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Arizona Cities Are Sitting on a Mountain of Cash—So Why Are They Opposing Tax Cuts?
By the Free Enterprise Club | The Arizona state coffers are running over with cash. The state is set to receive $12B in federal recovery funds, more than the entire annual state budget. On top of that, forecasting by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee projects by...
The City of Phoenix Is Pushing Back on Tax Cuts so It Can Keep Fleecing Taxpayers
The Arizona state General Fund is flooded with revenue. Latest projections show the state with $1.2 billion in ongoing revenue and a cash balance upwards of $6.5 billion in FY2024. This is by far the largest budget surplus in state history and doesn't even...
Arizona Legislature Fails This Year To Pass Bill Critical To Student Learning
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | The Arizona legislature failed this year to pass a bill that would have required third grade students to be held back if they failed to learn to read adequately. The unsuccessful bill uncovered some unhappy truths about the state of...
Sky Harbor cash seizure undercuts 2017 police reform
By Alexa L. Gervasi and Daryl James with the Institute of Justice | North Carolina business owner Jerry Johnson needed a new semi-truck for his logistics company in summer 2020. So he scraped together his savings, borrowed money from family, and flew west from...
Getting Back To Normal Shouldn’t Require Vaccine Passports
By the Free Enterprise Club | Vaccines should always be voluntary and never be forced. But COVID-19 came in like a wrecking ball last year, and perhaps its most significant contribution to the world has been an overwhelming growth in government overreach. From...
Ducey Acted Maliciously With Veto Of Sex Ed Bill
By Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction 2015-2018 | When it came to SB1456 (sex ed instruction, parental rights), IF I were a bettin’ woman, I would have been betting Governor Doug Ducey would take the cowardly way out and have allowed the bill...
How Asset Forfeiture Undermines Government’s Legitimacy
By Timothy Sandefur, Goldwater Institute | Civil asset forfeiture—which allows law enforcement officers to seize people’s cash, cars, or other property by claiming it was involved with a crime—is often called “policing for profit,” because police officers and...
A Mother’s Journey Through Arizona’s K-12 School System
By Heather Rooks | I am a busy mom of 4 wonderful children and a wife of a hard working husband. I had the best memories of watching each of my children experience their 1st year of school in the Peoria Unified School District (PUSD). Their teachers were kind,...
Both Republican And Democrat Voters Show Their Support for Election Integrity Bills In New Poll
A poll conducted late last week by the Free Enterprise Club and Heritage Action shows that bipartisan majorities support sensible reforms that strengthen Arizona’s election laws.
Overwhelming Bipartisan Support for School Choice in Arizona Continues to Grow
By Matt Beienburg | Arizona voters are asking lawmakers to lead on Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), and their voices just got louder. The state’s ESA program—which allows families to use a portion of the state dollars allotted for their children to pay...
Democrat States: “Voter Suppression” For Me, But Not For Thee
By Arizona Free Enterprise Club | It is now very obvious that the left and liberal media's commitment to false and hyperbolic rhetoric regarding election bills in Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and elsewhere is not about policy but rather demonizing Republicans. But the jig...
Governor Must Immediately Begin Education Campaign On Dangers Of Masks
By Sen. Kelly Townsend | On March 25 Health Canada issued a memo regarding the safety of face masks that contain graphene or bio-based graphene. Graphene is exfoliated graphite to a very small layer of nanoscopically thin flakes of hexagonally-arranged carbon atoms...
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