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School Choice Program Neglected Under Former Superintendent

Jan 21, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona’s school choice program appears to have been undermined by neglect from former leadership, based on details of the program’s inherited state by the new administration. AZ Free News spoke with Christine...

Life Imprisonment, Felony Punishments For Drug Trafficking Homicide Proposed Under New Bill

Jan 20, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Drug traffickers who commit homicide may be charged with a Class 1 felony in Arizona under a newly proposed bill. Class 1 felonies carry a minimum sentence of 10 years, with a maximum sentence of 25 years....

Scottsdale Mayor Preventing Rio Verde Citizens From Getting Water

Jan 20, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega has refused to allow Rio Verde citizens to use canal space to transport their water, effectively forcing them to go without, pay thousands in water bills, or leave their homes. The...

Judge Agrees City of Phoenix Is Failing To Solve Homeless Crisis

Jan 19, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | On Monday, the Maricopa County Superior Court agreed that the city of Phoenix has failed to mitigate its burgeoning homeless crisis. In fact, the court declared that the city ending enforcement of criminal, health, and other...

Legislator Proposes Breaking Up Maricopa Into Four Counties

Jan 18, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Maricopa County might become four counties, per a new resolution seeking to break up the fourth-largest county in the nation. HCR2018 wants to shrink Maricopa County, then divide the remaining land into three...

Democrats Propose Taxpayer-Funded Tuition For K-12 Mental Health Professionals

Jan 18, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | House Democrats want taxpayers to fund the tuition of future K-12 school psychologists, social workers, and counselors. State Rep. Judy Schwiebert proposed the arrangement in a bill establishing a K-12 mental...

Majority of House Democrats Push to Allow Transgender Athletes in Female Sports

Jan 18, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Over half of the Arizona House Democrats are pushing to repeal the state’s ban on male athletes in K-12 female sports. The bill has yet to be assigned to a committee. Freshman State Rep. Nancy Gutierrez (D-LD18) proposed...

Mother Alleges Trans School Board Member Stared at Her Bare Chest in Locker Room

Jan 17, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | An Arizona mother alleged that a transgender school board member stared at her bare chest in her gym’s locker room last week. Paul Bixler, a man who professes to be a woman, has sat on the Liberty Elementary School...

New Judge Named To Take Over Decades-Old Water Rights Cases

Jan 17, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | Two major water rights cases that date back to the 1970s are being reassigned to another judge, the first such change in more than 10 years, the Arizona Supreme Court announced last week. Judge Scott Blaney of the Maricopa County...

New Funding Needed For I-10 Widening After Feds Deny Grant Application

Jan 16, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | The day before five people died Thursday in a horrific vehicle fire on Interstate 10 near Riggs Road, Arizona officials learned that the U.S. Department of Transportation denied a request for $360 million to widen another...

Popular Puppy Store Mall Chain Guilty of Sourcing From Neglectful Breeders

Jan 16, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The attorney general’s office secured the discontinuance and restitution of Companion Pets, Inc. (CPI), an established puppy retailer in the Valley who sources from unlicensed and neglectful breeders. According to the attorney...

Amazon Founder’s Divorce Settlement Gives $72.5M to Leftist Arizona Groups

Jan 15, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, is using her $38.3 billion divorce settlement in part to fund over a dozen leftist Arizona groups dedicated to equity over equality. The following received at least...