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Health Care Industry Divided On Billing Dispute Rule Under No Surprises Act
By Terri Jo Neff | The No Surprises Act passed by Congress in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency to better inform patients of the costs of medical procedures and other services doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1, but the Biden...
Biden Stands Behind Sizeable Lumber Tariffs Which Threaten Housing Affordability
By Terri Jo Neff | The decision by President Joe Biden to sharply increase the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber to 17.99 percent is threatening housing affordability and has prompted calls from The Wall Street Journal and homebuilders for the...
Phoenix Suspends Vaccine Mandate After Federal Court Halted Biden Mandate
By Corinne Murdock | The city of Phoenix decided to suspend the city’s vaccine mandate after a federal judge halted President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The city based its mandate for its employees under an interpretation...
Club Sexualizing Children Influenced Scottsdale School District to Allow Students to Drop ‘Deadnames’
By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) allows students to replace their legal birth names, called “deadnames,” on their IDs with their preferred names. The district folded to a push from a Gender & Sexualities Alliance...
Arizona Shelters Offering Free Pet Adoptions For Holidays
While most Arizonans may not get a white Christmas this year, they can share in another classic Christmas tradition: the gift of a new, furry member of the family. The Bissell Pet Foundation (BPF) will completely cover or reduce pet adoption fees...
Rally On Tuesday Will Support Public Safety Heroes Threatened With Firing Over Vaccination Status
By Terri Jo Neff | Tuesday’s planned Arizona Workers Heroes Freedom March at the State Capitol is attracting national interest, according to event coordinator Merissa Hamilton of EZAZ.org. Among those slated to speak at the noontime event is...
University of Arizona Offers College Credit to Play Age of Empires Video Game
By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) will award one future college credit to individuals who play their informational version of the popular Age of Empires video game, called “Illuminated Histories.” UArizona partnered...
1.2 Million Arizona Workers At Risk of Losing Jobs Due to Biden Vaccine Mandate
By Corinne Murdock | Data from the Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicated that nearly 1.2 million Arizona workers would lose their jobs under President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) office...
Congress Approved Early End To Major Small Business Tax Credit Without Notice
By Terri Jo Neff | As if small business owners haven’t had enough to deal with, now comes word that Congress pulled the rug out from under a major COVID-19 relief program that was supposed to run through the end of 2021. Instead, many business...
Holiday Retail Sales On Upward Trajectory Even If Not Back To Pre-Pandemic Level
By Terri Jo Neff | In October, the National Retail Federation projected nearly $860 billion in 2021 holiday sales, bolstered by customers planning to spend more than 2020. Online retailers and the brick-and-mortar type retailers were also told to...
Protecting Arizona Businesses And Public Entities From Growing Threat Of Ransomware Attacks
By Terri Jo Neff | According to cybersecurity experts, anyone with a computer connected to the internet is at risk of a ransomware attack which involves a malware designed to encrypt files on a victim’s device, rendering the files and...
Senator Kelly’s Claims On Biden’s $4 Trillion Plan Conflict With Congressional Estimates
By Corinne Murdock Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claimed that the Biden Administration’s spending plan, the Build Back Better Act that could cost over $4 trillion, wouldn’t raise taxes for the lower and middle classes and would be paid for in full...
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