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Arizona Lawmakers, Governor Move Toward Harm Reduction
By Jeffrey A. Singer | Arizona’s Governor and lawmakers are displaying an enlightened shift in strategy addressing the overdose crisis. After the state experienced an estimated 48 percent jump in overdose deaths during the first eight months of 2020 (a...
HR1 Would Be A Disaster For Elections And The First Amendment
By the Free Enterprise Club | Since 2019, Democrats have been pushing legislation called House Resolution 1 (HR1). And after gaining control of Congress, they passed the 800-page bill (which they probably read cover to cover) in the House this past March. Cleverly...
Education Failures Getting Worse
By Dr. Tom Patterson | I recently took the test required for US citizenship applicants. It consisted of 20 out of 100 possible questions. It was shockingly simple. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Constitution were all answers to straightforward questions. Probably...
“The Best Social Program Is A Job” — It’s Time To Stop Incentivizing Unemployment
By the Free Enterprise Club | If given the option between working full time or doing nothing but receiving the same or greater pay, which would you choose? Most people would choose the latter. And can you blame them? Why wake up early and work all day if the...
Ignore Media Hype And Partisan Attacks, The AZ Audit Is Worth Pursuing
By Sergio Arellano | Virtually since it was first announced, the effort by the Arizona State Senate to audit the results of the November general election in Arizona's largest County has been mocked or vilified by members of the media and assorted partisan...
The Dangerous PRO Act Would Destroy the Economy as We Know It
By the Free Enterprise Club | Unions are in decline in America, and it’s no surprise as to why. Most do not offer any sort of value to the overwhelming majority of workers. You would think they could take a hint. In 2017, workers at Nissan in Mississippi and Boeing in...
I Investigated Coyotes, Killers And Cartel Members, Biden’s Border Policy Won’t Keep Us Safe
By Lacy Cooper | For the last 15 years I’ve protected Arizonans and Americans from dangerous criminals – the past eight working for the United States Attorney’s Office securing the southwest border. I’ve seen how decisions made in the halls of power – whether it be...
Arizona Is Only Hurting Itself With High Income Taxes. Why A Flat Rate Is Smarter
By Grover Norquist | Arizona’s income tax – with a top rate of 8% – is not competitive. Reducing and eventually eliminating the state income tax would be a huge win for all Arizonans. Individual taxpayers and families would be able to keep more of their hard-earned...
Reality Check Ahead on Deficit Spending
By Craig Eyermann | George Orwell has a famous insight from his 1945 work Notes on Nationalism. “One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.” Most people run into this insight in a paraphrased form....
2021 Seniors: Overcoming Pandemic Setbacks To Graduate
By Catherine Barrett | As graduation season is quickly approaching, many high schools and universities are faced with deciding between virtual or in-person ceremonies. As states begin to lift mask mandates, as reported by The New York Times, educators choose to...
Regulatory Capture, Teacher Unions, And COVID Child Abuse/Imprisonment
By Dr. Donald S. Siegel and Dr. Robert M. Sauer | In his seminal article in 1971 on the economic theory of regulation, the Nobel Laureate George Stigler of the University of Chicago argued that government agencies were often “captured” by the industries they were...
CEOs Whiff On Election Integrity
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Members of the Public Policy Committee of Greater Phoenix Leadership recently endorsed an editorial entitled “Disenfranchising Voters is Not Election Reform”. “As an organization of CEOs at the helm of hundreds of thousands of employees in...
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