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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....
ARMAN SIDHU: Underwater And Overbuilt: Scottsdale’s $375 Million Bond Bailout
By Arman Sidhu | On May 12, the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board voted 5-0 to place a $375 million capital bond on the November 2026 ballot. Five months earlier, the same body voted 3-2 to close Pima Elementary and Echo Canyon K-8 over...
BEDRICK & DEANGELIS: How Channel 12 Manufactures Fake News About ESAs
By Jason Bedrick & Corey DeAngelis | This week’s erroneous attack on Arizona’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) is another example of how biased reporting is misleading lawmakers and the public. When the Arizona Auditor General last week released...
AZFEC: No Means No: Why Tucson Voters Should Reject TEP’s Repackaged Climate Deal
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | This November, Tucson voters are being asked (again) to approve a 25-year franchise agreement between Tucson and Tucson Electric Power (TEP). Franchise agreements are generally standard arrangements...
TIFFANY BENSON: Peoria Unified School District: The Flashpoint Of Cover-Up Culture In Public Schools
By Tiffany Benson | Most Arizonans are likely aware of the coup d'état to unseat Heather Rooks from the Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) board president position. Board members Becky Proudfit and Melissa Ewing requested the special meeting on May 5, 2026, with...
AZFEC: Republicans Produced Their Budget Plan. Now Hobbs Needs To Do The Same.
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Less than an hour had passed from when Republicans delivered a budget to Katie Hobbs desk yesterday to when she stamped it with a ‘veto.’ No one is surprised, since from the moment...
WARREN PETERSEN: Arizona Deserves An Attorney General Who Will Defend Its Laws
By Sen. Warren Petersen | Over the past three years, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has been executing a political agenda. She has refused to defend state laws—while going out of her way to attack common-sense federal policies—simply on the grounds that she...
JASON BEDRICK: 2 Anti-School Choice Campaigns In Arizona Mislead Voters
By Jason Bedrick | Originally published by The Daily Signal. Arizona’s trailblazing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program enables the families of more than 102,000 students to choose the learning environments that work best for their children. All Arizona K-12...
CENTER FOR AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS: Socialism In Arizona: Chinese Funded Activism Comes To Our State
By the Center for American Institutions | Behind the anti-ICE, pro-Hamas, anti-Iran war, and some No Kings protests in Arizona (and across the nation) rests the pro-Maoist Party of Socialism and Liberation. The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a pro-Maoist...
STEVE MONTENEGRO: Arizona’s Responsible Budget Deserves A Signature
By Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro | Last week, the Arizona House of Representatives passed an Arizona First budget focused on increasing take-home pay, lowering costs, and protecting core services. The Arizona Senate is on track to approve it today. Governor...
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