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Category Archives: State and local
Time for a skinny state budget
Mismanagement of the budget process by GOP legislative leaders and Ducey hasn’t left enough time for a considered, bipartisan decision about what to do with the gargantuan surplus. That should be done in a special session.
Biden gives a wink and a nod to China cheating on solar panel tariffs
Decision highlights the incoherence of administration policy on both China and energy.
Arizona was lucky to duck Prop. 208’s high income tax rate
Tax migration data show the value of low income tax rates. But if GOP lawmakers want to keep them, they should appropriate the additional education funding voters approved.
Brnovich misplays Trump endorsement of Masters
Trump attacks Brnovich. Brnovich responds by sucking up to Trump.
What’s missing in the Arizona GOP primaries
Youngkin, Kemp and Raffensperger show that there is a path to victory for Republican candidates running independent of Trump. So, why aren’t any Arizona GOP candidates running in that lane?
Are school boards obsolete?
The soap opera at the Litchfield Elementary School District raises the question: What is the role, if any, for school boards and school districts in a K-12 school choice structure?
Populist right opposes aid to Ukraine, but reasons are muddled
Arizona Republicans in Congress — Biggs, Gosar and Lesko — dissent from the broad bipartisan consensus on assisting Ukraine.
Make the K-12 budget ask simple and voter-protected
Changing a single number, the base level, is an easier sell than overhauling the school finance formula. And the Legislature couldn’t cut the increased funding in the future.
Brnovich’s irresponsible interim report on the 2020 election
The timing and substance make plain that this was a document intended to assist his U.S. Senate campaign, not something appropriate coming from his AG office.