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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-...

ASU Latest Diversity Hire Focuses Research on Critical Race Theory

Jun 21, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | One of the latest diversity hires by Arizona State University (ASU) for their Shakespeare program researches and promotes critical race theory. She is one of five others hired recently on the basis of their race and similar...

Survey: Over 87 Percent of Parents Support School Choice

Jun 21, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Just over 87 percent of parents support school choice, according to a recent survey by Wordtips. The greatest majority of parents to express support were Black or African American parents at nearly 58 percent, followed by...

Former Superintendent Calls For Peoria School District Leaders Apology To Parents

Jun 20, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | An insulting comment emailed from the principal of a Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) elementary school to another employee in which she called some parents “whackos” and criticized the district board’s handling of a meeting...