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Commentary

Oct 6, 2022

Arizona offers blueprint for parental empowerment

The reverberations are echoing across Arizona, and across the whole nation – the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office announced last week that teachers unions’ last-ditch effort to overturn the state’s landmark universal school choice reform has failed. Now, America can look to Arizona’s first-in-the-nation model of a groundbreaking, statewide expansion of school choice to any family that[...]

Hamadeh, Army, attorney general, election, United States Navy JAG Corps, United States Army Reserve
Sep 30, 2022

Voters should know why U.S. Army Reserve is investigating Hamadeh

Republican candidate Abraham Hamadeh should tell voters why the United States Army Reserve is investigating him.

foster youth, deaths, shootings, North Star Independent Living Services, Kentucky
Sep 26, 2022

State inaction kills young teen

Multiple people were shot at North Star Independent Living Services facility back in February of 2021. The frequent shootings and cold-blooded killings of these young men should serve as a clarion call for immediate investigation and reform.

abortion, Roe v Wade, Dobbs, Supreme Court, death panels, Palin
Sep 26, 2022

Voting is your superpower for reproductive freedom

Elect officials who will not waste taxpayer money going after pregnant people, their healthcare providers, family members, or friends.

Audrey Ruiz, right, speaks with protestors at the Children Belong on Playgrounds, Not Cages rally on June 19, 2018, at the state Capitol. (Photo courtesy of NextGen Arizona), border, Ducey, Abbott, migrants, cages, border, DeSantis
Sep 23, 2022

Investigate Ducey for sending refugees to D.C.

Gov. Doug Ducey said he has spent millions of dollars on sending migrants to Washington, D.C., in recent months, with millions more dollars earmarked for it next fiscal year. While we do not know what taxpayer monies were used, we do know that the money would be far better used for humanitarian purposes.  

voting, primary, pivot, primary, general election, Center for the Future of Arizona, Nebraska, Louisiana, Washington, California, Republican, Democrat, libertarian
Sep 23, 2022

Is it time to retire the campaign pivot?

The primaries are in the rearview mirror, general election campaigns are well underway, and candidates are reshaping their messaging for general election voters. Sometimes the pivot is believable. Other times, not so much.  

diversity, Cabrera, ADEQ, hazardous waste, Cuba, cost savings
Sep 23, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates our country’s diversity 

What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to me? As the son of immigrants, it means I get to live in a country that not only acknowledges but celebrates diversity.

drought, Yuma, farming, alfalfa, Colorado River, water cuts
Sep 20, 2022

Water needed to farm in desert, ensure residents’ health, safety

Farming in the desert ensures the health, safety, and well-being of each and every person who relies on an affordable, abundant food supply.

Sep 18, 2022

Arizona must develop new water supplies now

Arizona is at a crossroads. Nearly 40% of Arizona’s annual water uses are supplied by the Colorado River. However, the outlook for Colorado River water availability – and Arizona’s junior allocation, in particular – is deeply concerning. 

(Photo by Ellen O'Brien)
Sep 16, 2022

Water and business as usual at the Legislature

Without some real changes in the law to better limit ground and surface water pumping and diversions and to sustain ecological flows in our waters, we cannot establish a sustainable water framework. None of this was addressed in the bill or elsewhere during the legislative session. This water bill is not a new page, but a page in a book we have read many times and written by those who have given u[...]

Sep 16, 2022

Alaska’s instant run-off election system is democracy in action, could work well in Arizona

Instant run-off elections also have a positive affect on the way campaigns are run. Going forward, Congresswoman Pertola is accountable to all Alaskans, not just a small number of partisans (as is too often the case in Arizona). This means she must address the concerns of a broad spectrum of Alaskans as she governs.  

drought, Colorado River, Lake Mead, crisis, water, Arizona State University, groundwater depletion
Sep 16, 2022

Elect candidates to fix failing water system

We need leaders with the courage to advocate for over-arching sustainable water policies and laws (at the state and Colorado River Basin levels) and with the vision and clarity to look at our natural resources more holistically now and for the future.  

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