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Flagstaff Will Send Behavioral Health Specialists For Certain 911 Calls

Oct 7, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Flagstaff will now have behavioral health specialists and medics answering 911 calls related to mental health crises, substance abuse, and public intoxication. The city council approved a $2.6 million contract during Tuesday’s...

Ducey Among 10 Governors Who Met In Texas To Announce Plan White House Can Utilize To Resolve Border Crisis

Oct 7, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Gov. Doug Ducey and nine other governors met Wednesday in Texas to announce a plan they say could be immediately implemented by the Biden Administration to address the crisis at the nation’s southwest border. The meeting came...

Governor Ducey Spurns Biden Administration’s Threat for Funding Mask-Free Schools

Oct 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey refused to heed the Biden Administration’s warning that two of his programs rewarding mask-free schooling couldn’t be using federal COVID-19 relief funds. Almost immediately after receiving the Department of...

Arizona’s New Cybersecurity Efforts Are Pricey But Essential, Says Ducey

Oct 6, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Gov. Doug Ducey has secured the funding necessary to launch Arizona’s new Cyber Command Center, and during a ceremony at the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) on Monday he...

Senate Candidate Blake Masters: Senator Kelly Will Turn Arizona Into San Francisco

Oct 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters offered a taste of San Francisco, California street life in his latest campaign video, claiming that the rampant homelessness, drug addiction, poverty, and crime there were Senator Mark...

Arizona Parents Spurn FBI Investigating Pushback, Protests Against School Boards

Oct 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona parents promptly pushed back against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement Monday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Attorney’s Offices would investigate the trend of protests against...

Police Investigating Activists Who Accosted, Filmed Senator Sinema in ASU Bathroom

Oct 5, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) Police Department confirmed with AZ Free News that they are investigating the activists who followed and filmed Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) inside a bathroom. The senator had stepped out of a...

Arizona Schools Levy $100 Million Property Tax Increase, Don’t Use Federal Relief

Oct 5, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Most school districts have decided to saddle their local communities with a near-$100 million property tax increase, which will hit this month. In 2020, the Transpo Delta tax totaled just over $79 million; this year, it will be...

Arizona Treasurer And Credit Unions Oppose IRS Data Mining Proposal

Oct 4, 2021

By AZ Free News | Credit unions in Arizona have joined the Arizona Treasurer's Office in opposition to a proposal requiring financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) citizens’ personal account information if the...

Arizona Parks Pumped $272 Million Into State, Local Economies In FY2020 Despite Pandemic

Oct 2, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | While COVID-19 damaged much of the state’s tourism for most of 2020, the Arizona State Parks and Trails still managed to pump $272 million into the state and local economies during Fiscal Year 2020, according to a report released...

Arizona’s 10-Year Anniversary Of Education Savings Accounts

Oct 2, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | 2021 marks the ten-year anniversary of education savings accounts (ESAs) in Arizona. The state’s ESA policy, formally known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, was established in 2011. As of this year, nearly a quarter of...

Cochise County Recorder Questions Maricopa County’s Signature Verification Process

Oct 2, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Cochise County Recorder David Stevens disagrees with the assurances from Maricopa County election officials that the recently-released audit was entirely inaccurate. Stevens made this assessment on KFYI's James T. Harris radio...