PHOTO CREDIT: ABC NEWS On Tuesday, Libertarian candidate Marc Victor announced he has dropped out of the U.S. Senate race in Arizona. During the announcement he endorsed fellow candidate, Republican Blake Masters. With just a week to go until the November 8 general election, Victor made his decision after meeting with Masters on Monday....
Read MoreArizona Department of Transportation reports that more than 380 people died in impairment-related crashes last year in Arizona. As an effort to combat impaired driving, the Arizona Department of Liquor has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the DUI Abatement Council, which is administered by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. In addition, they were also...
Read MoreSalt River Project announced signed contracts with Plus Power to bring online two grid-charged battery storage systems with a total combined output of 340 megawatts (MW) by early summer 2024. This is enough energy to power more than 76,000 average size residential homes over a four-hour period. The first project, called Sierra Estrella, will...
Read MoreThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic showing Arizona students are at, or close to, the national average in math and reading. Arizona students held steady in NAEP’s reading scores comparing spring 2019 to spring 2022. Arizona...
Read MoreCalling all principals and school administrators! How would you like one of 15 Arizona Centennial road signs to display in your cafeteria, auditorium or elsewhere on campus? The Arizona Department of Transportation is hosting a student essay contest to determine which public schools will get an Arizona Centennial road sign that was originally installed...
Read MoreArizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep the COVID-19 vaccine off the list of childhood immunizations and out of the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC). “Every month, it seems that we hear more revealing details about COVID-19 and strong critiques about our government’s initial beliefs and response,” said...
Read MoreStandard and Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) raised its long-term rating to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+’ on Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation’s (CIC) senior-lien general airport revenue bonds (GARBs) and raised its long-term rating to ‘A+’ from ‘A’ on the corporation’s junior-lien GARBs, issued on behalf of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). S&P also raised its...
Read MoreAs Halloween approaches, authorities are warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy for anything out of the normal or suspicious as thousands of fentanyl pills were found hidden in candy boxes. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office seized the dangerous pills on Wednesday morning at the Los Angeles International Airport, when a person...
Read More**WARNING: Graphic detail included in this article. With just 3 weeks from the general election, a candidate’s race for Maricopa County Community College Governing Board is over. Randy Kaufman, Republican candidate running for the Maricopa County Community College Governing Board suspended his campaign Tuesday after he was arrested for sexual indecency. According to...
Read MoreUnited States Attorney Gary Restaino announced Wednesday that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Sean Lokey will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Lokey has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer for the District of Arizona, and in that capacity is...
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