No cap means that voucher supporters will mount a more vigorous yes campaign. But a couple of vulnerabilities in this voucher proposal will make winning a referendum election more difficult.
Bipartisan state budget delivers, but nonpartisan one would be better
A nonpartisan budget wouldn’t increase K-12 funding without authorizing its expenditure or waste half a billion dollars on a border security talking point.
Biden’s scapegoating letter to oil companies
Biden’s letter about high gas prices displayed an obtuseness about the role price signals play in a market economy.
GOP legislators embrace earmarks
Leaked budget includes a billion dollars of transportation projects chosen through pure politics, not a prioritization of statewide needs.
Federalism the loser in bipartisan gun violence deal
Red flag laws, mental health and school safety should be the responsibility of state and local governments, not a broke national one.
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?