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LADNER & BEDRICK: Latest Media Attack On School Choice Withers Under Scrutiny

Feb 19, 2026

By Matthew Ladner & Jason Bedrick | Emerson famously noted that “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Opponents of Arizona’s school choice program seem determined to field legions of such monsters. Exhibit A: the reporting...

ALFREDO ORTIZ: New Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Changing

Feb 17, 2026

By Alfredo Ortiz | January’s jobs report smashed expectations and signals a turning point in the labor market where job creation catches up with broader economic conditions. The report shows 130,000 jobs created, the unemployment rate falling to 4.3%, and labor force...

AZFEC: Another 20 Years Of Failures With Pima County Propositions 418 And 419

Feb 13, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | On March 10, Pima County residents will decide whether to fund another 20-year, $2+ billion transportation plan after the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) failed to deliver on the last one. Two propositions will...

WARREN PETERSEN: Hobbs And Mayes Are Turning Arizona Into Minnesota

Feb 12, 2026

By Sen. Warren Petersen | Over the past couple of months, the nation’s eyes have (rightfully) been turned to the State of Minnesota, as concerned citizens have unearthed what appears to be significant abuses of taxpayer dollars going to seemingly fraudulent daycare...

DAVID BLACKMON: How Climate Superfund Laws Take More Money Out Of Your Wallet

Feb 12, 2026

By David Blackmon | Climate activists, frustrated by unsuccessful climate lawsuits, have increasingly turned to “climate superfund” legislation as a new tool to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages. Notably, these state-level bills seek to impose hefty...

AZFEC: Hobbs’ Budget Is A House Of Cards

Feb 9, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Governor Katie Hobbs rolled out her budget last month and, unsurprisingly, it doesn’t add up. Not only because her “solutions” don’t match the problems she claims to be solving,...

DAVID BLACKMON: High Electric Bills A Political Choice In America

Feb 7, 2026

By David Blackmon | Energy Secretary Chris Wright says high electricity costs are a political choice in the United States today. The evidence at hand indicates the Secretary isn’t wrong. “If you have expensive energy in your state…it’s because politicians and...

SHIRY SAPIR: Religious Freedom Does Not Mean Parallel Law

Feb 6, 2026

By Shiry Sapir | Arizona is debating SB 1018, a bill that defines Sharia law as “foreign law” for purposes of Arizona statute. For many people, this raises understandable questions. Is this necessary? Is it constitutional? Is it fair? And is it really about Islam?...

STEVE MILLOY: 20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Feb 4, 2026

By Steve Milloy | Jan. 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Al Gore’s alarmist global warming movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” Gore has surfed the movie and climate alarmism to a net worth estimated at $300 million and a Nobel Peace Prize. But the rest of us...

AZFEC: Republicans Hold A Historic Voter Registration Advantage In Arizona—Now They Must Show Up In November

Jan 31, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For years, the Left has been working tirelessly to flip Arizona blue. Armed with a secret network of tax-advantaged funds, political nonprofits, and union dollars, their aim has been to turn our beloved,...

AZ REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS: Governor Hobbs Missed A Chance To Make Arizona More Affordable

Jan 30, 2026

By AZ Republican Lawmakers | In the first week of the State Legislature’s session this year, Republicans delivered a major win on our longstanding promise to provide historic relief to millions of hard-working taxpayers in the form of a $1.1 billion tax cuts package....

AZFEC: “MesaCONNECTED” TOD Plan Threatens Freedom, Space, And Choice

Jan 27, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | What’s being sold as a harmless planning document is actually a blueprint to fundamentally reshape how West Mesa residents live and move about their city. The MesaCONNECTED...