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AZFEC: The Local Control Myth

Apr 16, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Proximity to the people does not prevent abuse of power. In fact, it often does the opposite. Municipal governments enact restrictive policies just as easily as state or federal governments and often with less...

STEPHEN MOORE: Show Me The Money – Trump Tax Cuts Benefit Middle Class

Apr 14, 2026

By Stephen Moore | Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family GAINED roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress...

DILLON & HITCHCOCK: Opt In Or Lose Big, Arizona

Apr 13, 2026

By Kimmie Dillon & Sarah Hitchcock | Arizona is known as the national gold standard for education opportunity. With a decades long history of tax credit scholarships supporting families and the nation’s first education savings account (ESA) program, Arizona paved...

AZFEC: Don’t Be Fooled: The ESA Ballot Initiative Is Designed To Kill School Choice In Arizona

Apr 11, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For more than a decade, the teachers’ unions and their allies at Save Our Schools (SOS) have made their mission clear: stop school choice in Arizona. They fought the expansion of our state’s Empowerment...

ALLEIGH MARRÉ: A Teachers Union Focused Everywhere But The Classroom

Apr 10, 2026

By Alleigh Marré | America’s students are in crisis. Nearly half of high school seniors are not proficient in reading or math, and one-third of eighth graders cannot read at a basic level. The aftershocks of pandemic-era school closures are still playing out, with...

AZFEC: U.S. Supreme Court Expected To Clear Path For States To Adopt Their Own SAVE Act Legislation

Apr 8, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona has been working to stop noncitizens from voting in our elections for over 20 years. After years of litigation, we are near the final step in proving our model works. That’s why last month we filed a brief asking the U.S....

ALFREDO ORTIZ: Jobs Report Shows Economy Of Resilience

Apr 7, 2026

By Alfredo Ortiz | Friday’s strong jobs report smashed expectations and demonstrated that the economy and labor market are far stronger than the mainstream media suggests. The economy added 178,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent. Real...

ARMAN SIDHU: Arizona’s Bullion Depository Bill Is The Gold Standard For Sound Policy

Apr 2, 2026

By Arman Sidhu | House Bill 2140 would authorize the Arizona State Treasurer to invest up to ten percent of state trust and treasury monies in physical gold and silver bullion, stored in a U.S.-based commercial depository meeting industry standards for secure storage,...

AZFEC: Chaos Katie Runs Away From Budget Negotiations…Now What?

Apr 1, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Leading under divided government is hard, but it does not excuse a governor from actually governing. Republican legislative leadership has held a clear and defensible line when it comes to the state’s budget: spend only...

TOM FITTON: ActBlue Scandal Demands Answers

Mar 27, 2026

By Tom Fitton | Anyone who values fair elections should be alarmed by mounting evidence that ActBlue—the Democrats’ billion‑dollar fundraising behemoth—has become a conduit for questionable and possibly unlawful campaign contributions. For years, ActBlue has dominated...

VIJAY JAYARAJ: BlackRock CEO Abandons Climate Delusion For Investor Needs

Mar 24, 2026

By Vijay Jayaraj | BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has publicly shifted toward what he calls energy pragmatism, admitting that society now demands a balanced approach to meeting power needs rather than adherence to rigid climate agendas. This could be a pivotal moment for...

AZFEC: Reporter With Red For Ed Ties Exposed For False Claims About Arizona School Choice Program

Mar 20, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona’s legacy media is at it once again—going after our state’s highly popular Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, which now sits at...