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Student Loan Forgiveness Recipients Likely to Spend On Nonessentials Like Vacations

Oct 31, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Recipients of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program appear to be wrestling with shoulder angels and devils over how they should spend their relief funds. According to a recent survey of 1,250...

Higher Halloween Candy Prices Were Nothing Compared To Cost For Thanksgiving Dinner

Oct 31, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Anyone who bought Halloween candy likely noticed the higher prices and fewer sales. Yet it appears to be just a prelude of things to come heading into Thanksgiving. https://twitter.com/RepDLesko/status/1586719572677120001 Avian...

Court Rejects Pima County Plan To Sell $14M Property To Company Affiliated With Mark Kelly For 10 Dollars

Oct 30, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | In 2016, Pima County used more than $15 million in county assets as collateral to lure an aspiring space tourism company connected to now-Sen. Mark Kelly to Tucson despite myriad questions about whether the deal was...

Tucson Launches Homeless Encampment Reporting Tool as Crisis Worsens

Oct 29, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The city of Tucson is ramping up efforts to mitigate homeless encampments through a new reporting tool launched Thursday. Citizens may report homeless encampments here. Outreach coordinators will relay the report to...

Katie Hobbs Campaign Break-In Committed by a Homeless Immigrant, Not Political Activist

Oct 28, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, Phoenix Police Department (PPD) arrested a homeless man charged with burglarizing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ office. Hobbs accused her opponent, Kari Lake, of inciting the...

Voters Split on Sales Tax Benefitting Fire Districts

Oct 28, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Voters are split on a proposed new sales tax on the ballot benefitting fire districts, according to the latest polling. A Data Orbital poll surveying 550 voters indicated that just over 12 percent of voters are undecided on...

Arizona Parents Unable to Access School Choice Program Helpline

Oct 28, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Parents attempting to call the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) helpline for the school choice program are met with an automated voice that rejects their call due to “excessive call volume” and promptly hangs up. No...

Kari Lake: Katie Hobbs’ Blame for Campaign Burglary is ‘Absurd’

Oct 27, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs blamed two years of rhetoric from her opponent, Republican Kari Lake, for a break-in at her campaign headquarters earlier this week. Lake denied Hobbs’ accusation, calling it...

Undercover Video Reveals Senator Mark Kelly Staffers Lie to Voters That He’s Pro-Life

Oct 27, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | In a bid to win over independent voters, Arizona’s dominant voting group, Senator Mark Kelly’s campaign staffers are telling voters he’s pro-life. Paid campaign staffer Evynn Bronson told an undercover Project...

‘Republican’ PAC Outspends Others With Millions Just to Defeat Kari Lake

Oct 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A political action committee (PAC) financed by Democrat billionaires is making good on its promise to spend millions to ensure Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s defeat. The Republican Accountability PAC,...

Maricopa Recorder: Lawmaker Solution to Controversial Ballot Drop Box Watchers Is Cancel Culture

Oct 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | One lawmaker has a solution to the ballot drop box watcher controversy in Maricopa County, but the recorder says they won’t be modifying their operations. State Senator Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale) proposed removing the...

Maricopa County Begins Counting Early Ballots

Oct 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Monday, Maricopa County began the tabulation of approximately 168,000 early ballots. The county estimated that around 150,000 to 250,000 early ballots will be dropped off on Election Day, with 98 percent of ballots reported...