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University of Arizona Continues to Defend Natural Transmission Theory of COVID Outbreak

Aug 7, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Last Tuesday, the University of Arizona (UArizona) defended claims by one of its department heads that COVID-19 jumped from infected animals to humans at a Chinese wet market. UArizona’s news followed the...

Masters Switches Campaign Tone In Apparent Bid to Independent Voters

Aug 7, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Following Tuesday’s primary election win, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters appears to have shifted his campaign tone to appeal to independent voters. That base of "other" voters is the second largest, a close...

Arizona’s Congressional Primary Winners

Aug 6, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Senate: Kelly v. Masters v. Victor Democrat incumbent Senator Mark Kelly ran uncontested. He earned over 506,800 votes. https://twitter.com/CaptMarkKelly/status/1555319137835986944 Republican Blake Masters accrued...

Lake Finally Declared Victor In Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Aug 5, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | On Wednesday, Kari Lake declared herself victorious in the Republican primary election for governor. On Thursday, the rest of the state followed. Lake has nearly 19,800 more votes than her main challenger, Karrin Taylor Robson,...

Pinal County Officials: Secretary of State Partly to Blame For Ballot Shortage

Aug 5, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | In a press conference on Wednesday, Pinal County shared that the secretary of state’s office supplied them with a faulty formula that led to Tuesday’s ballot shortage across about 25 voting precincts. The county implied that...

Hollywood Movie Star Threatens to Primary Senator Sinema Over Corporate Tax Bill

Aug 4, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | George Takei, of “Star Trek” fame, threatened to remove Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) from office if she opposes President Joe Biden’s bill raising corporate taxes. The legislation in question, the 725-page Inflation...

Arizona Nonprofit Seeks to Make Primary Elections Nonpartisan

Aug 4, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A new nonprofit, Save Democracy, wants to make primary elections nonpartisan through a forthcoming ballot initiative. They haven’t launched a formal campaign yet, but mentioned an aim to make the 2024 ballot. ...

Gilbert Councilman Under Investigation For Removing Candidate’s Campaign Signs

Aug 3, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | With all the pre-election hype about possible violence at polling stations for Tuesday’s primary election, the most serious election day misconduct appears to have been a town councilman removing opposition campaign signs. AZ...

Flagstaff Approved “Sustainable,” “ADA” Compliant Library Entrance But Removed Handicap Parking

Aug 3, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Flagstaff City Council approved expenditures of over $1.1 million for what it said would improve Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance for the public library entrance — yet the majority of the project...

Maricopa County Issues Legal Warning to Candidate Advising Voters to Steal Election Pens

Aug 2, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, Maricopa County sent a cease-and-desist letter to board of supervisors candidate Gail Golec for advising voters to steal election pens. The county gives voters a specific type of felt-tipped pen to fill...

Republican National Committee Contacts One Million Voters Ahead of Primary Election

Aug 2, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A joint effort by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Arizona (AZGOP) resulted in engagement with one million voters this election cycle. That effort, “Arizona Victory,” relied on volunteers to...

Hard Drugs Top Marijuana For Busts Along Arizona Border

Aug 2, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The amount of smuggled marijuana seized at the Arizona border dropped 91 percent so far this past fiscal year while seizures of other, harder drugs have increased. It appears from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data that hard...

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