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Business Groups React Positively To Arizona’s FY2022 Budget

Jun 26, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Positive reactions continue to come in from business groups in response to the Arizona Legislature’s passage this week of a Fiscal Year 2022 budget package which includes more than $1.3 billion in tax cuts, $1 billion in payments...

House On Target To Approve Budget Bills Following Marathon Of Votes

Jun 25, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The 60-member House stayed on the floor until nearly 11 p.m. Thursday to pass 10 of the 11 bills in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget package, and will return at 9 a.m. Friday to debate and vote on HB2898, which covers K-12...

Arizona Supreme Court Rules In Kanye West Presidential Run Case

Jun 25, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Supreme Court explained Thursday why it ruled last year that the name of rapper turned presidential candidate Kanye West would not be printed on 2020 General Election ballots in the state. West announced back on July...

Phoenix Children’s Hospital Appears to Have Fired Doctor Who Called for End to Israel, Accused Jews of Cannibalism, Racism

Jun 24, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Phoenix Children’s Hospital appears to have let go one of their pediatric radiologists, Dr. Fidaa Wishah, after she posted a promise that Israel’s end would come soon. “We will not be #censored anymore ! Bomb our media...

Senate Votes To Claw Back Governor’s Emergency Powers But Still Needs House Support

Jun 24, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | In what could be a major rebalancing of powers between the executive and legislative branches, the State Senate passed legislation earlier this week to rein in a governor’s state of emergency powers. Lawmakers have tried since...

ADHS Announces Voluntary Recall Of Certain Marijuana Products Due To Possible Contamination

Jun 24, 2021

On Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced that some Arizona marijuana establishments and dispensaries are initiating a voluntary recall of specific marijuana products due to possible contamination with Salmonella or...

Passage Of K-12 Budget Bill With Expanded ESA Criteria In Doubt In House

Jun 24, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The State Senate worked into the early hours Wednesday to pass an 11-bill budget packet, and now all eyes turn to the 60 members of the House which is slated to take up the bills Thursday. But questions remain as to whether House...

Arizona Senate Conducts Budget Votes After House Goes Home Early For Lack Of Quorum

Jun 23, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | UPDATE: At approximately 8:30 p.m., the Senate passed the primary budget bill and worked until 2:30 a.m. to pass all of the 11 budget bills including the tax cut. Arizona lawmakers are nearly halfway toward approving what Sen. JD...

Sinema, Kelly Vote In Favor Of Failed “Federal Power Grab” Election Bill

Jun 23, 2021

On Tuesday, Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema, and Mark Kelly voted in favor of a piece of legislation, S.1, which would have grabbed power over elections away from the states. S.1 would have banned requiring photo I.D. to vote, expanded ballot...

State Transportation Board Approves Five-Year Construction Program

Jun 23, 2021

The State Transportation Board approved last week the expansion and improvement of four corridors for passenger and freight traffic under the Arizona Department of Transportation’s five-year construction program. The 2022-2026 Five-Year Program,...

State House Passes 2 Election Integrity Bills

Jun 22, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | While budget negotiations continued behind closed doors, the State House got back into action Monday by focusing on one of its showcase subjects – election integrity. On a 31-29 party line vote, representatives passed SB1083...

Budget Impasse Could Be A Thing Of The Past After Tuesday

Jun 22, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | For the last three weeks the Arizona Legislature has spent more time not working on the state budget slated to start July 1 than they have spent working on it. But optimism is rising -particularly within the Republican caucus-...