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Phoenix High School Students Drop Masks To Participate In LGBTQ Acceptance Event

Apr 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock A local high school has enforced its district mask mandate relentlessly but students dropped their masks to participate in the “Day of Silence,” or “DOS,” a day of action for LGBTQ acceptance. Pre-pandemic, students participated...

Parents, Not Bureaucrats, Now Have Final Say In Masking Of Children

Apr 26, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | A new state law resolves one of the most controversial aspects of the pandemic – who gets to decide whether a child must wear a mask or face covering. On Monday, Gov. Doug Ducey signed House Bill 2616 which puts the mask or no...

Bill Raising Smoking, Vaping Age To 21 Gets Stubbed Out In Senate

Apr 25, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | A bill to increase the age for when Arizonans can legally smoke, vape, and use other non-medical nicotine products was stubbed out in the Senate on Monday, although it could be revived before the legislative session is over....

Democrat Secretary of State Candidate Wants Voting Precincts Eliminated, All-Mail Elections

Apr 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes declared that Arizona should eliminate its voting precincts and adopt all-mail voting. Fontes proposed the ideas during a half-hour debate with House Minority Leader Reginald...

Bill To Raise Tobacco, Vaping Age To 21 Will Be Heard By Arizona Senate

Apr 25, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | A bill to raise the legal age for smokers or users of tobacco, vaping products, and alternative nicotine products from 18 to 21 is set to be heard by the Arizona Senate on Monday. House Bill 2505 is a strike-everything amendment...

Arizona Democratic Leader: Donald Trump Would’ve Stolen Election If Republican Was Secretary of State

Apr 24, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding (D-Laveen) claimed Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem would have rigged the 2020 election in favor of former President Donald Trump if he had been in office....

Tohono O’odham Nation Tactical Officers Becomes Federal Special Agents

Apr 24, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | A small but elite unit of tactical officers known as the “Shadow Wolves” working out of the Tohono O’odham Nation will continue to patrol a 76-mile stretch of shared border with Mexico, but now they will do so as special agents...

News Anchor Disparages Integrity Of AZ Supreme Court Justices Over Tax Cut Decision

Apr 23, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday that implementation of the state’s new single or “flat” income tax rate will move forward without a voter referendum in November. But one Phoenix area media personality seemed to suggest...

GOP Candidates Not Disqualified From Upcoming Election For Organizing January 6 Protest

Apr 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Congressmen Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) and State Representative Mark Finchem (R-Oro Valley) will not be disqualified from the upcoming midterm elections for organizing the January 6 protest, a judge ruled on...

Arizona Taxpayers Score A Win As New Law Reforming Income Tax Rate Is Upheld

Apr 21, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | In a major victory for millions of Arizonans, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club has prevailed at the Arizona Supreme Court in its attempt to protect a forecasted $1.9 billion tax cut through changes signed into law last year to...

Democrats: January 6 Disqualifies Arizona’s GOP Candidates From 2022 Midterm Election

Apr 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A Democrat-backed nonprofit wants State Representative Mark Finchem (R-Oro Valley), Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), and Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) disqualified from the upcoming midterm election for organizing the...

Small Business Tax Break Advances Out of Arizona Legislature

Apr 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday, the State Senate approved legislation lowering the percentage of assessed valuation for commercial property to 15 percent. SB1093 would reduce the property assessment ratio gradually over the next five...