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ERIK TWIST: Why Arizona’s District Governance Model No Longer Fits The Age Of School Choice
By Erik Twist | The Common Sense Institute’s recent report, Echoes in the Halls: Arizona School Districts’ Growing Problem with Empty Buildings and Empty Buses (August 2025), quantifies a reality that many parents and educators in Arizona already sense: the...
AZFEC: Underappreciated Wins Of The 2025 Legislative Session
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Entering year three of divided government, our expectations for the 2025 legislative session were admittedly not high. With Katie Hobbs occupying the governor’s office and demonstrating that her only skill set is setting...
JASON BEDRICK: Manufactured Outrage: How School-Choice Deniers Weaponize Minimal ESA Fraud
By Jason Bedrick | Channel 12 continued its clumsy crusade against school choice this week with a breathless report about fraudsters abusing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to buy diamond rings and necklaces, flights and hotel stays, and even lingerie. It paints a...
KATARINA WHITE: Senate President Petersen Stands Firm For Arizona’s Pro-Life Laws
By Katarina White | This week, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen delivered a clear message: Arizona will not stand by while abortion providers try to dismantle the protections that defend women and children in our state. At the center of the lawsuit...
AZFEC: APS’ New “Carbon Neutral” Climate Commitment Will Cost Ratepayers Billions
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | In 2020, Arizona’s largest monopoly utility announced a voluntary commitment to one of the most extreme clean energy goals in the world: to go 100% carbon free by 2050. Five years later, they’re rolling that commitment back. Sort...
LADNER & BEDRICK: The Clumsy Crusade Against School Choice
By Matthew Ladner & Jason Bedrick | Have you heard the charge that Arizona families are using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for babysitting? Or that ESA families are sitting on millions of dollars that they’re using for expensive, overseas vacations? Or...
AZFEC: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Repeal Of The ‘Endangerment Finding’ Will Bring Sanity Back To The Climate Debate
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Since taking office in January, President Trump has worked hard to restore sanity in America. While the wins have been stacking up in many areas, perhaps his administration’s most notable efforts have been in its pushback against...
KIM MILLER: Are “Educational” Materials Hurting My Kid? – 4 Questions To Ask
By Kim Miller | As with most things, asking the right questions is often more important than getting the answers. This is especially true for parents and grandparents who want to protect their children. We need to ask, then ask some more, to get to the truth at our...
CRAIG RUCKER: Preserving America’s Freedom Means Producing More Energy
By Craig Rucker | As Americans enjoy their freedom — as they have a God-given right to do — they drive where they want in privately owned cars (gas powered, hybrid, or electric), live comfortably in heated-and-air-conditioned homes, and spend their evenings...
AZFEC: More Of Former USDOT Sec. Buttigieg’s Radical Failures Exposed
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Seven months into Trump’s return to office, the wreckage of the Biden administration continues to surface—especially in America’s transportation infrastructure. Previously, we highlighted the troubling impact of Pete...
BEDRICK & LADNER: Arizona’s $20 Billion School District Surplus: Empty Buildings, Full Bank Accounts
By Jason Bedrick & Matthew Ladner | Every year, a horde of school district officials and their lobbyists come before the state legislature, rattling their tin cups, begging for more money for their supposedly underfunded schools. They tell sob stories about...
STEVE MILLOY: Trump Admin Proposes End To Climate Hoax
By Steve Milloy | The Environmental Protection Agency officially proposed to terminate what President Trump has long called the “climate hoax.” If successful, the federal government will be out of the climate regulation business with no hope of returning to it without...
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