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WARREN PETERSEN: Arizona Should Lead America’s Golden Age—Not Prosecute It
By Sen. Warren Petersen | Earlier this spring, a federal judge in Phoenix had to step in and protect law-abiding Americans from a prosecutor who had lost all sense of limits. He struck down Kris Mayes’s case against the prediction market Kalshi and, in doing so,...
MIKE BENGERT: Scottsdale Students Deserve Better Than Failed Education Experiments
By Mike Bengert | I have opposed Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Superintendent Dr. Menzel and his Governing Board allies since his arrival, and for good reason. For decades, progressive education experts have promoted policies they said would raise...
BEDRICK & LADNER: Capitol Coordination: When A Reporter Becomes An Activist
By Jason Bedrick & Matthew Ladner | For months, we have documented the pattern of errors, distortions, and outright fabrications that characterize the coverage of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program by Channel 12’s political reporter Craig Harris....
VIJAY JAYARAJ: Climate Alarmism’s Reset And The Policy Reckoning It Demands
By Vijay Jayaraj | A quiet technical decision in climate science should trigger one of the most consequential policy corrections of this decade. Deep within the bureaucratic machinery of global climate research sits an obscure modeling group called the Scenario Model...
AZFEC: Katie Hobbs Is Turning Arizona’s Scenic Landscape Into A Playground For Foreign Solar Developers
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For generations, Arizona’s wide-open land has supported ranchers, farmers and the communities that helped build our great state. Then, the climate activists came along. Armed with nothing more than junk...
ANNA VAN HOEK: Empty Classrooms, Full Costs
By Anna Van Hoek | At the May 5 Higley Unified Governing Board meeting, the Board approved a lease agreement with AZ Aspire Academy to utilize a portion of Power Ranch Elementary. I think it's a good thing that the district is looking for ways to generate additional...
DAVID BLACKMON: Texas Leads A New Natural Gas Pipeline Boom
By David Blackmon | Texas is once again proving why it stands as America’s unrivaled energy powerhouse. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), more than 66% of planned U.S. natural gas pipeline capacity additions for 2026 and 2027 — roughly...
AZFEC: The Damage From Katie Hobbs’ Illegal Housing Moratorium Is Only Beginning
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For decades, Arizona has been a national model for how to responsibly manage and develop water resources. As a result, our state has enjoyed years of economic growth while welcoming millions of new residents to live and work...
MICK ZAIS: Conservatives Must Reclaim American Education Now
By Mick Zais | For years, Americans were told our schools existed to expand minds, encourage debate, and prepare young people to think independently. Today, too many do the opposite. Conservative voices are being shouted down, disinvited, or silenced by radical...
AZFEC: Arizona’s Real Budget Problem? Too Much Spending, Not Too Little Taxing
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | A recent op-ed in the Arizona Republic by the Arizona Center for Economic Progress argued that the legislature’s budget “doesn’t add up” and that Arizona needs a “reality check.” We agree a reality check is in order,...
JASON BEDRICK: Indications Mount That Anti-School Choice Campaigns Are Misleading Arizona Voters
By Jason Bedrick | Originally published by The Daily Signal. Earlier this month, I documented how signature gatherers for two ballot initiatives to curb and regulate Arizona’s education savings account program were caught on camera giving...
PAUL PARISI: The Danger Of AI Rewriting History
By Paul Parisi | In 1949, George Orwell wrote the novel 1984, in which the fictional character Winston works for the Ministry of Truth in a totalitarian government. His job is to manipulate historical records to justify the Party’s present and future actions....
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