If the state has to resort to subterfuge and smuggling to obtain the means of execution, it’s time to make life in prison the ultimate punishment.
Category Archives: State and local
Prop. 105 would accomplish one big thing
While there is much to dislike in Prop. 105, it will stop Phoenix from pouring good money after bad in fixed rail.
This time, budget ‘no’ vote was the right call
The budget deal moves federal finances in the wrong direction. And the government shutdown clock wasn’t ticking.
Prop. 106 is a useful prod on pension debt
Given how deeply Phoenix’s pension programs are underwater, modest spending restraint to prioritize reducing pension debt is a prudent course.
If Arizona legalizes pot, potency should be regulated
If an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana doesn’t include the authority for an independent regulator to limit potency, Gov. Ducey and the Legislature should step in.
Ducey’s Nike slap is doubly disturbing
The state shouldn’t be in the incentives game. But if it is, the rule of law requires that they be dispensed without regard to whether the governor agrees with the political views of the company.
Hey D.C., Arizona has school choice
A national study hails the performance of Arizona students, but overlooks the most likely reason for it.
On redistricting, no rule by judicial philosopher-kings, for a change
The court’s majority got it right, but the dissent illustrates the problem.
Ducey is right about mission creep at the Corporation Commission
But will he try to do anything about it?
Arizona’s wrong turn on capital funding for schools
An auditor general’s report illustrates what a mistake it was to have the state take over capital funding for schools.