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The transition to digital television is coming — are you prepared? On Feb. 17, 2009, Arizona over-the-air television stations will make the federally mandated switch to digital broadcasting from analog.This serves as the biggest revolution in broadcast TV since the ...

Earlier this year, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club quietly preempted a slew of tax credits and subsidies proposed as an “economic stimulus” package. The package included tax subsidies for homebuyers, subsidies for solar and tourism and a bunch of other special ...

Tom Jenny’s commentary (June 13, Arizona Capitol Times, “Napolitano should clean up her mess before she goes”) is misleading and has the basic facts wrong. As the facts show, the reality is that Gov. Janet Napolitano’s house is in fine ...

The Goldwater Institute recently released a commentary that lied about me (June 13 Arizona Capitol Times Commentary called “Keep special needs, foster students in their schools.”). It said “Tom Horne Halts Scholarships” and that I am telling children “that their ...

Rising global oil prices lead to significant and adverse economic consequences for the United States. Within one week last month, oil prices rose by almost $4 a barrel. America continues to be dependent on the Middle East and unstable regimes ...

Last week was tempestuous among defenders of the embattled school-choice programs for disabled and foster children. Following an East Valley Tribune report and an article published by Tim Keller of the Institute for Justice reporting that Superintendent of Public Instruction ...

When I was little and I my room was a mess, my mom would make me clean up before I could go outside and play with the other kids.  Right now, there is a lot of talk about Gov. Janet ...

This November, Arizona voters will decide whether 76 school districts should be combined into 27 larger, unified districts. Prompting the ballot initiative is the fact that fewer than six cents of every education dollar ever reaches the classroom. But don’t ...

Arizona’s scholarship programs for children with disabilities and children in foster care have given hope to hundreds of children. Hope for a good education. Hope for a better future. For hundreds of children receiving scholarships this hope has become reality.Sadly, ...

We are past the 143rd day of a session that should only last 100 days. Yet, even with the amount of time we have spent here, there is still no budget for 2009. Stalling only causes harm to the families ...