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Category Archives: State and local
Hobbs’ misleading voucher memo
The focus should be on testing and eliminating the tuition tax credits, not capping or curtailing voucher enrollment.
Richer’s lawsuit leaves Lake no place to hide
It shouldn’t be so easy for politicians to lie, or be lied about.
A thank you to Bill Gates
We were very fortunate that Gates and his colleagues were in charge of county government when the Republican Party went mad.
Not the way to use price to allocate Colorado River shortages
Ad hoc deals and billions of general tax dollars is a highly inefficient way of doing the right thing.
Inching toward water markets
Markets and prices are the best way to bring supply and demand back into balance after Colorado River allocation cuts. Barriers against them are beginning to crack.
The Political Notebook 4.21.23
The politics of Hobbs’ record-setting veto spree; Phoenix’s prevailing wage dance; a federal spending freeze has merit.
A final plea: Go with top-two, not ranked choice
The duopoly of the two major parties is ripe for reform in Arizona, but reformers are headed in the wrong direction.
Judges shouldn’t be deciding homeless policy
Phoenix is caught in the crossfire between federal and state judges. Which may be where the city wants to be.
The fight over schools
School choice is the best way to combat wokeism in K-12 education, to the extent it exists.