If Prop. 208 passes, Arizona K-12 education system won’t be noticeably different. Marginal gains aren’t worth the risk to Arizona’s economy.
Category Archives: State and local
Judges are putting confidence in the election at risk
All over the country, including Arizona, judges are changing the election rules at the last minute. That creates an explosive possibility.
Billions in automatic spending is bad governance
Props 207 and 208 would continue an unhealthy trend of appropriating outside the general fund and the legislative process.
County attorney may be this election’s most important race
Hard-won gains against predatory crime are being put at risk.
McSally ducks pre-existing conditions debate
McSally is right that her position on covering people with pre-existing health conditions has been unfairly distorted. But she puts the blame in the wrong place.
Legal weed initiative contains significant overreaches
Criminal penalties for marijuana use should be eliminated. But the self-dealing in Prop. 207 is hard to swallow.
Kelly’s vagueness, not wealth, is the issue
Forget how Kelly made his money. Where does he stand on the issues? On what policies is he a nonpartisan independent, as he claims, rather than an orthodox Democrat?
Brnovich partially right on Ducey’s COVID-19 authority
Does state law give Ducey the authority to shut down businesses during a public health emergency? There’s reason to doubt it.
Democrats keep raising the stakes in presidential race
For those who prefer Trump to Biden on policy, but deplore his conduct in office, Democrats are making it a tough choice.
The scientific approach to COVID can be pretty unscientific
The Ducey administration’s matrix for reopenings is actually a scientific facade for what is in reality a judgment call.