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WARREN PETERSEN: Americans Should Cherish Veterans Day

Nov 11, 2025

By Sen. Warren Petersen | America is a country founded on the principle that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. For almost 250 years, these rights, freedoms, and values...

DAVID WINSTANLEY: Is The City Of Mesa “Transparent” About Its Utility Bill?

Nov 6, 2025

By David Winstanley | I recently conducted an informal survey among about 50 of my neighbors, asking them, “What do you think your City of Mesa utility payment is used for at the city?” Some said ‘water.’ Some said, ‘water and sewage.’ And a few said, “water, sewage,...

DAVID BLACKMON: Bill Gates Lurches Into Energy And Climate Reality

Nov 5, 2025

By David Blackmon | Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft founder who has served as a prominent advocate for prevailing narratives that fuel the climate alarm movement, set the climate debate on fire this week with a long essay signaling a major shift in direction....

WARREN PETERSEN: Democrats, Open The Government And Get Back To Work!

Nov 1, 2025

By Sen. Warren Petersen | Americans are fed up with the endless partisan chaos pouring out of Washington, D.C. For too long, radical extremists have hijacked our government—stalling progress, undermining confidence, and jeopardizing the American Dream for future...

ALISON FURNO: From Luke Air Force Base To Main Street: How Washington’s Shutdown Is Hitting Arizona Hard

Oct 31, 2025

By Alison Furno | As an Arizonan, a small business owner, and a concerned citizen, I’m deeply troubled by how the Left’s government shutdown is hurting our communities. Every day Washington fails to act, hardworking Arizonans pay the price. Military families at bases...

AZFEC: Repealing REST Rules Won’t Move Needle On Ending Green Scam In Arizona

Oct 31, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | The Green New Scam got its start in Arizona two decades ago when a 5-0 Republican Commission (including then Republican Kris Mayes) adopted the Renewable Energy Standard and Tarriff Rules, or the REST Rules. Among other things,...

TIFFANY BENSON: AZ Schools Are Failing, Superintendents Are Cashing In, And Taxpayers Are Paying The Price

Oct 29, 2025

By Tiffany Benson | The report on Average ACT Test Scores By State Graduating Class of 2025 shows that Arizona public schools are still failing our students. A Legal Process highlighted the results, stating: “From the data on the class of 2025, college admissions...

ARMAN SIDHU: The Can Kicks Back: Kyrene School Closures Are A Warning For Bond Bailouts

Oct 28, 2025

By Arman Sidhu | Just two years after voters approved a $161 million bond in 2023, the Kyrene Elementary School District has unveiled a deeply unpopular, albeit long overdue, austerity plan to shutter nine of its 25 schools. Final decisions on which campuses will...

AZFEC: Kris Mayes Is Undermining Defense Of Arizona’s Proof Of Citizenship Law

Oct 25, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | In 2022, the Arizona legislature passed—and then-Governor Ducey signed into law—a landmark election integrity bill: HB 2492. Authored by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, the law bolsters safeguards to our election process by...

KURT ROHRS AND AMBER MCAFFEE: Is The Chandler Unified School District’s CTE Program Insufficient?

Oct 24, 2025

By Kurt Rohrs and Amber McAffee | As education has evolved over the last several years, Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs have developed into critical pathways for a student’s future employment success. The learning of essential technical skills can...

MIKE BENGERT: Can Scottsdale Unified School District Be Saved?

Oct 23, 2025

By Mike Bengert | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) is entering a period of upheaval, one that is very concerning to parents, teachers, and taxpayers. Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel recently announced that the district staff will bring forward proposals for...

AZFEC: Prop 417: Tucson’s Plan To Keep Ruining Tucson

Oct 22, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | This November, Tucson voters will decide whether they would like to continue doubling down on Tucson’s failed policies that have invited rampant crime, made it impossible to navigate the city without extreme frustration,...