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Arizona Planned Parenthood Leader Calls for Riots Over Texas’ Abortion Ban; State Representatives Tweet Approval

Sep 2, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Two of the Arizona Democratic Party’s top leaders apparently want people to riot over the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in Texas’s abortion ban. State Representative Daniel Hernandez (D-Tucson) liked and State...

Petition To Rename ASU Mascot ‘Sun Angel,’ End Devil Glorification Resurrects

Sep 2, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | A year-old petition to change Arizona State University’s (ASU) mascot from the “Sun Devils” to “Sun Angels” was resurrected after a poll revealed significant public opposition to the current mascot. Renewed interest in the...

Ducey Announces Additional $60 Million To Support Hospital Staffing, Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Sep 2, 2021

PHOENIX — On Wednesday, Governor Doug Ducey announced $60 million to support staffing at health care facilities that deploy proven techniques to decrease COVID-19 related hospitalizations, including administering monoclonal antibody treatments and...

Sheriff Dannels Describes Fear Of Perfect Storm Amid Ongoing Border Crisis

Sep 1, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | One Arizona sheriff sees too many similarities between U.S. immigration policy at the Southwest border and how the Biden Administration has handled the situation in Afghanistan, and he fears a perfect storm is brewing. “It’s a...

Phoenix Police To Be Punished For Pressing Gang Charges Against BLM Protestors

Sep 1, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The city of Phoenix announced last week it will punish Phoenix Police Department (PPD) officers for giving Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters criminal street gang charges. This latest development was part of an ongoing...

Arizona Standardized Testing Reveals Students Failing In English, Math

Aug 31, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The latest Arizona Department of Education (ADE) statewide assessment results revealed that Arizona students are failing in English and math. ADE published the results Friday, culled from the 2020-2021 versions of AzM2 and MSAA...

Scottsdale School Board President – Mask Mandate Imposer – Caught Maskless At Bar

Aug 31, 2021

By Corrinne Murdock | After another long week of defending his decision to impose mask mandates for Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) students, Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg hung out at a bar maskless last Saturday. When...

ESA Users’ Personal Information Compromised Again

Aug 31, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Another data breach in two years has Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) holders wondering if their information is secure with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). This past week, it was discovered that the state’s...

Redistricting Commission Gets Closer To First Draft Of Legislative, Congressional District Maps

Aug 30, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) will meet Tuesday, Aug. 31 to discuss public comments it heard over the last several weeks as the commissioners prepare to redraw the boundaries of Arizona’s 30 legislative...

Arizona Republic Misattributed Democrat’s Criticism of Biden For Narrative That Only GOP Is Harsh On Afghanistan

Aug 29, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Republic, one of the state’s largest newspapers, misattributed a Democrat’s criticism of President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan handling as part of a narrative that the GOP is primarily critical of the debacle. It was...

Interest In Biden’s Connection To The Arizona National Guard And Afghanistan Renewed

Aug 29, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Last week’s announcement by Gov. Doug Ducey that all state buildings are to lower their flags to half-staff through Aug. 30 in honor of U.S. service members recently killed in Afghanistan has drawn renewed attention to President...

State Representative Steve Kaiser And Fellow Soldiers Help Rescue Afghan Nationals

Aug 28, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Amid the turmoil of the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan Crisis, civilians are stepping up to save the lives of American citizens and Afghans who assisted our country throughout the war. State Representative Steve Kaiser...