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Arizona Legislature Bans Males From Women’s Sports

Mar 24, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Following approval by the Arizona House on Thursday, the legislature as a whole passed SB1165, a bill preventing transgender athletes from competing against those of the opposite gender. If the governor signs the legislation...

Maricopa County Transportation Tax Advances to House Floor

Mar 24, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The House Transportation Committee approved SB1356, legislation to give Maricopa County residents a vote for or against a transportation tax and excise tax plan. The committee passed with bipartisan support, with the exception...

Bowling Selected As CEO Of Arizona’s Largest Electric Cooperative

Mar 24, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Jason Bowling will become Chief Executive Officer of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) on May 31, the date longtime CEO Creden Huber retires, it was announced Wednesday. According to SSVEC President Curtis...

Bowers Stalls Bill Making COVID-19 Treatment Refusal A Fundamental Right

Mar 24, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Senate has passed legislation which would prohibit a hospital or health care provider from imposing any treatment for COVID-19 or a variant but the bill has stalled in the House where Speaker Rusty Bowers has not...

Proof of Citizenship for Voting Passes Legislature

Mar 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | State Representative Jake Hoffman’s (R-Queen Creek) controversial proof of citizenship for voting bill passed the Senate on Wednesday along party lines. HB2492 now heads to the governor for final approval. The legislation...

Illegal Immigrant Prisoner Facilities Still Overflowing, Per Border Patrol

Mar 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Late last week, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) announced that detention facilities remain over-capacity, now over a year into the Biden Administration. The NBPC highlighted the Del Rio sector detention centers, all...

Party Precinct Committeemen Will Be Elected This Year After All

Mar 23, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona’s roughly 7,000 precinct committeemen positions will be filled by election this year after all, following a judge’s ruling on Tuesday that part of a recently passed emergency law is unconstitutional. John Napper of the...

Arizona Senate to Vote on Citizenship Requirement Voting Bill

Mar 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate will vote on a bill requiring proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. HB2492 was passed out of the House along party lines a little less than a month ago. The bill has earned the...

Ban on Sexually Explicit Material from K-12 Schools Passes Senate Committee

Mar 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Last week, the Senate Education Committee passed HB2495, legislation to outlaw sexually explicit materials from K-12 schools. State Representative Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek), the sponsor, noted that the...

ASU Cancels Conservative Events After Faculty Oppose Them In Survey

Mar 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | UPDATE: Shortly after the publication of this story, AZ Free News received word that the events in question were restored. A follow-up email submitted late Monday afternoon explained that the events were restored because,...

Major Changes At State Board of Education With New Appointments

Mar 21, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) will have a bunch of new faces at its next meeting following Monday’s announcement by Gov. Doug Ducey of seven new members. Created within the Arizona Constitution, the mission of the 11...

ASU American Government Class Teaches Voter ID is Voter Suppression

Mar 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | An Arizona State University (ASU) American government class taught that requiring an ID to vote was a voter suppression tactic. The professor drew this conclusion in a lecture slide titled, “Gates to African American Suffrage.”...