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Arizona Archive
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Consider the long-term economic benefits of flat tax reform
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe requirement that all Americans pay at least something in taxes may not seem as onerous when viewed in the broader context of the government services to which they have access. -
Budget Memo to Governor Brewer
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsArizona is in its fourth fiscal year since the recession began without honestly balancing its budget. -
Will Supreme Court let the government favor taxpayer-funded candidates?
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe matching funds component of Arizona’s system is clearly designed to hobble candidates who project their campaign messages to the public in the traditional manner, supported by private donations and personal funds. -
12 questions Glendale should answer about Phoenix Coyotes deal
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsThere are still no clear answers to many questions related to the incentives the city is offering and whether the taxpayers will be saddled with a bill for hundreds of millions of dollars if things do not work out as promised. -
Town council eliminates competition with improper election rules
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsAllowing current politicians to limit their potential competition is the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse. -
The Future of Learning: Better and Cheaper
Posted on March 22, 2011 | No CommentsCarpe Diem uses computer based learning to perform much of the blocking and tackling of learning, allowing the teachers to focus on working directly with students to resolve problems. -
Shortchanging Arizona’s students
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 CommentMoney diverted from the classroom -
Don’t create a sequel to the film tax credit
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Commerce Department estimates, the film and television productions receiving filmmaker tax credits credits hired 249 Arizona residents and an additional estimated 59 non-production jobs -
Arizona’s brewing union battle
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsEliminating the government-conferred advantages that unions enjoy... will strengthen Arizona’s economy in the long run. -
Government attempts to second-guess the market are bad policy
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsWhen government substitutes its judgments for those of the market by directing capital through favorable tax treatment to politically-favored projects, investments that the market would have otherwise made don’t see the light of day. -
Community colleges haven’t earned four-year status
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsA major reason universities in the United States are an international success is that by and large they must compete for students for their financial viability. -
Arizona SB1178 Moves Forward
Posted on February 24, 2011 | No CommentsArizona is once again leading the way in saying “Back Off” to the feds – by standing up for the Constitution as the founders gave it to us. -
Arizona Needs Bold Pension Reform Plan
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsArizona can stop digging its pension hole by acting more boldly ... to provide retirement benefits without putting taxpayers at risk. -
Time to Stand Up to the Feds on Voting Rights
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 1 CommentThe federal government continues to put Arizona in an undeserved penalty box -
Arizona should stop planning for health insurance exchange
Posted on February 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsCreating an insurance exchange would have Arizona enforcing the individual mandate even as the state defends its court victory to strike down that mandate. -
Don’t repeat Jimmy Carter’s failed policies in special session jobs bill
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsLowering the general cost of doing business in Arizona will create more jobs than cherry-picking a few popular companies as the governor wants to do. -
Higher education taxes would not answer Arizona’s real challenges
Posted on February 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsOur schools employ one non-teacher for every teacher, when the ratio in 1950 was more than two teachers for every non-teacher. -
Does the Arizona Legislature Really Believe in State Sovereignty?
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsArticle V gives the states ultimate authority over the federal government by giving them the power to amend the U.S. Constitution—the very document that defines the federal government. -
Pima County has super-sized plan for starving private property rights
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsThese zoning changes could result in the shutdown of locally-owned businesses and a considerable decline in the value of property zoned for business uses. -
ABC’s ‘What Would You Do’ Takes Absurd View of SB 1070
Posted on February 3, 2011 | 1 CommentArizona now portrayed by racist rent-a-cops -
Research shows states don’t stimulate job growth with taxpayer handouts
Posted on February 2, 2011 | No CommentsAre state governments better than private individuals and businesses at picking winning investments in a competitive global economy? -
The path to jobs is not through the red ribbon
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 1 CommentArizona would do well to follow Texas’s most effective economic development policies, including a reduction in income taxes, elimination of excessive business regulations, and more use of our natural resources. -
Feds threaten to sue states over card check
Posted on January 19, 2011 | 1 CommentThe outcome, sure to be decided in the U.S. Supreme Court, will say much about the extent of federal power. -
Governor’s budget places bad bet
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsArizona now faces a budget deficit of $763.6 million with less than six months left in the fiscal year. -
MSNBC: Should Arizona Secede?
