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AZFEC: Tax And Spend Municipalities Are Destroying Affordability In Arizona

Feb 26, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | It’s not an accident that the top issue talked about by politicians these days is affordability. Over the last 5 years the cost of pretty much everything has gone through the roof, largely...

WARREN PETERSEN: Honoring Charlie Kirk

Feb 23, 2026

By Sen. Warren Petersen | Earlier this year, I introduced a bill in the legislature to designate one of our state’s busiest freeways, Loop 202, as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202, in honor of the life, work, and legacy of an Arizonan whose voice, energy, and commitment to...

AZFEC: California’s Mileage Tax Could Come To Arizona Unless Voters Stop It In 2026

Feb 20, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | It feels like just about everywhere you turn, politicians are inventing new ways to yank more money out of your wallet. There are property taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, and...

LADNER & BEDRICK: Latest Media Attack On School Choice Withers Under Scrutiny

Feb 19, 2026

By Matthew Ladner & Jason Bedrick | Emerson famously noted that “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Opponents of Arizona’s school choice program seem determined to field legions of such monsters. Exhibit A: the reporting...

ALFREDO ORTIZ: New Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Changing

Feb 17, 2026

By Alfredo Ortiz | January’s jobs report smashed expectations and signals a turning point in the labor market where job creation catches up with broader economic conditions. The report shows 130,000 jobs created, the unemployment rate falling to 4.3%, and labor force...

AZFEC: Another 20 Years Of Failures With Pima County Propositions 418 And 419

Feb 13, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | On March 10, Pima County residents will decide whether to fund another 20-year, $2+ billion transportation plan after the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) failed to deliver on the last one. Two propositions will...

WARREN PETERSEN: Hobbs And Mayes Are Turning Arizona Into Minnesota

Feb 12, 2026

By Sen. Warren Petersen | Over the past couple of months, the nation’s eyes have (rightfully) been turned to the State of Minnesota, as concerned citizens have unearthed what appears to be significant abuses of taxpayer dollars going to seemingly fraudulent daycare...

DAVID BLACKMON: How Climate Superfund Laws Take More Money Out Of Your Wallet

Feb 12, 2026

By David Blackmon | Climate activists, frustrated by unsuccessful climate lawsuits, have increasingly turned to “climate superfund” legislation as a new tool to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages. Notably, these state-level bills seek to impose hefty...

AZFEC: Hobbs’ Budget Is A House Of Cards

Feb 9, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Governor Katie Hobbs rolled out her budget last month and, unsurprisingly, it doesn’t add up. Not only because her “solutions” don’t match the problems she claims to be solving,...

DAVID BLACKMON: High Electric Bills A Political Choice In America

Feb 7, 2026

By David Blackmon | Energy Secretary Chris Wright says high electricity costs are a political choice in the United States today. The evidence at hand indicates the Secretary isn’t wrong. “If you have expensive energy in your state…it’s because politicians and...

SHIRY SAPIR: Religious Freedom Does Not Mean Parallel Law

Feb 6, 2026

By Shiry Sapir | Arizona is debating SB 1018, a bill that defines Sharia law as “foreign law” for purposes of Arizona statute. For many people, this raises understandable questions. Is this necessary? Is it constitutional? Is it fair? And is it really about Islam?...

STEVE MILLOY: 20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Feb 4, 2026

By Steve Milloy | Jan. 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Al Gore’s alarmist global warming movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” Gore has surfed the movie and climate alarmism to a net worth estimated at $300 million and a Nobel Peace Prize. But the rest of us...