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Abortion Protest Turns To Riot, Leaving “Significant Criminal Damage”

Jun 26, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The reactions to Friday night’s initially peaceful protest at the State Capitol which was turned into a melee by agitators eerily echo the response to the January 6, 2021 events in Washington DC, only this time the political...

Illegal Immigration Activist Group Thanks House GOP for Proclamation In Its Favor

Jun 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Monday, the Arizona House awarded a proclamation to an illegal immigrant activist group for their advocacy concerning in-state tuition, mental health, and education for illegal immigrants. State...

Scottsdale Unified Claims Provision of Gender Transition Patient Intake Forms an ‘Error’

Jun 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) unintentionally provided a parent with blank transgender patient intake forms for a Phoenix hormone and gender transition facility. The district provided the form in response...

Arizona Politicians Reaction To SCOTUS Vote Overturning Roe v. Wade

Jun 24, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that there is no federal constitutional right to have an abortion despite the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. And the reaction was swift across Arizona’s political sphere. Many of the...

Environmental Reviews May Be Worsening The Wildfire Crisis

Jun 24, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Wildfires are burning record numbers of acres each year, with the arid climate and vast areas of federal land making the western United States particularly at risk. But one issue not being talked about enough is whether red tape...

What the Supreme Court Ruling on Gun Rights Means For Arizona

Jun 24, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down New York's concealed carry restriction requiring individuals to prove that they required “a special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general...

GOP Legislator Tells All: $18 Billion Budget Will ‘Bankrupt’ State, Leadership ‘Bought’ Dems with $6 Billion

Jun 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | With one week to go before the end of the fiscal year, the Arizona legislature managed to reconcile enough differences to pass a finalized version of the budget. However, Republican legislators opposed to the historic $18...

Arizona Senate Appropriations Approves Funding to Kickstart Film Industry in State

Jun 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday, the Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee passed budget legislation to offer tax credits to movie studios, after a previous effort on the matter failed. Legislators resurrected this effort by...

House Republican’s Denial of ESG Discrimination Contradicted by Utah State Treasurer

Jun 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Once again, the existence of a decades-long strategy to suffocate political opposition through social justice-oriented investing criteria, or “social credit scores” determined by Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...

Universal School Choice Passes Arizona House

Jun 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona House approved a universal expansion of the state’s school choice program on Wednesday afternoon. It now heads to the Senate for review. The legislation, HB2853 by State Representative Ben Toma (R-Peoria), prompted...

Arizona Legislature $16 Billion Budget for 2023 Causes GOP Infighting

Jun 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Less than 24 hours after the Joint Legislative Budget Committee published the proposed budget report late Monday, infighting broke out among Arizona's House and Senate Republicans. Tuesday marked lengthy budget...

Arizona House Speaker Testifies at January 6 Committee

Jun 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R-Mesa) sat next to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his chief operating officer Gabriel Sterling, wearing stoic expressions as they awaited the hearing and eliciting the...