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AZFEC: Arizona Cities Continue Opposing Tax Cuts Despite Years Of Windfalls From The State

Mar 19, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Every time the Republican-controlled legislature considers cutting taxes, the biggest obstacle is the taxpayer-funded lobbyists representing cities, towns, and counties. They come down to the legislature year after year accusing...

TOM PATTERSON: Trump Delivers Unwanted “Help” To Our Friends

Mar 15, 2025

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, two allies of the U.S., Israel and Ukraine, were mired in bloody wars with ancient enemies. Both desperately needed more military aid in the effort to defeat their heavily armed foes. Biden had...

WARREN PETERSEN: Dem Governor Seems Hellbent On Making Arizona’s Election Counting Laughing Stock Of Nation

Mar 14, 2025

By Warren Petersen | Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a commonsense bill that would have allowed our state to provide voters with same-day election results, moving us further away from the disastrous reporting system that is found when California voters go...

AZFEC: Lawmakers Need To Hold Hobbs’ Feet To The Fire Over Latest Financial Scandal

Mar 12, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | If the Hobbs administration has proven itself to be uniquely skilled at anything over the past two years, it’s incompetence and negligence. But now, Arizona’s governor has taken the next step toward outright fraud. As a part of...

STEPHEN MOORE: Want To Soak The Rich? Tax Elite Universities’ Prized Endowments

Mar 11, 2025

By Stephen Moore | Republicans are searching for ways to “pay for” their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here’s a solution that should make everyone happy. House Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith is suggesting a tax on the $840 billion...

MIKE BENGERT: SUSD Assistant Superintendent Equates Students’ Academic Performance To Playing Basketball

Mar 8, 2025

By Mike Bengert | At the Scottsdale Parent Council (SPC) meeting in February, Dr. Cindy Bochna, Director of Assessments and Accountability, and Ms. Lea Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services from Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) gave a...

AZFEC: Cost Analysis Shows The APS Plan To Go Net Zero Would Cost Ratepayers Billions And Lead To California-Style Blackouts

Mar 7, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | From the Paris Climate Accords, to the Green New Deal (in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,”) the global “Net Zero” agenda has been steaming ahead at full speed. And it hasn’t been just in the form of government mandates....

STEPHEN MOORE: It’s About Time A President Cut Loose Deadweight In Government Workforce

Mar 5, 2025

By Stephen Moore | All of Washington is acting like their hair is on fire with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) requirement that federal employees list what they accomplished. Many are acting like they don’t know the answer and they want to phone a...

TOM PATTERSON: It’s Time To Get Past Our EV Obsession

Feb 28, 2025

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | When electric vehicle subsidies were introduced around 2010, they were sold as a short-term fix to allow the undeveloped EV market to get its legs and compete with Internal Combustion Engines (ICE). The subsidies were justified on the basis...

DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s Energy Secretary Issues Dire Warning To Globalists About Green Energy Lunacy

Feb 26, 2025

By David Blackmon | During a 12-minute video appearance at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Conference held in London, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told the audience that “Net zero by 2050 “is a sinister goal.” That is a bold statement,...

TYLER O’NEIL: What’s Really Behind The Left’s Freakout As Trump Dismantles ‘Environmental Justice’ Offices?

Feb 23, 2025

By Tyler O'Neil | The Trump administration has been hard at work dismantling offices of “environmental justice” in the federal government. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it began implementing Trump’s executive order “Ending Radical...

MIKE BENGERT: Financial Troubles Continue For SUSD Amid Declining Enrollment

Feb 19, 2025

By Mike Bengert | The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board held its regular meeting on February 11th. And it was significant for several reasons. Most notably, the District’s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Maintenance & Operations and District...