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Competing Claims Follow Arizona’s High-Stakes Salt River Project Election as Both Sides Declare Victory

April 10, 2026 1:49 pmApril 10, 2026 1:51 pm

The outcome of Arizona’s unusually contentious Salt River Project (SRP) elections is being interpreted in sharply different ways, with both clean energy advocates and conservative groups claiming victory following Tuesday’s high-turnout vote. Early reporting from The Arizona Republic indicated turnout...

KB Home Joins Growing California Exodus, Relocates Headquarters from Los Angeles to Tempe, Arizona

April 10, 2026 1:19 pmApril 10, 2026 1:27 pm

KB Home, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a Fortune 1000 company ranked No. 526, announced this week it is moving its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to Tempe, Arizona, beginning in spring 2027. The relocation marks the latest...

California’s Wealth Creators Flee to Nevada as Proposed Billionaire Tax Sparks Exodus

April 9, 2026 3:22 pmApril 9, 2026 3:27 pm

As the SEIU-backed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act gathers signatures for the November 2026 ballot, a growing number of California’s most successful residents are relocating or expanding their footprint across the border in Nevada. Whether the initiative qualifies for the ballot...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Vetoes School Administrator Contract Transparency Bill That Followed 2025 Investigative Report

April 9, 2026 1:42 pmApril 10, 2026 10:38 am

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed legislation that would have required expanded public disclosure of employment contracts for school district administrators, according to a veto letter issued April 7. House Bill 2075 would have required public school districts to post...

Ninth Circuit Judge VanDyke Blasts Court for Giving Illegal Immigrants a ‘Free Decade’ in America

April 9, 2026 1:09 pmApril 9, 2026 3:24 pm

In a scathing, unanimous concurrence released Tuesday, Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke exposed the dirty secret behind his court’s immigration docket: the Ninth Circuit has turned meritless appeals into a get-out-of-deportation-free card, handing illegal immigrants years—sometimes a full decade—of lawful...

Sacramento Democrats Amend AB 2727: Serial Rapists and Child Predators Now Eligible for Elderly Parole at Age 65

April 9, 2026 7:00 amApril 9, 2026 3:23 pm

Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D-Elk Grove) and Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in California’s 6th Congressional District in the 2026 election, have agreed to amend Assembly Bill 2727, opening the door for serial sex...

Newsom Dumps Another $145 Million in Homelessness Funding as Fraud, Waste, and Empty Shelters Plague His Record

April 8, 2026 3:13 pmApril 9, 2026 8:21 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that his administration is handing local governments an additional $145.4 million in taxpayer dollars to “drive forward our progress reducing homelessness,” touting “real results in real time” and wildly claiming the state has already transitioned...