Melissa Brown

Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías attempted to place her mother, AnaMaria Ávila Bugarin, in a conservatorship amid a real estate dispute. Court records show Bugarin, who did not have dementia, settled the case by signing over real estate. Ávila Farías, who sits on California’s eldercare committee, faced a temporary restraining order for alleged elder abuse, and her spokesperson denied any judicial findings of wrongdoing.

Anamarie Ávila Farías, a California assemblymember on the eldercare committee, attempted to place her mother, AnaMaria Ávila Bugarin, under conservatorship amid a real estate dispute. Bugarin spent tens of thousands of dollars proving she did not have dementia, which her daughter claimed to justify the conservatorship. Court records show Ávila Farías faced a temporary restraining order for elder abuse and settled the case with a real estate agreement.

Tennessee third-grade reading scores improved in 2025, with 44.9% of students meeting or exceeding expectations, but proficiency declines in middle school. A 2022 reading law requiring interventions or retention for underperforming students contributed to third-grade gains, yet achievement gaps persist for low-income students and proficiency drops significantly between sixth and seventh grades.