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Cost Analysis Shows AZ Green New Deal Energy Mandates Will Cost Ratepayers Over $6 Billion

Aug 26, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | It turns out that upending Utility energy production and mandating “clean” energy by an arbitrary date costs money. A lot of money actually—to the tune of over $6 billion according to a new study commissioned by the Corporation...

Letter To The Editor: Senators Mark Kelly And Kyrsten Sinema Must Hold Big Pharma Accountable

Aug 25, 2021

In Scottsdale – and communities like ours all over the country – rising prescription drug prices are causing tremendous financial hardship. It’s impacting patients struggling to afford health care. It’s affecting small business owners who would like to provide...

Governor Ducey’s Decision to Allow Parents and Kids to Opt Out of Schools Ignoring the Law Is the Right One

Aug 22, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | It needed to be done. At the end of June, Governor Ducey signed HB2898, which included a provision prohibiting a city, town, county, school board, or charter school governing body from requiring students or teachers to wear masks. Bear in...

Maricopa Community Colleges Defying State Law Pushing CRT

Aug 15, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | They went from denying Critical Race Theory exists, to denying it is taught in schools and universities, then claiming it is exclusively researched in law schools, suing parents requesting access to their child's curriculum, to now just...

Dogma Masquerading As Science Undermines Public Trust

Aug 13, 2021

By Dr. Tom Patterson | “I believe in science, Donald Trump doesn’t. It’s that simple, folks," Joe Biden tweeted during the 2020 election campaign. Even by Biden standards, that was a deceitful remark. Not only did his opponent spearhead the unexpectedly efficient...

Arizona Schools Teach Students It’s Ok To Violate the Law

Aug 12, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Rules for thee, but not for me. Apparently, that’s the lesson a growing number of Arizona public schools want to teach students in the coming year. (Perhaps they’re looking to replace science, since it appears they’re not interested in...

We’re Suing Invest in Arizona and Katie Hobbs to Protect Tax Cuts for All Arizonans

Aug 5, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Who doesn’t want more money in their pocket? After a brutal year that featured COVID lockdowns, small businesses and families trying to make ends meet could certainly use some. And Arizona Republicans delivered. At the end of June, the...

The Arizona Woman Charged with Voter Fraud Shows Why We Need Election Integrity

Aug 4, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | They said that it didn't happen, it couldn't happen, and that anyone who even dared to mention fraud in reference to the past election was a "conspiracy theorist" propagating "The Big Lie." They began asserting and endlessly repeating...

Democrats Complain About Welfare for the Wealthy, Then Vote for Welfare for the Wealthy

Aug 2, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | It turns out that Arizona Democrats like welfare for the wealthy after all. After spending weeks railing against a historic $1.8 billion, across the board tax cut that will benefit all Arizona taxpayers and small businesses, Democrats in...

Democrats May Wish For Voter Suppression To Exist To Support Their Agenda

Aug 1, 2021

By Dr. Tom Patterson | In the recent Georgia debacle, the state’s CEOs successfully pushed MLB to punish the legislature by moving the All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver, after allegedly vote-suppressing legislation was passed. Senator Tim Scott asked six of the...

Surprise, Surprise! The Higley School District Scandal Has Been Largely Ignored by the Media

Jul 30, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Sometimes, it’s not just what the media says. It’s what they don’t say. Last week, the Arizona Auditor General concluded its financial investigation into Higley Unified School District (HUSD). And the findings of the report are mind...

What Are School Districts Trying To Hide?

Jul 29, 2021

By the Goldwater Institute | The public’s business should be open to the public. And under Rhode Island law, it is. Yet when mom Nicole Solas sought to attend the meeting of a publicly funded committee that meets weekly to discuss and make recommendations on policies...