Don’t abandon state-mandated tests for schools

Objective tests are the only way to measure and improve student achievement and provide accountability for taxpayers.

Of robocalls and Citizens United

Arizona has never required grassroots lobbying campaigns, astroturf or otherwise, to register and report contributions and expenditures.

The protection of the United States shouldn’t be predicated on radical transformations of other countries and societies.

That’s the ideal date for voter participation and robust general election campaigns.

After Obamacare, the federal government will be expected to be the insurer of last resort for everyone.

The bind that the GOP finds itself in over funding the Department of Homeland Security was entirely predictable.

Creating a new category of legal status without congressional authorization isn’t prosecutorial discretion.

Arizona taxpayers are going to pay $5 million so Apple can say it’s green.

Corrections reform isn’t a magical ticket that will boost K-12 spending.

But Ducey’s was the more consequential political misstep.