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Arizona Leaders React To Trump Dismantling Department Of Education

Mar 22, 2025

By Staff Reporter | After 45 years of existence, the Department of Education (ED) is coming to an end. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday dismantling ED: “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents,...

Phoenix Mayor Attacks School Choice In Plea Against AZ Diamondbacks Funding Bill

Mar 21, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego attacked Arizona’s school choice programming in an attempt to sway Governor Katie Hobbs against an Arizona Diamondbacks funding bill. In a letter submitted to Hobbs on Tuesday, Gallego expressed...

Congressman Biggs Celebrates Release Of Data On ‘Hemisphere’ Surveillance Program

Mar 21, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Hemisphere Project was thrust into the daylight last week in a release responding to a bipartisan letter from Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Senator Ron Wyden...

Schweikert Praises Release Of JFK Assassination Documents

Mar 21, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Congressmen David Schweikert (R-AZ), Tim Burchett (R-TN), and Steve Cohen (R-TN), co-sponsors of the Justice for Kennedy (JFK) Act, hailed the release of over 1,100 PDF files of documents pertinent to the assassination of...

Arizona House Democrats Use Disabled Children For Emotional Appeal

Mar 20, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Arizona House Democrats brought disabled children to the state capitol in an attempt to portray their Republican colleagues as uncaring. State Rep. Nick Kupper pointed out that only he and one other member of the House have...

Arizona’s Adjutant General Announces Decision To Step Down From Commanding National Guard

Mar 20, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Major General Kerry Muehlenbeck, the Arizona Adjutant General, will step down from commanding the Arizona National Guard and Department of Emergency and Military Affairs in June, according to Governor Katie Hobbs’ office....

Montenegro Forms Ad Hoc Committee To Investigate Hobbs For ‘Gross Fiscal Mismanagement’

Mar 20, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | On Monday, Arizona House Republicans revealed that the Department of Child Safety's (DCS) Congregate Care program is bound for bankruptcy in a week’s time and announced the creation of a House Ad Hoc Committee to investigate...

Senator Kelly Defends Foreign Terrorist Sympathizer Deported By Trump

Mar 19, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Senator Mark Kelly defended the foreign terrorist sympathizer deported recently by the Trump administration: Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor. Kelly described Alawieh to...

Proposed Ballot Measure Would Require Supermajority For Local Tax Increases

Mar 19, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | A proposed amendment to Arizona’s tax laws could make it significantly harder for cities and counties to raise taxes and fees. Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1008, sponsored by Senate President Warren Petersen, proposes...

Rep. Carbone’s Bill Urges Congress To Prevent The EPA From Imposing ‘Coercive’ Sanctions On Arizona

Mar 19, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | A bill asking President Trump and Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing sanctions on Arizona is currently making its way through the Arizona legislature. House Concurrent Memorial (HCM)...

Trump Begins Building Arizona’s Border Wall

Mar 18, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The Trump administration announced its plans for continuing construction of Arizona’s border wall over the weekend. The continuance of the border wall is the latest in a series of efforts underway by the Trump administration to...

Peoria Unified School District Adopts New Student Privacy And Anti-Discrimination Policies

Mar 18, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | The Peoria Unified School Board (PUSD) has adopted new Student Privacy and Anti-Discrimination policies to provide “clarity on critical issues that have remained ambiguous in practice for years.” Under the student privacy...