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New Legislator Pushes Through Major Changes In Process For Communities To Incorporate

Apr 14, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Residents living in unincorporated communities across Arizona have a streamlined process for seeking to become a city or town, now that Gov. Doug Ducey has signed House Bill 2455 into law. Under HB2455, the process will require...

Acclaimed Twitter Account Warning Arizona Parents About Radical Leftists Suspended

Apr 14, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | This week, Twitter silenced another prominent conservative voice — this time, one relied on heavily by parents and older generations distant from today’s social media fads. Libs of TikTok, the social media account that offered...

Woke Teacher Becomes Arizona’s First Inductee Into National Teachers Hall of Fame

Apr 13, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A Phoenix special education teacher, Kareem Neal, moved up in the world of honors bestowed on educators: this year, he became Arizona’s first teacher inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame. Neal, the 2019 Arizona...

Scottsdale Principal Required Middle School Teachers to Attend Grooming Training

Apr 13, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Last March, Cocopah Middle School Principal Nick Noonan required teachers to attend a training on supporting and affirming LGBTQ+ ideologies in children. Email records show Noonan paid $500 in school funds for the two-hour...

Change Proposed To Address Chronic Street Homelessness In Phoenix

Apr 12, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Earlier this week, Sam Stone accused City of Phoenix officials of letting the vagrancy and homeless problem get out of control. And the former chief of staff for Councilman Sal DiCiccio suggested a drastic change is needed in how...

Arizona Legislature to Delay Proof of Citizenship for Voting Bill

Apr 12, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Enactment of the proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration will be delayed until 2023, following an amendment approved by the Arizona House on Monday. The amendment was tacked on to SB1638, a bill to...

ASU College of Health Solutions Encouraged Employees to Sign BLM Pledge

Apr 11, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Another social justice initiative was underfoot at Arizona State University (ASU) — this time, at the College of Health Solutions (CHS). In a September email from CHS Dean Deborah Helitzer obtained by AZ Free News, CHS...

Arizona Teachers’ Union Leader Calls Parents ‘Drama Queens’

Apr 11, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Dawn Penich-Thacker, cofounder of the largest teachers’ union in Arizona, Save Our Schools (SOSAZ), said that parents were “drama queens” for demanding more curriculum transparency. The Arizona legislature is considering...

SR 189 Improvements Provide Economic And Public Safety Boost

Apr 11, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Those traveling through Nogales, especially commercial vehicles coming from Mexico through the Mariposa Port of Entry, are the benefactors of a $134 million road project completed last month after years of planning. State...

USBP Tucson Sector Chief Reveals Arrests And Dangers Agents Face

Apr 10, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | As politicians and pundits debate whether the Title 42 public health directive should end May 23 along the southwest border, the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector continue to risk their lives protecting the...

Tuition And Housing Hikes Announced At Arizona’s Three Public Universities

Apr 10, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Tuition for the next academic school year is going up at Arizona State University for all students, while tuition hikes at the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University will hit mostly new students, according to the...

Peoria Teacher: Elementary Students Wear Trans Pride Colors for Trans Visibility Day

Apr 9, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | According to one Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) teacher, some elementary schoolers may have worn pink, teal, and white to honor International Transgender Day of Visibility last week. Coordinating educator Sarah...