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Arizona Legislature Approves K-12 Aggregate Expenditure Limit Increase
By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona lawmakers have increased the aggregate expenditure limitation (AEL) for the state’s K-12 schools, eliminating the need for those schools to make more than $1.1 billion in spending cuts with several months left in the...
AZ Federation Of Republican Women To Hold State Meeting In Tucson This Week
By Terri Jo Neff | Several hundred women will be descending on Casino Del Sol later this week for the winter state meeting of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women (AzFRW). For the last 98 years, the AzFRW has been dedicated to empowering...
Senator Sinema’s Illegal Immigrant Bathroom Stalker Petitions Against Federal-Only Voter Bill
By Corinne Murdock | Karina Ruiz de Diaz, an illegal immigrant who qualified for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and is hedging on President Joe Biden’s promise of a pathway to citizenship, petitioned to end a bill prohibiting...
USAF Begins Process To Change Use Of Airspace Across Much Of Arizona
By Terri Jo Neff | Public comments are due on or before March 4 for those wishing to provide input about a proposed plan by U.S. Air Force change how its special use airspace is utilized in several military operations areas, referred to as an MOA....
Voter ID Requirement for Mail-In, Early Ballots Passes House Committee
By Corinne Murdock | The House Government and Elections Committee narrowly approved a resolution requiring expanded voter ID requirements for any mail-in or early drop-off ballots. HCR2025, called the “Arizonans for Voter ID Act,” would...
Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff In Honor Of Former Sen. David Bradley
Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow, February 20, 2022, in honor of former Senator David Bradley, a long-time public servant who passed away today. “Arizona is saddened...
Flagstaff High School Threatened Maskless Student With Police, Kicked Him Off Campus
By Corinne Murdock | This week, Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) employees threatened to call the police on one high school senior for not wearing a mask, ultimately forcing him to leave campus without notifying his parents. The student,...
House Committee Passes Bill Barring Illegal Immigrants From Voting
By Corinne Murdock | The House Government and Elections Committee passed a bill prohibiting illegal immigrants from voting, HB2492, on Wednesday. The bill would require those registering to vote to prove their residential address, date and place of...
ASBA Drops Its Membership In National School Board Association
By Terri Jo Neff | Earlier this week the Arizona School Board Association voted to end its relationship with the National School Board Association, a group which has been under fire by parents, school officials, and legislators for several months....
Maricopa County Split Approved by House Government and Elections Committee
By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona House Government and Elections Committee approved State Representative Jake Hoffman’s (R-Queen Creek) bill to split Maricopa County into four separate counties. The four new counties would be Maricopa, encompassing...
School Choice Scholarship Expansion Passed By Senate
By Corinne Murdock | In a party-line vote on Wednesday, the Arizona Senate approved a bill to expand the state’s K-12 school choice scholarships: the Arizona Equal Opportunity Education Act. SB1657 expands Empowerment Scholarship Account...
Bill Offering Tax Credits For Filming Movies Approved by Senate Appropriations
By Corinne Murdock | This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a plan to attract the film industry to Arizona. SB1708, introduced by State Senator David Gowan (R-Sierra Vista), would offer a tax rebate to movie studios, called “Credit...
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