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DAVID BLACKMON: High Electric Bills A Political Choice In America

Feb 7, 2026

By David Blackmon | Energy Secretary Chris Wright says high electricity costs are a political choice in the United States today. The evidence at hand indicates the Secretary isn’t wrong. “If you have expensive energy in your state…it’s because politicians and...

SHIRY SAPIR: Religious Freedom Does Not Mean Parallel Law

Feb 6, 2026

By Shiry Sapir | Arizona is debating SB 1018, a bill that defines Sharia law as “foreign law” for purposes of Arizona statute. For many people, this raises understandable questions. Is this necessary? Is it constitutional? Is it fair? And is it really about Islam?...

STEVE MILLOY: 20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Feb 4, 2026

By Steve Milloy | Jan. 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Al Gore’s alarmist global warming movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” Gore has surfed the movie and climate alarmism to a net worth estimated at $300 million and a Nobel Peace Prize. But the rest of us...

AZFEC: Republicans Hold A Historic Voter Registration Advantage In Arizona—Now They Must Show Up In November

Jan 31, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For years, the Left has been working tirelessly to flip Arizona blue. Armed with a secret network of tax-advantaged funds, political nonprofits, and union dollars, their aim has been to turn our beloved,...

AZ REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS: Governor Hobbs Missed A Chance To Make Arizona More Affordable

Jan 30, 2026

By AZ Republican Lawmakers | In the first week of the State Legislature’s session this year, Republicans delivered a major win on our longstanding promise to provide historic relief to millions of hard-working taxpayers in the form of a $1.1 billion tax cuts package....

AZFEC: “MesaCONNECTED” TOD Plan Threatens Freedom, Space, And Choice

Jan 27, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | What’s being sold as a harmless planning document is actually a blueprint to fundamentally reshape how West Mesa residents live and move about their city. The MesaCONNECTED...

ALEXANDER KOLODIN: Part 4 Of 4 – Here’s How Correlative Rights Would Work In Arizona

Jan 26, 2026

By Alexander Kolodin | In 1952, Republican Governor J. Howard Pyle appointed a 24-member Underground Water Commission to recommend a new groundwater framework for Arizona. Every member was a farmer or rancher— people who lived and worked on the land and relied on...

T.J. SHOPE: A Fair Colorado River Agreement Is Essential To Arizona’s Future

Jan 23, 2026

By T.J. Shope | One of my grandfathers was a proud Arizona miner. Another was a hard-working grocery store operator in a small Arizona town. Although both of these men led vastly different lives, they both were united around one very important fact for the desert they...

DAVID BLACKMON: Is The Climate Scare Narrative Headed For Bankruptcy?

Jan 23, 2026

By David Blackmon | Writing at Axios, energy writer Amy Harder says “The climate agenda’s fall from grace over the past year has been stunning — in speed, scale and scope.” Harder quotes oil historian and S&P Global vice-chairman Dan Yergin as saying, “There’s no...

ERIK TWIST: The Problem With Public School Political Governance

Jan 22, 2026

By Erik Twist | In a previous op-ed, I argued that Arizona’s district school system is no longer failing quietly or at the margins; it is failing in concrete, measurable ways that any citizen can see. Districts are sitting atop tens of millions of square feet of...

AZFEC: Chaotic Katie’s Failure On Tax Conformity

Jan 21, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | At a time when Arizonans are still struggling to recover from years of Biden-era inflation, Republican lawmakers acted swiftly to deliver on their Affordable Arizona agenda. On just the fourth day of the...

JULIA CARTWRIGHT: America Risks Losing The Advanced Nuclear Race To China

Jan 20, 2026

By Julia Cartwright | The United States is facing an urgent strategic issue that is moving much faster than most of Washington’s current energy debates. Right now, China is rapidly moving ahead in next-generation nuclear, specifically thorium-fueled molten salt...