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Arizona Attorney General Issues Opinion On COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements For Government And Business

Aug 21, 2021

The Attorney General's Office issued a legal opinion sought by Arizona State Rep. Kelly Townsend regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees, patrons of businesses, and airline passengers under existing state and federal laws. The 40-page...

Flagstaff Charter School Board President Resigns After Calling Maskless Students ‘Worst of Humanity’

Aug 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The governing board president of Flagstaff charter school Northern Preparatory Academy (NPA), Cristy Schaefer Zeller, resigned Thursday evening after calling parents and students opposed to mask mandates “the worst of humanity...

Two Arizona School Districts Decline to Jump on Mask Mandate Bandwagon

Aug 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Both Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) and Tanque Verde Unified School District (TVUSD) declined to join the growing list of schools reinstating a mask mandate. For now, masks will remain optional at both districts....

NTSB Continues To Investigate Deadly Coolidge Pipeline Explosion

Aug 20, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Three investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are in Coolidge hoping to determine what caused a 30-inch El Paso Natural Gas pipeline to explode earlier this week, killing two members of a family and critically...

Program Offering Low-Income Families Up to $7k for K-12 School Choice Over COVID Measures Begins

Aug 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey’s program offering up to $7,000 in grants for low-income K-12 parents wanting to relocate their students due to their current school’s COVID-19 protocols began Friday. Eligible families have a total...

AZ Supreme Court Rules Prop 208 Unconstitutional For Lack of Spending Cap, Remands To Lower Court

Aug 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 208 (Prop 208), the voter-approved increase on income taxes to fund public education, was unconstitutional and remanded to lower court. If that trial court...

Ducey Signs Bill To Strengthen Holocaust Education In K-12 Schools

Aug 19, 2021

On Thursday, Holocaust survivors, students, lawmakers and educators joined Governor Doug Ducey as he signed legislation strengthening instruction about the Holocaust and other genocides in Arizona’s schools. House Bill 2241, sponsored by Rep. Alma...

Glendale To Not Renew Arizona Coyotes Agreement

Aug 19, 2021

The city of Glendale has informed the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Arizona Coyotes that the upcoming season will be the team’s last in Gila River Arena. The parties have been operating under a year-to-year agreement for several years. The...

Governor Ducey’s $65 Million for Learning Programs Funds Social-Emotional Learning

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Some of Governor Doug Ducey’s $65 million for learning programs announced Tuesday will fund a controversial educational method: $1.6 million for social-emotional learning (SEL). SEL grapples with emotionally-charged social...

Brophy Principal Responds to Parents’ Critiques of Vaccine Mandate’s Fallacies, Contradictions

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | In a response letter issued Tuesday, Brophy College Preparatory (Brophy) Principal Bob Ryan addressed the lengthy critiques of his vaccine mandate issued by hundreds of Brophy parents, alumni, donors, and supporters. That...

Ducey Announces $10M In K-12 Grants To Empower Individual Choice

Aug 18, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Starting this Friday, low-income families with K-12 students will be able to apply online for up to $7,000 in immediate relief to support educational opportunities which will close the achievement gap and better equip underserved...

Hundreds of Brophy Parents, Alum, Donors Urge Vaccine Mandate Overhaul In Letter

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Hundreds of Brophy College Preparatory (Brophy) parents, alumni, and donors urged the private school to overhaul its vaccine mandate in a letter issued Friday. Earlier this month, Brophy imposed a vaccine mandate similar to...