthy one.’” Stoffle grew up in Pueblo, Colo., and attended the University of Colorado, where she married as an undergraduate student. Initially, she planned on getting a doctorate in history or geography. However, after a stint with the Peace Corps, her plans changed. Stoffle and her husband joined the Peace Corps and lived in the West Indies for two years. While in Barbados, Stoffle taught a variety of subjects at a secondary school. However, she said her most memorable experience was putting books in the hands of children who did not normally have access to them. She said the parents of some
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Carla Stoffle, dean of UA Libraries and the Center for Creative Photography, has been working at the UA for two decades.
children at the school were wary of allowing their children to check out books from the public library for fear they would lose the books. When Stoffle realized this, she grew determined to establish a library in the school. She contacted
her sister, who rallied her sorority to help collect and mail books to Barbados. And the library was established. “Now, kids at our school could
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