Arizona
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Education
Many Teachers Love the Choice That Union Leaders Loathe
by Robert Holland February 13, 2019The ESA is the latest innovation in choice, and quite likely the most promising for bringing about enduring reform of K–12 education.
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Government
Is the 2018 Voter Chaos a Taste of What to Expect in 2020?
by Nancy Thorner November 20, 2018Why doesn’t Europe and Canada have our election farces? They use paper ballots counted in precincts. Meanwhile, the Florida stealing is more exposed every day.
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Climate ChangeFeatured
What Next for U.S. Climate and Energy Policies?
by Paul Driessen November 12, 20182018 elections bring mixed messages and require climate and renewable energy reality check
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Voters Consider Energy Price Hikes in Arizona, Nevada, Washington
by H. Sterling Burnett November 1, 2018Voters in Arizona, Nevada and Washington state will soon decide if they want to pay more for less reliable electricity.
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EducationFeatured
Bureaucracy Devours Funds that Could Support Teaching
by Robert Holland June 6, 2018While teachers have walked off their jobs in several states this spring to protest what they believe to be low pay and lack of classroom resources to support teaching, armies of bureaucrat have been bickering over implementing the massive Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Arizona teachers have finally returned to their classrooms after a six-day strike over salary increases.
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ConstitutionFeatured
How a ‘Convention of States’ Could Tweak the Constitution
by Rob Natelson September 11, 2017Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.”
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In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a symbol of rebirth. As its former life came to an end in a show of flames and spontaneous combustion, a newer, even better life was born from the ashes of its predecessor.
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FeaturedGovernment
The People’s Constitutional Solution to Fixing Washington
by David Guldenschuh July 24, 2017The federal government is incapable of fixing itself. Another mechanism is needed.
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Uncategorized
Compulsory School Attendance: Compassionate or Counterproductive?
by Teresa Mull June 13, 2017Government increasingly thinks it’s a better parent than an actual parent.
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Blaine amendments, borne out of 19th-century anti-Catholic bigotry, have been the constant bane of the modern education-choice movement.
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Budgets/TaxesEducationFeaturedHealth CarePodcast
In The Tank (ep85) – Tax Freedom Day, Rich States Poor States, CON Laws, Arizona ESAs
by Donald Kendal April 21, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #85 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Tax Foundation, ALEC, the James Madison Institute, and the Goldwater Institute.
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Determined progress on the “civil rights issue of our time,” despite unfortunate Republican opposition.