OPINION
AZFEC: APS’ New “Carbon Neutral” Climate Commitment Will Cost Ratepayers Billions
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | In 2020, Arizona’s largest monopoly utility announced a voluntary commitment to one of the most extreme clean energy goals in the world: to go 100% carbon free by 2050. Five years later, they’re rolling that commitment back. Sort...
LADNER & BEDRICK: The Clumsy Crusade Against School Choice
By Matthew Ladner & Jason Bedrick | Have you heard the charge that Arizona families are using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for babysitting? Or that ESA families are sitting on millions of dollars that they’re using for expensive, overseas vacations? Or...
AZFEC: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Repeal Of The ‘Endangerment Finding’ Will Bring Sanity Back To The Climate Debate
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Since taking office in January, President Trump has worked hard to restore sanity in America. While the wins have been stacking up in many areas, perhaps his administration’s most notable efforts have been in its pushback against...
KIM MILLER: Are “Educational” Materials Hurting My Kid? – 4 Questions To Ask
By Kim Miller | As with most things, asking the right questions is often more important than getting the answers. This is especially true for parents and grandparents who want to protect their children. We need to ask, then ask some more, to get to the truth at our...
CRAIG RUCKER: Preserving America’s Freedom Means Producing More Energy
By Craig Rucker | As Americans enjoy their freedom — as they have a God-given right to do — they drive where they want in privately owned cars (gas powered, hybrid, or electric), live comfortably in heated-and-air-conditioned homes, and spend their evenings...
AZFEC: More Of Former USDOT Sec. Buttigieg’s Radical Failures Exposed
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Seven months into Trump’s return to office, the wreckage of the Biden administration continues to surface—especially in America’s transportation infrastructure. Previously, we highlighted the troubling impact of Pete...
BEDRICK & LADNER: Arizona’s $20 Billion School District Surplus: Empty Buildings, Full Bank Accounts
By Jason Bedrick & Matthew Ladner | Every year, a horde of school district officials and their lobbyists come before the state legislature, rattling their tin cups, begging for more money for their supposedly underfunded schools. They tell sob stories about...
STEVE MILLOY: Trump Admin Proposes End To Climate Hoax
By Steve Milloy | The Environmental Protection Agency officially proposed to terminate what President Trump has long called the “climate hoax.” If successful, the federal government will be out of the climate regulation business with no hope of returning to it without...
AZFEC: Arizonans Could See Over $400 Million In Tax Hikes Without Conformity To Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | This year, the tax cuts from the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 were set to expire. Failing to extend the cuts would have resulted in a 22% tax hike for the average taxpayer. For Arizonans, it would have meant an average tax...
TIFFANY BENSON: Arizona K-12 Community Members: Do You Know Your Superintendent?
By Tiffany Benson | K-12 superintendents are the CEOs of public schools, spearheading a cabinet of professionals who manage district resources and implement safety and academic programs. Superintendent qualifications may include a doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) or...
DAVID BLACKMON: Zeldin, Trump, Prepare Assault On EPA Endangerment Finding
By David Blackmon | The Trump administration is gearing up to try to revoke one of the most overreaching, unscientific regulatory edifices ever erected: the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding.” News broke this week that the Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a...
LISA EVERETT: Stop The Federal Monitoring Of Our Sheriff’s Office
By Lisa Everett | On Wednesday, July 16th, I attended the quarterly public meeting held by the federal monitor overseeing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, alongside Sheriff Jerry Sheridan. These meetings are intended to gather community input regarding the...
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