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April 26, 27, 2024

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“But I ask, what else do you 

want from us at this point?”

~ Jeremy Bernick, graduate student body president, said 

elected student leaders who collectively represent more than

60,000 students have asked to be on the board but were ignored.

TPhoenix wants to build one of the world’s largest water recycling plants. That’s a game changer

Opinion: Sending ultra-purified recycled water directly to taps could impact metro Phoenix’s water future, even if it remains a fraction of what we drink.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/joannaallhands/2024/04/26/phoenix-recycled-water-plant-regional-impact/73431612007

RELATED: Alfalfa is not Arizona’s water-use enemy. Why we grow so much of it here

Opinion: Some argue that growing alfalfa in Arizona is a waste of precious water. But this crop uses less water than many others and provides many benefits.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2024/04/24/alfalfa-water-use-environment-benefits-arizona/73426271007

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at US colleges. Here’s what happened in Arizona

Students and faculty at colleges across the United States were continuing to protest Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip despite repression efforts by police and university officials.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2024/04/27/what-to-know-about-the-pro-palestinian-protests-at-us-colleges/73471313007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=HPMoreTopStories&tbref=hp

RELATED:ASU and UA are up to their eyeballs in scandal. Where is the Board of Regents?

Opinion: Arizona’s leading universities are embroiled in athletic and financial scandals, and the Board of Regents that is supposed to oversee them is MIA.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/philboas/2024/04/25/arizona-board-regents-oversight-asu-ua-scandals/73446053007

How to background a candidate

We hunt for records to learn more about who’s on the ballot all the time, but now we’re showing you how to do it yourself.

By Nicole Ludden, Hank Stephenson

The Agenda

For us reporters, dirt-digging season is one of the best seasons of the two-year election cycle. We get to comb through politicians’ personal, political and sometimes criminal history.

More: (https://arizonaagenda.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=post-end-cta&utm_content=144016905

Judge: Gilbert council candidate can stay on ballot, signatures OK in election fraud claim

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed the election challenge against Gilbert council candidate Noah Mundt on procedural grounds, ruling that an amended complaint alleging signature fraud was filed too late.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert/2024/04/27/judge-dismisses-gilbert-election-challenge-alleging-signature-fraud/73459561007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=HPTopHeadlines&tbref=hp

Former state Sen. Navarrete sentenced to 1 year for molestation of teenage boy

Former Arizona state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete on Friday received a sentence of one year in prison following his February conviction for sexually molesting a teenage boy he was caring for.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/26/former-arizona-sen-tony-navarrete-sentenced-child-molestation-case/73469894007

Yavapai County judge rules unmanned ballot drop boxes are legal in Arizona

A Yavapai Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that unmanned ballot drop boxes are here to stay in a case that could have monumentally shifted how Arizonans vote on the eve of the state primary and general elections. Judge John Napper also ruled that election officials can continue using a variety of voter signature samples while verifying sigarly ballots

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/25/yavapai-county-judge-ballot-drop-boxes-can-remain-unmonitored-in-2024/72408332007

GOP lawyer for ‘election integrity’ charged in fake electors scheme. That’s just so Trump.

Christina Bobb, the RNC’s new senior counsel for election integrity, is likely one of 18 Trump aides and supporters swept up in an Arizona indictment, charged with felonies like fraud, forgery and conspiracy for trying to push a fake slate of electors after Trump lost that state in the 2020 election.

https://ww.azcentral.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/04/26/trump-fake-electors-arizona-indictment-christina-bobb/73452497007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore

RELATED: Look who wasn’t indicted in Arizona’s fake elector scheme

Opinion: Rep. Andy Biggs was up to his eyeballs in efforts to overturn Arizona’s vote. However, he wasn’t among the 18 people indicted in the fake elector conspiracy.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/04/25/andy-biggs-escape-indictment-role-arizona-fake-elector/73455954007

‘Development should not displace or erase’: Phoenix designates International District

Development should not displace or erase’: Phoenix designates International District

An International District, similar to Mesa’s Asian District, is coming to Phoenix as the city tries to spruce up a segment of Camelback Road and protect residents against gentrification

https://www.azcentral.com/search/?q=+%27Development+should+not+displace+or+erase%27%3A+Phoenix+designates+International+District

Scottsdale legal firm is at the epicenter of America’s anti-abortion earthquake

Opinion: Alliance Defending Freedom looked at abortion rights and the notion of a separation between church and state ‘and they set out to undo both of those things.’

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2024/04/25/scottsdale-alliance-defending-freedom-anti-abortion/73457371007

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