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Category Archives: State and local
Sinema and the politics of guilt by association
A pass for Sinema et al on Backpage.com contributions … except for one thing.
A tax incentive gets too big for its britches
The Legislature constrained the GPLET giveaway. The Goldwater Institute is aiming a legal bazooka intending to blow the whole thing up.
What Ducey has, and hasn’t, done on education
Ducey isn’t trying to destroy public education. But he is an obstacle to restoring funding cuts from the recession.
Schweikert’s Ryancare fix points in the right direction
Schweikert’s risk-sharing proposal might keep Ryancare from imploding, but it wouldn’t create a robust market.
Conservatives abandon separation of power
The Right to Earn a Living Act has judges making decisions that belong to the executive and legislative branches.
Worsley amendment clarifies voucher debate
Although I don’t like the limitations, the Worsley amendment makes it clear that this isn’t really about money.
The question voucher opponents can’t answer
Why shouldn’t all parents — rich, poor and those in-between — be able to use the collective pool of resources for the educational opportunity they think best for their children?
Constitutional convention nonsense from the Legislature
Gov. Ducey misses an opportunity to provide adult leadership and supervision.
Ducey can’t finesse a Prop. 301 fight
Ducey’s support for an extension of Prop. 301 wasn’t ever really in doubt. Beyond that, it get’s sticky.