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Support Growing For Lieutenant Governor Position In Arizona

Feb 23, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Voters would have the chance in November to approve adding a Lieutenant Governor position to the slate of Arizona’s executive officers if a bill introduced by Sen. J.D. Mesnard is signed into law. Senate Bill 1255 provides...

House Passes Bill Giving Parents Right to Choose Whether Children Mask Up For School

Feb 23, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | State Representative Joseph Chaplik’s (R-Scottsdale) bill to leave a child’s masking up to parents passed in the House last Thursday in a party-line vote, 31-28. HB2616 requires that public and charter school districts — as...

State House Moves Ahead With 2 Voter Registration Bills

Feb 23, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Two bills designed to tweak Arizona’s voter registration laws had third readings in the House on Tuesday, resulting in party line votes of 31 to 28. House Bill 2237 stipulates that a department, division, agency, or political...

Arizona House Passes Bill Eliminating Algebra II Graduation Requirement

Feb 22, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Last week, the Arizona House passed a bill removing algebra II from the mathematics pathway required for high schoolers to graduate, instead offering alternative courses including personal finance, computer science, statistics,...

Arizona Legislature Approves K-12 Aggregate Expenditure Limit Increase

Feb 22, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona lawmakers have increased the aggregate expenditure limitation (AEL) for the state’s K-12 schools, eliminating the need for those schools to make more than $1.1 billion in spending cuts with several months left in the...

AZ Federation Of Republican Women To Hold State Meeting In Tucson This Week

Feb 21, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Several hundred women will be descending on Casino Del Sol later this week for the winter state meeting of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women (AzFRW). For the last 98 years, the AzFRW has been dedicated to empowering...

Senator Sinema’s Illegal Immigrant Bathroom Stalker Petitions Against Federal-Only Voter Bill

Feb 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Karina Ruiz de Diaz, an illegal immigrant who qualified for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and is hedging on President Joe Biden’s promise of a pathway to citizenship, petitioned to end a bill prohibiting...

USAF Begins Process To Change Use Of Airspace Across Much Of Arizona

Feb 20, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Public comments are due on or before March 4 for those wishing to provide input about a proposed plan by U.S. Air Force change how its special use airspace is utilized in several military operations areas, referred to as an MOA....

Voter ID Requirement for Mail-In, Early Ballots Passes House Committee

Feb 20, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The House Government and Elections Committee narrowly approved a resolution requiring expanded voter ID requirements for any mail-in or early drop-off ballots. HCR2025, called the “Arizonans for Voter ID Act,” would...

Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff In Honor Of Former Sen. David Bradley

Feb 19, 2022

Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow, February 20, 2022, in honor of former Senator David Bradley, a long-time public servant who passed away today. “Arizona is saddened...

Flagstaff High School Threatened Maskless Student With Police, Kicked Him Off Campus

Feb 18, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | This week, Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) employees threatened to call the police on one high school senior for not wearing a mask, ultimately forcing him to leave campus without notifying his parents. The student,...

House Committee Passes Bill Barring Illegal Immigrants From Voting

Feb 17, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The House Government and Elections Committee passed a bill prohibiting illegal immigrants from voting, HB2492, on Wednesday. The bill would require those registering to vote to prove their residential address, date and place of...