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Horne’s School Safety Task Force Focused On Getting More Armed Officers And Social Workers In Schools

Aug 5, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s schools’ chief is laser focused on protecting children in their places of education. On Wednesday, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced that he had “convened the first School Safety Task...

Arizona AG Fights To Keep Government Collusion With Social Media Companies

Aug 5, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Attorney General Kris Mayes is fighting to continue government's collusion with social media to control online speech. Mayes joined a 21-state coalition of Democratic attorneys general to oppose a federal decision...

AG Candidate Hamadeh Appeals To Arizona Supreme Court For New Trial

Aug 5, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Republican Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh has taken his appeal for a new trial to the Arizona Supreme Court. In the petition filed on Thursday, Hamadeh’s team argued that the state's judicial branch had...

FBI Warns Public Of Technical Support Scams Targeting Older Adults

Aug 4, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning Americans of a scam that is sadly targeting a growing number of individuals. Late last month, the FBI issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA), “warning the public of a...

62 Percent Of AZ Schools Have No Plan To Maintain Operations When COVID Relief Monies Expire

Aug 4, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Up to 62 percent of Arizona’s public-school districts and charters have no written plan for maintaining current operations once relief monies run out next September. Most districts’ lack of preparedness was revealed in an...

Legislative Leaders File Emergency Motion In Federal Court To Defend Save Women’s Sports Act

Aug 3, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s Republican Legislative leaders are continuing to defend the integrity of women’s sports in federal court. On Tuesday, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma filed an emergency motion with...

Biden, Democratic Leaders Split With Go-To Election Lawyer

Aug 3, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Democratic leadership and Biden officials split with their go-to election lawyer, Marc Elias; a 2021 Supreme Court loss from Arizona served as a major catalyst for the breakup. In that case, Brnovich v. Democratic National...

Rental Tax Prohibition Bill Signed Into Law

Aug 2, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | One of the final pieces of the 2023 Arizona Legislative Session has been put into place. On Tuesday, Governor Katie Hobbs signed SB 1131, which eliminates the rental tax for Arizona tenants....

ASU Faculty Asked To Be Added To Anti-Conservative Watchlist, Then Cried Foul

Aug 2, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) faculty behind a campaign against the now-dissolved T.W. Lewis Center asked to be added to a watchlist of professors who discriminate against conservative students, emails reveal. Those faculty...

High Schoolers To Learn About Communism From GOP Lawmakers Who Survived It

Aug 2, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | High schoolers will learn from firsthand experiences of the evils of communism in a documentary series featuring two Arizona lawmakers who survived it. The series, produced by the University of Arizona (UArizona) Center for the...

Sine Die: Arizona Lawmakers React To End Of Legislative Session

Aug 2, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Another Arizona legislative session has come to an end. On Monday, the Fifty-sixth Legislature – First Regular Session Adjourned Sine Die. Many lawmakers and staff took to social media to share their thoughts about the end of...

Lawmakers’ Reaction To Passage Of Prop 400 Mixed

Aug 1, 2023

By Daniel Stefanksi | Reaction was mixed to the news that the Arizona Legislature passed a Prop 400 compromise on Monday, after an agreement was forged with the Governor’s Office. Republican Senate President Warren Petersen claimed victory after...