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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,...

MONICA YELIN: The Myth Of A ‘Peaceful’ Antifa

Oct 21, 2025

By Monica Yelin | While most rational people oppose fascism or any authoritarian government, most don’t become violent. Every movement begins with an idea that sounds noble. Oppose tyranny. Fight fascism. Protect the oppressed. But history teaches us that ideals can...

AZFEC: TUHSD’s Financial Scandal Exposes Where Actual Fraud & Abuse Exist In Arizona’s K-12 System

Oct 18, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Ever since Arizona passed universal school choice, the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program has been the target of the Red for Ed teachers’ union, Democrat lawmakers and their corporate media allies. They demand...

DAVID BLACKMON: The Era Of Green Virtue Signaling By Policymakers Must End

Oct 17, 2025

By David Blackmon | A rising array of threats to the public and environment stemming from the boom in “green” energy technologies and the batteries they use means the time for virtue signaling by regulators and policymakers must come to an end. In every boom time...

AZFEC: Chandler Proposition 410: Eases Term Limits For Power-Hungry City Officials

Oct 15, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | What’s most likely to get your local officials fired up to fight for you? Lower utility rates? Wrong. Removing sexually explicit material from our libraries? Nope. How about just filling potholes in our roads? You’d...