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Wilmeth Bill Would Protect Businesses From Regulatory Overreach

Mar 4, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | For over a decade, Arizona Legislative Republicans have not had to worry about a governor who may be inclined to use executive actions to unnecessarily regulate businesses around the state. They’re now advancing a bill to...

Legislators, Child Advocates Call On Hobbs To Bring Back Ducey’s Head Of DCS

Mar 4, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | A powerful Senate Committee Chairman is encouraging Arizona’s Democrat Governor to show some urgency when it comes to re-nominating an individual to lead the Department of Child Safety (DCS), and he may have a solution as her...

Toma, Petersen Warn National AGs About ESG Investment Losses

Mar 3, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans at the Arizona Legislature are looking out for taxpayers’ interests, and one beleaguered group is in their sights. On Wednesday, House Speaker Ben Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen sent a surprising and...

Republican Legislators Continue Focus On Parental Rights

Mar 3, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans in the Arizona Legislature continue to advance bills that would increase parental choice, transparency, and involvement in their children’s education; and some of those proposals are being met with incredible...

Biden Admin Gives Tucson $900k For Equity-Focused Bike And Pedestrian Bridge

Mar 2, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The Biden administration gave the city of Tucson $900,000 to build a biking and pedestrian bridge. The city's initiative is one of 45 projects nationwide to receive a portion of $185 million in funds, the only one in Arizona to...

Arizona Senate Passes Bill Requiring Transparency Of Inaugural Funds On Unanimous Vote

Mar 2, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans and Democrats might have had different motives for supporting a bill that would require Arizona governors to operate with more transparency with their inaugural funds, but they managed to come together to...

Toma, Petersen Try Again To Reach Accord With Hobbs

Mar 2, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Legislative Republicans continue to search for avenues to reach an accord with the Governor’s Office on the new fiscal year budget, and on Tuesday, the leaders of the House and Senate took a new approach to bring Arizona’s...

Gilbert Leaders Apologize For ‘Enemy List’ Ranking Residents

Mar 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Last Wednesday, the town of Gilbert apologized for creating a document ranking residents based on their support or opposition of a road widening project. Maricopa County island resident Rich Robertson presented the...

WESD Accepts LGTBQ Community While Devaluing Christians

Mar 1, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | At a time when one-fourth of all educator positions are vacant statewide, one Arizona school board has voted to reduce the number of university students pursuing education degrees who can do their on-site training in their...

ASU Also Paying For Children’s Gender Transitions

Mar 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) began paying for children’s gender transitions at the start of the year, as part of a health care plan similar to one provided by at least one other state university. ASU offers up to...

Flagstaff Proposes Decriminalizing Abortion Law Violations

Feb 28, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The city of Flagstaff is proposing to effectively decriminalize abortion. The proposed resolution is listed currently on the draft agenda for next week’s planned formal meeting. The resolution would permit...

Phoenix Looks To Ban “Income Discrimination” For Housing

Feb 28, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The city of Phoenix will vote on whether to ban income discrimination for housing during the next upcoming council meeting. The ban would likely have the most significant impact for the homeless and low-income who receive...