Thursday - January 8, 2026
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Friday January 02, 2026 ( 2 items )  

America First Legal Wins Major Appeal in Mesa Public Schools Case; Arizona Court Revives Parent's Challenge to Secret In-School Gender Transition
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Wins Major Appeal in Mesa Public Schools Case; Arizona Court Revives Parent's Challenge to Secret In-School Gender Transition * America First Legal (AFL) has secured a significant victory in its lawsuit challenging Mesa Public Schools' (MPS) practice of concealing students' in-school gender transition from parents. MPS is the largest scho  more

U.S. Geological Survey: Pleistocene porcupine (Erethizontidae) records in arid southwestern North America and comparisons with the modern distribution of Erethizon dorsatum in southern California and Arizona
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Pleistocene porcupine (Erethizontidae) records in arid southwestern North America and comparisons with the modern distribution of Erethizon dorsatum in southern California and Arizona * The North American porcupine ( Erethizon dorsatum ) is widely distributed throughout many ecosystems on the continent from northern Mexico to the Arctic Ocean, except for the southea  more