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Mapmaking Begins In Earnest As Redistricting Commission Approves Grid Maps
Grid maps allow the commission to wipe the old maps and start from scratch to ensure that the new districts aren’t based on the old ones.
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Ban On School Mask Mandates Violates Constitution's ‘Single-Subject' Rule, Opponents Argue
If the suit is a success, local governments and school districts will make their own decisions regarding mask and vaccine mandates.
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A GOP Senator Likened COVID Vaccines To The Holocaust, Tweeted A Swastika And Told A Jewish Group Who Complained To ‘Learn Your History'
Sen. Kelly Townsend was sharply criticized by the international Jewish organization, the Anti-Defamation League.
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Supervisors Appoint Raquel Terán To State Senate
She'll be moving from the Arizona House of Representatives to the Senate.
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Arizona Republicans Blast Vaccine Mandate, Vow Legal Action, While Dems Support Biden’s Policy
Gov. Doug Ducey called the new requirement “dictatorial” and “un-American.”
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Beset By Delays, ‘Audit' Team Plans To Submit Full Draft Report To Senate Next Week
The team's previous plan to submit the report Aug. 20 was derailed when several team members became sick with COVID-19.
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The Behind-The-Scenes Story Of Doug Ducey’s Parachuting Hot Dog
The ad was a response to the state’s first major peak in COVID-19 cases, and came six weeks after Ducey allowed local governments to masks.
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Hobbs Moves To Count Out-Of-Precinct Ballots In New Procedures Manual
A proposed rule change would require counties to count votes for any races that out-of-precinct voters are eligible to vote in.
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Did Surfer-Turned-Conspiracy-Superspreader Conan Hayes Work At The AZ ‘Audit’?
Hayes is part of a web of people connected to election fraud claims across the country that include Michigan, Colorado and Arizona.
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State Rep. Bret Roberts Announces Resignation, Gives No Reason
He tweeted on Wednesday afternoon that his resignation will be effective Sept. 30.
Tucson, AZ|News|
State Sen. Kirsten Engel Resigns To Run For Congress
The Democrat represented District 10, which covers eastern and central Tucson.
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Light Rail Construction The Final Straw For Azukar Coffee, The Latest South Phoenix Business To Close
It joins nearly two dozen other businesses as a casualty of the light rail construction and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Most Arizona Voters Support Masks In Schools, But Not Republicans
A new state law that goes into effect on Sept. 29 prohibits district and charter schools from requiring face masks.
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How Apple And Google Killed An Arizona Bill Aimed At Their App Store Profits
Apple and Google have been waging a public war with major developers who have revolted against the app store policies.
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Heavy Growth In Republican Areas Could Aid GOP In Redistricting
The biggest population growth in the state was in the far East and West Valley, both of which have historically been reliably Republican.
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Maricopa County Health Care Workers Ask For School Mask Mandate As COVID Pediatric Cases Rise
More than 1,000 health care workers signed a letter asking supervisors to adopt a resolution requiring masks.
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A GOP Lawmaker’s Nonprofit Was Billed $400K For ‘Audit’ Security
The newly released documents detailing the spending are part of thousands released this week in response to a court order.
Across Arizona, AZ|News|
2-Year-Old Boy, Still Alive, Found Next To His Migrant Mother's Dead Body Near Yuma
The mother and girl died from heat-related illness somewhere in the Cocopah Indian Tribe lands.
Tucson, AZ|News|
Dem Lawmaker Asks Court To Reject Jan. 6 Defamation Case From Gosar, Finchem, Kern
The trio filed a lawsuit against Fernandez accusing her of defaming them by connecting them to the violence of Jan. 6.
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Unproven Ivermectin Gains Popularity As Alternative COVID Treatment Among Vaccine Skeptics
Ivermectin has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19.
