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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...

Arizona Taxpayers May Soon Subsidize Corporations’ Woke Initiatives

Apr 8, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Most Americans would agree that taxes aren’t among the top ten things they love about this country — that is, unless you’re a corporation in Arizona looking ahead to SB1643. The bill offers corporations the option to cash out...

Senate President: Maricopa County Election Officials Had USPS Destroy Live Ballots

Apr 7, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, State Senate President Karen Fann (R-Prescott) revealed that Maricopa County election officials ordered postal workers to destroy live ballots that were undeliverable. Fann noted that those ballots were vulnerable...

Senator Sinema Pledged to Vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson Hours Before Confirmation

Apr 7, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) promised to vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about two hours before the Senate voted to confirm her. Sinema’s remarks mirrored those issued earlier this week by Senator Mark...