Rachel Alexander

Jan 24, 2025 | arizonasuntimes.com | Rachel Alexander

State Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa), in anticipation of Governor Katie Hobbs refusing to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, introduced the “AZ ICE Act” to require compliance this week. SB 1164 requires sheriffs and the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) to enter into 287(g) agreements with the federal government by January 1, 2026, to support enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Jan 23, 2025 | arizonasuntimes.com | Rachel Alexander

The Arizona Motion Picture Production Program (AMPPP), which doles out up to $125 million annually in taxpayer-funded subsidies to filmmakers who produce their movies in the Grand Canyon State, is facing a significant challenge by the Goldwater Institute (GI).

Jan 22, 2025 | tennesseestar.com | Rachel Alexander

DEI course mandates at public universities are costing taxpayers and students $1.8 billion – and as much as $3.8 billion – plus 40 million man-hours in required classes, a new report by the Goldwater Institute (GI) found. GI’s research discovered that public universities from at least 30 states require a DEI course in order to graduate. State lawmakers provide even more funding for the courses than the Biden administration.

Jan 22, 2025 | arizonasuntimes.com | Rachel Alexander

DEI course mandates at public universities are costing taxpayers and students $1.8 billion – and as much as $3.8 billion – plus 40 million man-hours in required classes, a new report by the Goldwater Institute (GI) found. GI’s research discovered that public universities from at least 30 states require a DEI course in order to graduate. State lawmakers provide even more funding for the courses than the Biden administration.

Jan 21, 2025 | arizonasuntimes.com | Rachel Alexander

A realtor who was found to have violated an anti-discrimination rule due to posting memes on his personal anonymous Instagram account critical of LGBTQ has filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Association of Realtors (AAR). Represented by attorney Ryan Heath, Chad DeVries filed Devries v.