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TIFFANY BENSON: Peoria’s Proposition 428 Is The Definition Of Insanity

Oct 13, 2026

By Tiffany Benson | Remember the pop-culture definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result? This fits like a hand to glove when we contrast the Prop 428 campaign against Peoria Unified School District’s (PUSD) failed...

AZFEC: Prop 142 Ends The Workarounds For Racial Preferences

Oct 9, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | There are some principles we like to think America settled a long time ago. Racial discrimination is wrong. Government should not treat people differently because of the color of their skin. And our public institutions should...

TALA GOUDARZI: Current High Energy Prices Were Decades In The Making

Oct 8, 2026

By Tala Goudarzi | It is a common cliché to say that social media and the deluge of content we consume each day have significantly hampered, if not entirely destroyed, our attention spans. Sometimes it seems like memory itself may be a vestige of a bygone...

AZFEC: Big Brother Wants to Know How Much You Drive

Oct 6, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother needed telescreens, microphones, and cameras to watch citizens, extinguish the idea of a private life, and to tightly control their “decisions”. Today, technology makes that job...

FRANK LASEE: Expensive State Clean Energy Mandates: The Math Nobody Ran

Oct 5, 2026

By Frank Lasee | Thirteen states from Vermont to Hawaii have written a hard deadline into law: 100 percent carbon-free (CO2-free) or “clean” electricity, most by 2040 or 2045. Lawmakers sold these mandates as a bargain: cheaper power alongside cleaner air. Voters in...

AZFEC: The Right Lesson To Learn From The Ongoing Fight Over School Choice In Arizona

Oct 1, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Over the last four years Governor Katie Hobbs, the teachers’ unions, and their allies in the corporate media have been relentlessly attacking Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) program, the most popular and...

TJ SHOPE: Mayes Must Release The Full Sunshine Investigation

Sep 29, 2026

By T.J. Shope | Over the past few years, a government pay-to-play scandal has been brewing in Arizona that rivals the malfeasance we have come to expect from American bastions of improprieties like New York, Illinois, and California. A couple of years ago, the state’s...

MIKE BENGERT: Scottsdale School District Violates Arizona Open Meeting Law — Again

Sep 28, 2026

By Mike Bengert | After investigating an Open Meeting Law (OML) complaint against the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD), the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) determined that Dr. Menzel and the SUSD Governing Board once again violated the rights of SUSD...

PAUL PARISI: Affirmative Action Or Self-Determination?

Sep 25, 2026

By Paul Parisi | On November 3, 2026, Arizona voters will decide the fate of Proposition 142. The measure would prohibit preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity in public institutions. Supporters call it a return to the constitutional promise that all...

AZFEC: Arizona Cities Are Fleeing Flock

Sep 24, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | One by one, cities and towns across Arizona are abandoning their contracts with Flock Safety, the manufacturer of the controversial Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) you see around town. The black pole with a little solar...

MIKE BENGERT: SUSD Has Plenty Of Education Experience. Where Are The Results?

Sep 22, 2026

By Mike Bengert | Dr. Jennifer Johnson is the union-backed, Menzel-aligned progressive candidate for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board in the 2026 election. A career educator, she campaigns on the slogan “Experience Matters.” That is true,...

YENDI PARKER: After Years Of Complaints, Yuma’s Biosolids Fight Finally Brings State Action

Sep 17, 2026

By Yendi Parker | For residents of Yuma County, concerns over biosolids are nothing new. For years, residents, growers, businesses, and local officials have raised concerns about odors, flies, dust, debris, and the sheer volume of treated sewage sludge being brought...