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Opinion: Vote Today To Determine Winners And Losers Without Delay

Oct 28, 2024

Arizona voters deserve to know election results within hours, not weeks. There's one important step we can take to make this a reality. By Warren Petersen | We're in the final stretch of the 2024 election cycle. In just a matter of days, we should know the outcome of...

God’s Values Are On The Ballot—Why Aren’t Christians Voting?

Oct 27, 2024

By Kim Miller | What’s on your ballot is not really candidates—it’s values. God cares about governments because governments impact people—people He values. Does God want families and communities free to thrive? Does God care about rampant crime? Does...

Hubris And Power Are Real Motivations Behind Prop 140

Oct 25, 2024

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | If you can’t get people to like your ideas, change the system. That’s the clear agenda behind the Prop 140 scheme that seeks to bring ranked-choice voting and jungle primaries to Arizona. And there’s no more hiding it. At a...

Harris Campaign Takes Gut Punch From Agency They’d Never Expect

Oct 23, 2024

By J.D. Foster | Federal bureaucrats don’t get a lot of love, but there is at least one — or perhaps a small group — at the FBI who deserve your thanks. Why? Did you see the story about the FBI revising its crime data? The FBI’s original release of 2022 crime...

Tim Walz Let Slip What We Knew About The Left All Along

Oct 21, 2024

By Michael Maibach | “We are masters of unsaid words, but slaves to those we let slip out.” — Winston Churchill On Oct. 10, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was with California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he said: “I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go....

KARI LAKE: It’s All About Bringing Back The American Dream

Oct 16, 2024

By Kari Lake | The dead-end hyperinflationary policies of the Biden-Harris administration have put the American Dream out of reach for many young people. I have talked to my 21-year-old daughter about this so many times that it breaks my heart. Ruby, like so many...

In Education And Beyond, Free Speech Is Under Siege

Oct 15, 2024

By Tamra Farah | Free speech is dying in schools. Ian Prior with America First posted on X that the Loudoun County School Board Chair recently shut down public comment to “combat misinformation.” The Chair claimed that misinformation is rising, and the board must be...

The Economic Consequences Of Our Feckless Immigration System

Oct 11, 2024

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Free-market economist Milton Friedman was hardly anti-immigration. He acknowledged that, pre-1914, immigrants came “for a better life for them and their children. In the main they succeeded,” broadly benefiting their adopted country. But...

Do We Want More Experts Leading The Scottsdale Unified School District?

Oct 10, 2024

By W.H. Williams | The Scottsdale teachers’ union has endorsed three candidates for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board, emphasizing their extensive experience as education professionals. While their expertise may seem impressive to some, the...

Prop 136 Would Protect Our Ballot From Unconstitutional Measures

Oct 9, 2024

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Every election cycle, out-of-state special interests spend millions trying to put their bad ideas onto our ballot. Because these groups do not understand our laws or our constitution, the measures they peddle are poorly drafted...

Prop 139 Will Endanger Women’s Health In Arizona And Across The Nation

Oct 8, 2024

By Dr. Erica Kreller | As an OB/GYN with over a decade of experience treating patients with high-risk pregnancies and complications, I have seen firsthand how complex and vulnerable caring for these women can be. While political activists claim that Proposition 139...

Kris Mayes’ War On Pregnancy Resource Centers Is A Threat To Life And Truth

Oct 5, 2024

By Katarina White | Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has set her sights on Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs), launching an unfounded consumer fraud report against these life-saving organizations. It’s one thing to disagree politically, but when someone in a...