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Zuckerberg Funneled Nearly $5.17 Million Into Arizona’s 2020 Election

Dec 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Recent IRS filings revealed that Arizona received nearly $5.17 million during the 2020 election from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), pumped with over $350 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to funnel into...

Popular Destination Airline Serving Tucson Receives TSA PreCheck Approval

Dec 20, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Passengers flying Avelo Airlines in and out of Tucson International Airport via Los Angeles’s Hollywood Burbank Airport can now utilize the TSA PreCheck expedited screening program, the Transportation Security Administration...

Border Crisis Continues With Record Numbers, Per November Report

Dec 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The flood of illegal immigrants hasn’t slowed down in President Joe Biden’s border crisis, and it looks like it won’t anytime soon. According to Customs and Border Patrol’s (CBP) latest report, over 173,600 illegal immigrants...

New Banking Cyber Security Rule Won’t Stop Attacks But Could Help Identify Vulnerabilities

Dec 20, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Federally regulated banks across the United States have about 100 days to get familiar with a new rule that requires the reporting of cyberattacks and other computer security incidents to regulators within 36 hours and “as soon...

Arizonans Getting Exhausted By COVID-19 Mandate Chaos

Dec 19, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | COVID-19 exhaustion is not a medical term, although what it represents can be as emotionally fatiguing as the virus can be physically draining. It describes the sense of frustration and weariness that comes from reacting 24/7 to...

Masking Lax at Arizona School Boards Association Conference Despite Mandate

Dec 19, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Not all attendees were masked up at the Arizona School Boards Association’s (ASBA) Annual Conference last week, despite having a mask mandate in place. ASBA fought for local school districts to be able to establish mask...

Pima County Attorney’s Office Decriminalizes Drugs Over COVID-19 Concerns

Dec 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Tuesday, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced it would no longer charge individuals for simple drug possession, paraphernalia, or related personal-use incidents. The policy won’t apply to those arrested for simple...

Survey Finds Auto Dealers Can Help Buyers Address Rising Insurance Premiums

Dec 18, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Many members of the Arizona Automobile Dealers Association spent 2021 struggling to get popular makes and models onto showrooms due to supply chain issues. And it looks like 2022 will hold even more challenges for those buying...

Governor Ducey Gives Hospitals Vaccine Mandate Power and $35.2 Million

Dec 17, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey carved out an exemption for hospitals in his renewed executive order addressing COVID-19 vaccine mandates (EO 2021-21), though it banned the state and all counties, cities, and towns from implementing any....

Arizona Corporation Commission: Utilities Can’t Mandate Employee COVID Vaccines

Dec 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) passed a motion to prohibit utility companies from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for their employees, 3-2. Commissioners Lea Márquez Peterson, Justin Olson, and Jim O’Connor voted for a...

Secretary of State Hobbs Suggests Expansive Election “Reforms”

Dec 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs introduced four pages of election reform suggestions for the legislature on Wednesday. Suggestions included same-day voter registration using provisional ballots, early voting expansion to...

Key Arizona Commercial Real Estate Association Releases 2022 Legislative Agenda

Dec 16, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Chapter of NAIOP, otherwise known as the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has released its 2022 legislative public policy agenda which seeks to continue the momentum of recent sessions, NAIOP Arizona’s...