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Arizona deserves the truth about data centers
Arizona communities deserve an honest conversation about data centers, and right now, they aren’t getting one. Residents have genuine concerns about how data centers affect their water supply, electricity costs […]
René Guillen: From intern to advocate for cities and towns
The League of Arizona Cities and Towns will be wishing its Executive Director Tom Belshe a happy retirement at the end of the year. Belshe’s incoming successor, the league’s Deputy […]
Supreme Court will consider whether Arizona law prohibits most abortions
The Arizona Supreme Court decided Wednesday it will consider whether Arizona law actually prohibits virtually all abortions.
Ryan Boyd: At the intersection of data and rabbits
Ryan Boyd’s path to politics wasn’t quite a straight line.
Eric Spencer: On elections, war, and jumps from a plane
State Elections Director Eric Spencer said he has always been fascinated by politics and law, and the intersection between three disciplines – politics, public policy and law – has defined his career.
Brandy Wells: The science of public policy and pugs
Brandy Wells has passion – for science, for public policy, even for pugs.
Christina Corieri: Childhood musical sparks life of public policy
Christina Corieri, a senior policy adviser to Gov. Doug Ducey, found her passion for politics after her parents made her watch “1776,” a musical about the Declaration of Independence.
For-profit prisons are bad public policy and contrary to Arizona values
The for-profit prisons have become very prolific lobbyists, shoveling more than $10 million to candidates since 1989 and have spent nearly $25 million on lobbying. GEO Group alone reported $650,000 in federal lobbying expenses in 2014. In addition, they spent over $5.7 million on state and local political contributions between 2003 and 2014, according to data compiled by the National Institute on[...]
Amnesty International’s draft policy on ‘sex work’ violates human rights
The International Secretariat of Amnesty International passed a draft policy at their meeting on August 7 on “sex work” that would decriminalize all aspects of prostitution including buying, pimping, and brothel keeping while still allowing a state the power to regulate selling. The policy now goes to the board. That policy is a direct attack on women and would make a mockery of human rights.[...]
Pro-Ducey group shifts advocacy from campaign to policy
After spending $1.5 million to help Doug Ducey get to the Governor’s Office, Republican consultant Sean Noble and his American Encore are now doing what they can to make sure […]
Empowerment Scholarship Account program generates controversy
Max Ashton is a senior at Brophy College Preparatory with a 4.0 grade point average. He is also blind.
Report: Arizona saw nation’s largest in-state tuition hikes
Arizona’s four-year public universities had the nation’s largest in-state tuition and fees increase over the past five years, according the nonprofit organization that oversees the SAT.
