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Shope Opposition Stalls Bill Requiring Voter Approval To Rein In Governor’s Executive Powers
On Tuesday, Republicans were stunned to discover that a popular bill, SCR 1003, had opposition in the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Sen Warren Petersen, passed with the support of all Republican legislators through the Senate earlier in the...
SAT Not Approved For 2021-2022 Menu Of Assessments
At its June 28 meeting, the Arizona State Board of Education did not approve the SAT for the Menu of Assessments for the 2021-2022 school year. The decision requires all schools to only administer the ACT Aspire and ACT in high school as the...
Three House Republicans Come Under Fire For Voting Against School Choice Expansion
Republican Arizona State Reps. Michelle Udall, Joanne Osbourne, and Joel John are coming under fire for their decision to deny over 700,000 kids school choice opportunities. The trio voted with all House Democrats to reject a proposal to expand the...
Hernandez: White Nationalism a Bigger Threat Than Communism; Nguyen Fires Back: ‘Don’t Mock Me’
By Corinne Murdock | During the House floor debate over the budget last week, State Representative Daniel Hernandez (D-Tucson) claimed that white nationalism poses a bigger threat than communism. In just over a century of its existence, the death...
Petersen’s Long Fight To Curb Executive Power Wins In House
By Terri Jo Neff | CORRECTION: The bill still needs to be considered in the Senate. The "win" is confined only to the House vote as of 9:30 a.m., on June 29. Back in January, on the second day of the legislative session, Sen. Warren Petersen and...
House Republicans Call Out Democrats’ Lack Of Support For K-12 Funding
By Terri Jo Neff | When the State House voted Friday to pass HB2898, the K-12 Education budget bill, it marked the end of a grueling process that resulted in passage of a $12.8 billion budget package for Fiscal Year 2022. A key provision of HB2898...
State Representatives Hope To Collaborate With Governor Ducey On Border Wall
By B. Hamilton | On Friday, a group of Arizona legislators reached out to Governor Doug Ducey with an offer to work with him to address the “omnipresent border crisis.” In a letter to the governor, the legislators also inquire as to the level of...
Business Groups React Positively To Arizona’s FY2022 Budget
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
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
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
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
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...
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