A recent House vote could come back to haunt Stanton and Kirkpatrick.
Category Archives: State and local
Passing the ERA would be whacking a legal hornets’ nest
If Arizona passed the Equal Rights Amendment, it wouldn’t automatically go into the Constitution. There would be serious legal issues to resolve.
An alternative to Obamacare is a good idea
People can still buy a comprehensive Obamacare policy if they want. But consumers should have an option.
Another Phoenix by-invitation-only election
The abysmal turnout in the Phoenix mayoral runoff election illustrates what a half-hearted reform Prop. 411 was.
A do and a don’t on education funding
Do fully restore K-12 additional assistance funding in next year’s budget. Don’t lock-in a higher ed funding formula until there are more lower-cost alternatives to the research universities.
A growing rift between Ducey and GOP lawmakers
Ducey is used to stating a position and holding his ground until the Legislature gives him what he wants. That might not work this session.
Justices look beyond the law on car-rental tax
Holding that the Sports Authority’s car-rental tax was unconstitutional would have created a mess.
VA bill a bipartisan overstep
Arizona’s entire House delegation signs on to a bill giving them greater leverage over veterans’ health care. It’s a bad idea.
NC ballot fraud lessons for AZ
Fraud in North Carolina’s absentee ballot program should put an end to the debate over ballot harvesting in Arizona.
Voucher bills don’t defy voters’ will
Some of the voucher bills are good, some bad. But none violate the will of voters expressed in the defeat of Prop. 305.