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Scottsdale School District Stops Using X, Cites Lack Of Family-Friendly Environment

Nov 18, 2024

By Staff Reporter | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) will no longer be using X to stay engaged with the community, with the given reason being a lack of a “family-friendly” environment. SUSD made the announcement last week, also...

Republicans Take Control Of Arizona Corporation Commission

Nov 18, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s Corporation Commission will be completely governed by Republicans after the party experienced a clean sweep of three contests during November's General Election. Republicans emerged victorious over their Democrat...

Petersen Wins Reelection As Arizona Senate President

Nov 17, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Fresh off their successful efforts to keep a majority in the Arizona Legislature, Senate Republicans voted to keep their chamber’s leader for another term in office. On Tuesday, Senate President Warren Petersen won reelection...

Montenegro Tapped To Lead Arizona House As Next Speaker

Nov 17, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona House Republicans have chosen their new leadership team for the upcoming term of office. Last week, Arizona House Republicans met to elect their new team of leaders for the next two years. Representative Steve...

Sundareshan To Lead Arizona Senate Democrats

Nov 17, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Days after their caucus decreased in size for the upcoming term in the Arizona Legislature, Senate Democrats chose their leadership team. On Tuesday, Arizona Senate Democrats finalized their Caucus Leadership Team for the 57th...

Arizona House Democrats Choose Leadership For Shrinking Caucus

Nov 17, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona House Democrats will settle into a new term of office with fewer members in their caucus and a revised leadership team. https://twitter.com/AZHouseDems/status/1856432380090765371 On Tuesday, Democrats in the Arizona...

Microchip Firm Funded By Biden-Harris CHIPS Act Sued For Being ‘Anti-American’ Workplace

Nov 16, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | The massive microchip manufacturing firm, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), finds itself facing a class-action lawsuit brought by over a dozen of its current and former employees. TSMC was brought into...

Federal Court Rules Government Unlawfully Denied GCU Nonprofit Status

Nov 16, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The federal government unlawfully denied Grand Canyon University (GCU) its nonprofit status, per a new federal court ruling. Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Grand Canyon University v. Miguel...

Arizona Schools To Get 16K Overdose Kits

Nov 16, 2024

By Staff Reporter | Arizona schools will be receiving a supply of overdose kits to address the increased impact of drugs on students. The Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (DEMA) began delivering over 16,000 Narcan...

Judge In Arizona Alternate Electors Case Recuses Himself Following Reports Of Biased Emails

Nov 15, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen has chosen to recuse himself from the alternate electors case after reports revealed a series of emails he sent to his colleagues that openly defended Vice President Kamala...

Seven Major Arizona Cities Ranked In Best & Worst Places For Veterans To Live

Nov 15, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Over Veteran’s Day weekend, personal-finance website WalletHub released a ranking of the Best and Worst Places for Veterans to live. And the state of Arizona was represented by seven of our cities. According to WalletHub, the...

Arizona Democratic Party Blames Top Democrats For Election Losses

Nov 15, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) indicated that top Democratic leaders were to blame for their party’s massive election losses at the state and federal levels. In a statement from Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign...