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Legislator Proposes Breaking Up Maricopa Into Four Counties
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
University of Arizona’s Medical Schools Prove To Be the Model For Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) College of Medicine epitomizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices, based on the latest report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The...
Committee Dems Vote Against Bill That Cuts Arizona’s Corporate Tax Rate
By Terri Jo Neff | The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives took its first steps this week to lower the state’s corporate income tax rate in four successive years starting Jan. 1, 2026 House Bill 2003 would gradually decrease the...
Hobbs’ Head of DCS Wants Equity-Based Child Services Intervention
By Corinne Murdock | The newly appointed head of the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) wants to make child services interventions equitable. Governor Katie Hobbs appointed Matthew Stewart last month following...
Phoenix Sued For Giving NFL, Super Bowl Committee Authority Over Local Free Speech Rights
By Terri Jo Neff | A judge has been asked to put an end to a City of Phoenix ordinance which grants the NFL and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee authority over how and where residents and property owners can exercise their free speech rights...
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