With cases of the Delta Variant of the Coronavirus still surging, Tucson Unified School District, Phoenix Elementary School District, Roosevelt Elementary School District, and Osborn Elementary Schools have all adopted district-wide mask mandates for students, staff, and visitors. Washington Elementary in Phoenix decided to do this afternoon (August 4, 2021.) So did Creighton Elementary. Brophy … Read more
Thank God this is Arizona and not Florida. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is strongarming school districts into abandoning mask mandates by threatening them with loss of funding. What an ass! Any child who gets sick or dies because of his reactionary policies should be on his head and those families should take legal action against … Read more
On Saturday, Arizona reported over 2K additional virus cases, 22 deaths: Arizona on Saturday reported over 2,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 infections for the first time in nearly five months amid a continuing increase in the state’s rolling average of new cases and more virus-related hospitalizations. The additional 2,066 cases and 22 deaths increased Arizona’s pandemic … Read more
In the welcoming rain, leading members of Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dark Money, and Invest in Arizona held a public event at former State Attorney General Terry Goddard’s law office to launch petition drives to overrule the anti-Democratic acts of Grand Canyon state Republicans because, as Deserves Better leader Alison Porter said, “a lot of … Read more
Jeff Bezos, like Richard Branson before him a little over a week ago, may be showing off his ego and vast (and largely untaxed) fortune by launching himself and three others on Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket to the edge of space on the 52nd Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. But he can also … Read more