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Scottsdale Unified Assures Parents Of Privacy In Aftermath Of Secret Dossier Discovery, Parents Call For Greenburg Resignation

Nov 10, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Scottsdale Unified School District’s administration is scrambling to do damage control after a group of mothers discovered Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg had access to a Google Drive full of personal...

Arizona Projected To Add More Than 700,000 Jobs By 2030

Nov 10, 2021

Over 700,000 jobs are expected to be created in Arizona in the next decade, according to a new report from the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). According to the OEO report, Arizona employment is projected to increase from...

Ducey Orders Flags At Half Staff To Honor Maricopa County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Chad Brackman

Nov 10, 2021

Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Friday, November 12, 2021, to honor Maricopa County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Chad Brackman who died on Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle....

Invest In Arizona Ballot Referendum Failed Signature Review

Nov 9, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Invest in Arizona, a campaign to have voters overturn three Senate bills via a ballot referendum, failed a signature review for at least one of their efforts in their three-prong approach: the ballot to overturn SB1783. The...

Speaker Pelosi And ‘Squad’ Slam Congressman Gosar For Meme Anime Video

Nov 9, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, members of Congress’ ultra-progressive Squad, and the rest of the Democratic Party took offense to a meme video tweeted Sunday and deleted by Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04), characterizing it as...

Infrastructure-Related Companies, Groups Were Majority Donors For Gilbert Transportation Bond

Nov 8, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The vast majority of financial backers behind Yes for Safe and Efficient Gilbert Roads - a ballot measure expenditure campaign committee in support of the town’s $515 million transportation bond, which voters approved last week...

ADOT Identifies Preferred Alternative Route Connecting I-10 And I-19 But Has No Funding For Future Studies

Nov 8, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | It took more than seven years, but the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) announced last week its preferred route for the Sonoran Corridor, a 20- mile route through Pima County which will address several traffic issues,...

Maricopa Community Colleges Must Honor Nursing Students’ Religious Exemption For COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 7, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) may not prohibit nursing students with a religious objection to the COVID-19 vaccine from completing clinical rotations due to being unvaccinated, according to the U.S....

Gabby Giffords Lawsuit Alleges NRA Illegally Funded Trump, GOP Candidates

Nov 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Previous Democratic state representative Gabby Giffords alleged in a federal lawsuit that the National Rifle Association (NRA) broke campaign finance laws by using shell corporations to coordinate advertising with...

Pushback Grows Against Biden’s Mandatory Private Employer Vaccination Policy

Nov 5, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Criticism continues to grow against a sweeping new federal mandate supported by the Biden Administration which requires private employers of 100 or more employees to develop and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy....

Business Group Calls For State Lawmakers’ Immediate Attention To Supreme Court Ruling

Nov 5, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Earlier this month the Arizona Supreme Court agreed with a lower court’s ruling that parts of 4 of the 11 budget bills signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey this summer are unconstitutional on procedural grounds. The reaction from...

Funds Announced For Affordable Housing In Attempt To Address Homelessness

Nov 5, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Nearly $41 million has been pledged by Gov. Doug Ducey to provide transitional housing in an effort to reduce homelessness across Arizona, including within Native American communities and for residents with special needs. “These...