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Governor Ducey’s $65 Million for Learning Programs Funds Social-Emotional Learning

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Some of Governor Doug Ducey’s $65 million for learning programs announced Tuesday will fund a controversial educational method: $1.6 million for social-emotional learning (SEL). SEL grapples with emotionally-charged social...

Brophy Principal Responds to Parents’ Critiques of Vaccine Mandate’s Fallacies, Contradictions

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | In a response letter issued Tuesday, Brophy College Preparatory (Brophy) Principal Bob Ryan addressed the lengthy critiques of his vaccine mandate issued by hundreds of Brophy parents, alumni, donors, and supporters. That...

Ducey Announces $10M In K-12 Grants To Empower Individual Choice

Aug 18, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Starting this Friday, low-income families with K-12 students will be able to apply online for up to $7,000 in immediate relief to support educational opportunities which will close the achievement gap and better equip underserved...

Hundreds of Brophy Parents, Alum, Donors Urge Vaccine Mandate Overhaul In Letter

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Hundreds of Brophy College Preparatory (Brophy) parents, alumni, and donors urged the private school to overhaul its vaccine mandate in a letter issued Friday. Earlier this month, Brophy imposed a vaccine mandate similar to...

Teenager, Parents Arrested for Trespassing After Violating School’s Quarantine

Aug 18, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Last Friday, a teenage student and her parents were arrested for trespassing as they advocated for her education. The family was attempting to negotiate their daughter’s forced quarantine with the school principal. According to...

Groups Form Coalition To Strengthen Arizona’s Voter ID Laws

Aug 17, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Several Arizonans, Republican state lawmakers, and organizations are joining forces to secure enough signatures so voters can decide during the November 2022 General Election whether to strengthen existing voter ID requirements....

Flagstaff Charter School Board President: Students Against Masks ‘Worst of Humanity’

Aug 17, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The board president of Northland Preparatory Academy (NPA), a Flagstaff charter school, called parents and students who disagree with mask mandates “the worst of humanity who can’t STFU [shut the f*** up]” about their freedom....

American Legion Preps For National Convention In Phoenix

Aug 17, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | More than 7,500 members of the American Legion family are expected to converge at the Phoenix Convention Center later this month for the 102nd National Convention of the American Legion and the 100th Convention of the American...

Gila Bend Devasted By Deadly Flooding With More Rain In Forecast

Aug 16, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The deaths of at least two residents, along with a costly cleanup and the potential for even more devastation due to the forecast for more rain faces the residents of Gila Bend, a rural area in Maricopa County which suffered...

Flagstaff Charter School Segregated Maskless Students Without Direct Instruction

Aug 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Northland Preparatory Academy (NPA), a Flagstaff charter school, segregated maskless students last week after suddenly reinstating its mask mandate the night before. NPA called the area for segregated students an “alternative...

Decision On District’s Mask Mandate Policy Will Go To Supreme Court No Matter Who Loses

Aug 15, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Whether a new state law concerning mask mandates is effective now, or doesn’t go into force until Sept. 29 is the question a Maricopa County judge must answer, but even he admits the final decision will be made by someone else....

Senate Hopeful Blake Masters Outraises Opponents’ First Quarter in One Month

Aug 15, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Blake Masters reported that he’s managed to outraise his opponents entire first quarter showings - in one single month. The COO of the tech investment firm Thiel Capital and president of the Thiel Foundation made the...