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Your money’s still good
The Rotellini camp frequently rips Brnovich for working for the Goldwater Institute. But that hasn’t stopped it from soliciting money from Clint Bolick, the head honcho of GI’s litigation division.
Goldwater Institute blasts senator’s stand-your-ground letter
The Arizona-based Goldwater Institute responded harshly Friday to the Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's Aug. 6 letter inquiring into its position on stand-your-ground laws and connections to the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Roadblocks remain for Medicaid expansion
The protracted fight for Medicaid expansion likely won’t end with Gov. Jan Brewer’s signing of the historic legislation.
Welcome to the world of competition
The effectiveness of economic development programs has long been hotly debated. Recent events, like the closing of Suntech’s manufacturing facility in Goodyear, have given rise to a new wave of criticism by organizations like the Arizona Tax Research Association, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and the Goldwater Institute — most of it unwarranted and unsubstantiated.
Judge says it’s OK to ban flesh-eating fish
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Monday the state can ban foot-flesh eating fish from pedicures because they can’t be disinfected. Judge George Foster rejected the arguments from Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute that fish pedicures are different from traditional pedicure practices and they should be regulated differently.
Goldwater Institute asks to intervene in ASA student fee case
The Goldwater Institute is going to ask a federal court to let it intervene in a lawsuit pitting a non-profit, student lobbying group against the Arizona Board of Regents. The institute, a conservative policy advocacy group, set the wheels of the lawsuit in motion in September by questioning the legality of a $2 student fee that funds the Arizona Student Association, which contributed $126,806 in[...]
Goldwater Institute attorney co-authoring immigration book with Jeb Bush
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a working on a book about one of the Republican Party's most contentious issues: immigration.
Judge upholds Arizona’s union secret ballot law
A federal judge upheld Arizona’s voter-approved law that allows workers to cast secret ballots to determine whether to unionize.
Capitol Quotes: July 13, 2012
This week's most outstanding quips, jibes and utterances.
Commerce Authority backs off controversial ‘stipends’
The Arizona Commerce Authority announced late Friday afternoon that it will not be awarding the $5,000 stipends it had earlier promised to15 companies eliminated from a competitive grant program.
The Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick sent a letter to the ACA earlier this month, warning that the awards for unsuccessful semifinalists in the agency’s Innovation Challenge could be a viol[...]
Ex-Thomas aide Alexander asks for delay of punishment, prepares to sue county
Rachel Alexander, a former aide to ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, asked the court today to postpone the suspension of her law license.
