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Arizona Legislature Grants Veterans In-State Tuition Status

Mar 14, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona House unanimously passed a bill Friday ensuring veterans will receive in-state tuition rates, following unanimous support in the Senate last month. The bill, SB1115, also eliminated requirements that veterans...

Proposed Emergency Law Gives Parents No Say In How Child’s Vaccination Data Is Used

Mar 13, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | An effort to pass an emergency state law limiting what information can be disclosed about a child’s immunization records and to whom is expected to move forward in the State Senate this week. The Arizona Department of Health...

Senate Democrats Vote Against Increased Prison Time for Child Molesters, Smugglers

Mar 13, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, three State Senate Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted against HB2696, a bill increasing sentencing for those who sexually abuse, smuggle, or traffic children. They argued that illegal immigrants or...

Senate Committee to Consider Bill Requiring Parental Consent for Minor Mask

Mar 13, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Senate Government Committee is scheduled on Monday to consider HB2616, a bill requiring governments to receive parental consent in order to require a minor to wear a mask. That applies to political subdivisions and...

Turf Paradise Continues Court Battle For Sports Wagering License

Mar 12, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Court of Appeals will be asked to overturn a decision by the Arizona Department of Gaming which denied the state’s longest operating professional horse racing company a sports wagering license, AZ Free News has...

Democrat Minority Leader Condemns Celebration of Prop 208’s Destruction

Mar 12, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding (D-Laveen) said that those elected officials celebrating the elimination of the income tax increase weren't leaders in any sense of the word. The Maricopa County Superior Court ruled on...

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Strikes Down Prop 208

Mar 11, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Several Arizona legislators along with the Free Enterprise Club and the Goldwater Institute are celebrating a major court victory for Arizona taxpayers after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge struck down the largest tax hike...

Illegal Immigrant Voting Activists Shout Down Senators For Approving Citizenship Requirement Bill

Mar 11, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for those registering to vote, 5-3 along party lines. HB2492, which would require county recorders to search databases for a registrant’s...

Democrats Pledge to Block Emergency Measure Restoring Precinct Committeemen Elections

Mar 10, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Legislature Democrats expressed that they won't vote to restore precinct committeemen (PC) elections this year unless Republicans kill a bill requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration, one railbird informed AZ Free...

Removal of State Bar Membership Mandate for Arizona Attorneys Passes House Committee

Mar 10, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona attorneys may no longer have to have membership within the State Bar of Arizona in order to practice law in the state. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill prohibiting the Arizona Supreme Court from...

House Committee Passes Ban on Transgenders in Girl’s, Women’s Sports

Mar 10, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A Senate bill banning males from female sports teams advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, passing along party lines. The legislation would apply to both private and public K-12 schools, colleges, and...

AZ’s Congressional Delegation Wants State Funeral When Last WW2 Medal Of Honor Recipient Dies

Mar 9, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | All 11 members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation have come together to ask President Joe Biden to approve a non-presidential state funeral when the last surviving Congressional Medal of Honor recipient from World War II...