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Arizona Schools Teach Students It’s Ok To Violate the Law

Aug 12, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Rules for thee, but not for me. Apparently, that’s the lesson a growing number of Arizona public schools want to teach students in the coming year. (Perhaps they’re looking to replace science, since it appears they’re not interested in...

We’re Suing Invest in Arizona and Katie Hobbs to Protect Tax Cuts for All Arizonans

Aug 5, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Who doesn’t want more money in their pocket? After a brutal year that featured COVID lockdowns, small businesses and families trying to make ends meet could certainly use some. And Arizona Republicans delivered. At the end of June, the...

The Arizona Woman Charged with Voter Fraud Shows Why We Need Election Integrity

Aug 4, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | They said that it didn't happen, it couldn't happen, and that anyone who even dared to mention fraud in reference to the past election was a "conspiracy theorist" propagating "The Big Lie." They began asserting and endlessly repeating...

Democrats Complain About Welfare for the Wealthy, Then Vote for Welfare for the Wealthy

Aug 2, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | It turns out that Arizona Democrats like welfare for the wealthy after all. After spending weeks railing against a historic $1.8 billion, across the board tax cut that will benefit all Arizona taxpayers and small businesses, Democrats in...

Democrats May Wish For Voter Suppression To Exist To Support Their Agenda

Aug 1, 2021

By Dr. Tom Patterson | In the recent Georgia debacle, the state’s CEOs successfully pushed MLB to punish the legislature by moving the All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver, after allegedly vote-suppressing legislation was passed. Senator Tim Scott asked six of the...

Surprise, Surprise! The Higley School District Scandal Has Been Largely Ignored by the Media

Jul 30, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Sometimes, it’s not just what the media says. It’s what they don’t say. Last week, the Arizona Auditor General concluded its financial investigation into Higley Unified School District (HUSD). And the findings of the report are mind...

What Are School Districts Trying To Hide?

Jul 29, 2021

By the Goldwater Institute | The public’s business should be open to the public. And under Rhode Island law, it is. Yet when mom Nicole Solas sought to attend the meeting of a publicly funded committee that meets weekly to discuss and make recommendations on policies...

Goldwater Hits Flagstaff With $23 Million Bill For Violating Property Rights

Jul 25, 2021

By Christina Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute | Representing the owners of more than 50 properties, the Goldwater Institute has filed over $23 million in claims against the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, over an ordinance that went into effect in March that deprives...

Biden Administration Wants to Silence People They Don’t Agree With

Jul 23, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | "We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation." Those were the words of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week, and they should send chills up and down your spine. It's bad enough that we already have...

Parents Must Not Drop Their Guard After Scottsdale’s Apology For Inadvertent Inclusion Of Intrusive Questions

Jul 22, 2021

By Loretta Hunnicutt | After vigilant parents sounded the alarm about a consent form they were asked to sign electronically that would have asked their children highly personal questions, Scottsdale Unified School District leadership apologized. The District’s...

Arizona Corporation Commission Won’t Give Up on Its Green New Deal Dream

Jul 18, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Some ideas need to be put to sleep. Maybe someone should tell that to the Arizona Corporation Commission. About a year ago, the commission quietly released its plan to impose California-style energy mandates in our state. While following...

Teachers’ Unions Are Radicalizing Not Educating

Jul 17, 2021

It is well known that America’s schoolchildren are woefully ignorant of their national history and government. Majorities of young adults no longer feel grateful to be an American, undoubtedly because they fail to comprehend the precious freedoms to which they were...