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ARMAN SIDHU: Underwater And Overbuilt: Scottsdale’s $375 Million Bond Bailout

May 16, 2026

By Arman Sidhu | On May 12, the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board voted 5-0 to place a $375 million capital bond on the November 2026 ballot. Five months earlier, the same body voted 3-2 to close Pima Elementary and Echo Canyon K-8 over...

BEDRICK & DEANGELIS: How Channel 12 Manufactures Fake News About ESAs

May 15, 2026

By Jason Bedrick & Corey DeAngelis | This week’s erroneous attack on Arizona’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) is another example of how biased reporting is misleading lawmakers and the public. When the Arizona Auditor General last week released...

AZFEC: No Means No: Why Tucson Voters Should Reject TEP’s Repackaged Climate Deal

May 14, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | This November, Tucson voters are being asked (again) to approve a 25-year franchise agreement between Tucson and Tucson Electric Power (TEP). Franchise agreements are generally standard arrangements...

TIFFANY BENSON: Peoria Unified School District: The Flashpoint Of Cover-Up Culture In Public Schools

May 12, 2026

By Tiffany Benson | Most Arizonans are likely aware of the coup d'état to unseat Heather Rooks from the Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) board president position. Board members Becky Proudfit and Melissa Ewing requested the special meeting on May 5, 2026, with...

AZFEC: Republicans Produced Their Budget Plan. Now Hobbs Needs To Do The Same.

May 8, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Less than an hour had passed from when Republicans delivered a budget to Katie Hobbs desk yesterday to when she stamped it with a ‘veto.’ No one is surprised, since from the moment...

WARREN PETERSEN: Arizona Deserves An Attorney General Who Will Defend Its Laws

May 7, 2026

By Sen. Warren Petersen | Over the past three years, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has been executing a political agenda. She has refused to defend state laws—while going out of her way to attack common-sense federal policies—simply on the grounds that she...

JASON BEDRICK: 2 Anti-School Choice Campaigns In Arizona Mislead Voters

May 6, 2026

By Jason Bedrick | Originally published by The Daily Signal. Arizona’s trailblazing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program enables the families of more than 102,000 students to choose the learning environments that work best for their children. All Arizona K-12...

CENTER FOR AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS: Socialism In Arizona: Chinese Funded Activism Comes To Our State

May 5, 2026

By the Center for American Institutions | Behind the anti-ICE, pro-Hamas, anti-Iran war, and some No Kings protests in Arizona (and across the nation) rests the pro-Maoist Party of Socialism and Liberation. The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a pro-Maoist...

STEVE MONTENEGRO: Arizona’s Responsible Budget Deserves A Signature

May 4, 2026

By Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro | Last week, the Arizona House of Representatives passed an Arizona First budget focused on increasing take-home pay, lowering costs, and protecting core services. The Arizona Senate is on track to approve it today. Governor...

AZFEC: Flagstaff’s Radical 2045 General Plan

May 4, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Flagstaff residents have until May 19th to vote on the Flagstaff Regional Land Use Plan 2045, a mail-in only election that will determine whether this becomes the city’s guiding blueprint through 2045. The plan will shape “growth,...

GEORGE KHALAF: The Second Amendment Is Personal To Me

May 1, 2026

By George Khalaf | When I was young, my parents always told us they met in college. Given that they went to different colleges for very different majors, that always seemed odd to me. When I was older, I learned the full story. They had actually met in an underground...

AZFEC: Katie Hobbs’ “Energy Promise” To Arizona Ratepayers: Higher Costs, More Subsidies

Apr 30, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Last year, Katie Hobbs, by executive order, established a “task force” headed by her Office of “Sustainability” to develop a report on energy affordability and reliability. This month, her task force submitted their plan...