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Arizona Senate Conducts Budget Votes After House Goes Home Early For Lack Of Quorum
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Home Inventory Rebounds Amid Record Value And Rent Growth
Home value appreciation continues to break records and typical time on market is down to just six days. Meanwhile, rents are rising quickly across the U.S., breaking out after growth was stymied under the pandemic. Annual home appreciation reached...
Bowers Opponents Find Confusing Laws Make It Difficult To Recall A Legislator
By Terri Jo Neff | The failure of the Patriot Party of Arizona to properly circulate petitions in its effort to recall House Speaker Rusty Bowers is the latest example of how difficult it can be for the average citizen to comply with confusing laws...
Ducey Signs $100 Million Bipartisan Wildfire Relief Package
Governor Doug Ducey today signed a bipartisan relief package to support firefighters and safety officials as they battle wildfires, ensure Arizona communities have the resources necessary for post-fire disasters such as flooding and reduce the risk...
Wildfire Funding Bill Goes To Governor, Budget Passage Anticipated
By Terri Jo Neff | In a very efficient use of 72 hours, the Arizona Legislature finished a special session called by Gov. Doug Ducey to approve a $100 million supplemental appropriation bill which will fund fire suppression and fire mitigation...
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