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Arizonans Getting Exhausted By COVID-19 Mandate Chaos

Dec 19, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | COVID-19 exhaustion is not a medical term, although what it represents can be as emotionally fatiguing as the virus can be physically draining. It describes the sense of frustration and weariness that comes from reacting 24/7 to...

Masking Lax at Arizona School Boards Association Conference Despite Mandate

Dec 19, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Not all attendees were masked up at the Arizona School Boards Association’s (ASBA) Annual Conference last week, despite having a mask mandate in place. ASBA fought for local school districts to be able to establish mask...

Pima County Attorney’s Office Decriminalizes Drugs Over COVID-19 Concerns

Dec 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Tuesday, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced it would no longer charge individuals for simple drug possession, paraphernalia, or related personal-use incidents. The policy won’t apply to those arrested for simple...

Survey Finds Auto Dealers Can Help Buyers Address Rising Insurance Premiums

Dec 18, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Many members of the Arizona Automobile Dealers Association spent 2021 struggling to get popular makes and models onto showrooms due to supply chain issues. And it looks like 2022 will hold even more challenges for those buying...

Governor Ducey Gives Hospitals Vaccine Mandate Power and $35.2 Million

Dec 17, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey carved out an exemption for hospitals in his renewed executive order addressing COVID-19 vaccine mandates (EO 2021-21), though it banned the state and all counties, cities, and towns from implementing any....

Arizona Corporation Commission: Utilities Can’t Mandate Employee COVID Vaccines

Dec 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) passed a motion to prohibit utility companies from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for their employees, 3-2. Commissioners Lea Márquez Peterson, Justin Olson, and Jim O’Connor voted for a...

Secretary of State Hobbs Suggests Expansive Election “Reforms”

Dec 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs introduced four pages of election reform suggestions for the legislature on Wednesday. Suggestions included same-day voter registration using provisional ballots, early voting expansion to...

Key Arizona Commercial Real Estate Association Releases 2022 Legislative Agenda

Dec 16, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Chapter of NAIOP, otherwise known as the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has released its 2022 legislative public policy agenda which seeks to continue the momentum of recent sessions, NAIOP Arizona’s...

End Of The Year Changes Made At Freeport-McMoRan

Dec 16, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) has announced the addition of former Monsanto Company CEO Hugh Grant to its 11-member Board of Directors. Grant, who was named CEO of the Year in 2010 by Chief Executive magazine, served...

Prescott Small Family Business Suing Louisiana Over Sales Tax Burdens

Dec 15, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | A Prescott couple is suing the state of Louisiana for its sales tax overreach into their small business, Halstead Bead. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF), the Pelican Institute, and the Goldwater Institute will...

SUSD Denounces Critics of Club Sexualizing Children, Silent on ‘Deadname’ Policy

Dec 15, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel issued a statement calling criticism of a club that encourages child sexualization under the guise of offering support — Gender & Sexualities...

Rep. Gail Griffin Receives Outstanding Service Award

Dec 14, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has recognized Arizona State Rep. Gail Griffin with the organization’s 2021 Regional Award for Outstanding Service. The award recognizes outstanding service at the regional or...