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Air Force Retires Warthog, Threatening Tucson Economy

Mar 25, 2024

By Elizabeth Troutman | The U.S. Air Force has plans that are expected to further devastate Tucson’s economy. The Air Force plans to divest the entire fleet of A-10 aircraft within the next three to five years. Pilots and maintainers at...

Schweikert Urges Congress To Focus On National Debt, Inflation

Mar 25, 2024

By Elizabeth Troutman | Inflation persists due to record levels of spending over the past three years, according to Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in a speech on the House floor Thursday night. Schweikert said the total deficit spending for...

Arizona Ranks Fifth For Biggest Mortgage Debt Increase

Mar 25, 2024

By Elizabeth Troutman | Arizona ranked fifth out of states adding the most mortgage debt between quarters three and four of 2023 according to a WalletHub survey. WalletHub released a report Friday showing in what state homeowners are struggling the...

New Charges Brought Against Suspected South American Theft Group Members

Mar 24, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Maricopa County’s top prosecutor is cracking down on a foreign group committing home burglaries across the Valley. Earlier this week, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced “new charges against a group of thieves...

Maricopa County Recorder Had Staff Compile News On His Personal Defamation Lawsuit Against Kari Lake

Mar 23, 2024

By Staff Reporter | Public records revealed that Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer tasked staff with compiling articles and online content pertaining to his personal defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake — Senate candidate and 2022...

Gress Bill To Fund Homeless Services Passes House On Party Line Vote

Mar 23, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | A bill to address Arizona’s homelessness crisis is advancing through the state legislature. On Monday, the Arizona House of Representatives passed HB 2782, which would “establish a new Homeless Shelter and Services Fund,...

Hobbs Battles Legislators Over Future Of Arizona’s Groundwater

Mar 22, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s Democrat Governor and Republican legislators are engaged in an escalating political battle over the future of the state’s groundwater. Last week, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs took aim at a Republican-led solution to...

Arizona Legislators React To SCOTUS Ruling On Texas Border Bill

Mar 22, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | A controversial Texas border security bill experienced major whiplash on Tuesday in federal court. In a shocking development for the legal situation of SB 4, a majority of Justices at the Supreme Court of the United States...

Biden Touts $8.5 Billion For Intel’s Semiconductor During Arizona Trip

Mar 22, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | The Grand Canyon State welcomed a grand manufacturing funding expansion this week. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden appeared in Chandler, Arizona, at the Intel Ocotillo location to “announce that the Department of Commerce...

Bill Prohibiting Arizona Land From Being Owned By Foreign Adversaries Winding Through Legislature

Mar 21, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | A bill that would safeguard Arizona lands from being owned by foreign adversaries is progressing through the state legislature along partisan lines. Last week, the Arizona Senate passed SB 1403, which would “prohibit a foreign...

Democratic Arizona Senator Says It’s Cruel She Can’t Abort Her Child

Mar 21, 2024

By Corinne Murdock | State Sen. Eva Burch (D-LD09) called her GOP colleagues “cruel” for restricting her ability to abort her child. Burch made the remarks in a speech on the Senate floor on Monday. The senator said that she learned that...

Arizona’s Rank As 10th Most Federally Dependent US State Is In Question

Mar 21, 2024

By Elizabeth Troutman | Arizona ranked as the nation’s 10th most federally dependent state in 2024, according to personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub compared the 50 states across three metrics: return on taxes paid to the federal...