Posted on January 17, 2011 | 1 CommentMSNBC shows its bias...again. -
The Right Words at the Right Time
Posted on January 13, 2011 | 1 CommentPresident Obama delivers emapthy and sincerity in Tucson -
Jared Loughner and the Culture of Irresponsibility
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 3 CommentsJared Loughner's politics were not rational. And there are millions more like him. -
Arizona state government showing you the money
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentOpenbooks.az.gov has taken Arizona from one of the least transparent states to, perhaps, one of the top 10. -
Maricopa County Community College District hurting businesses and students
Posted on January 4, 2011 | No CommentsArizona Community Colleges meet the Johns Hopkins University definition of “dropout factories” by a very wide margin. -
CNN Reporter Gets Owned in Birthright Citizenship Interview
Posted on December 30, 2010 | 1 CommentSen. Russell Pearce has been doing his homework. -
There can be no sacred cows in Arizona’s budget debate
Posted on December 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsCalls for increased funding ignore one important point: the state doesn’t have the money. -
Extra, Extra! Teacher union rules hurt kids – poor kids especially
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 1 CommentArizona is developing job evaluations for teachers and principals partially based on how well their students perform. -
Do you live on the wrong side of the power line?
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 CommentOne factor that ought to figure into Arizonans' decision where to live decision is which utility company supplies the power. -
Goldwater Institute helps to reduce state’s deficit
Posted on December 2, 2010 | No CommentsIf Arizona taxpayers have a Santa Claus, in this case it’s the U.S. Supreme Court... -
Replacing income tax with sales tax could reduce poverty
Posted on November 24, 2010 | 1 CommentThe bigger question is how the overall tax structure impacts a person’s ability to pay any kind of tax, regardless of income. -
Broad-based sales tax can safely replace income tax that holds back economy
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 1 CommentThe central issue in taxation is to do the least harm while bringing in enough money to fund core government programs. -
New Harvard report on Arizona’s tuition tax credit debunks myths
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 1 CommentIn the next legislative session, lawmakers should substantially increase the funds available for scholarship groups. -
Brief Blog: Arizona Lawmaker Week in Review – November 13, 2010
Posted on November 13, 2010 | No CommentsArizona's tuition tax credit doesn't direct taxpayer money to religious schools. -
Arizona’s community colleges produce dropouts, not graduates
Posted on October 20, 2010 | 6 CommentsSadly, every Arizona community college qualifies as a dropout factory. -
Novack: Suddenly, Big Insurance Seeks Healing
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 1 CommentBig Insurance lobbyists are working (and spending) feverishly to mend fences with Republicans. -
Two ballot propositions needed to keep state budget balanced
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 1 CommentIf no one leads the propositions to victory, public education will not be spared from the spending reductions that Proposition 100 promised to prevent. -
Obama, Senators, Coyotes and Wolves
Posted on September 5, 2010 | No CommentsHow did Obama go from 69% approval in January 2009 to Time Magazine's "Mr. Unpopular" last week? -
Brief Blog: July 31, 2010 – Bolton Used Poor Wording as Scapegoat
Posted on July 31, 2010 | No CommentsStateBrief's Laff and Rosekrans on Arizona Law Channel -
Brief Blog: July 28, 2010 – Judge Blocks SB 1070
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 1 CommentJudge Bolton tips her hand on the DOJ lawsuit -
Brief Blog: Media Misleading on Sheriff Paul Babeu
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsStateBrief's Neil Rosekrans on the Arizona Law Channel -
Documentary Reveals Frightening Images of Crime Crossing the Border into Arizona
Posted on July 17, 2010 | 1 CommentAnd not so frightening images of an implied environmental impact -
StateBrief’s Neil Rosekrans on NBC’s Sunday Square Off – July 11, 2010
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No Comments"The Summer of SB 1070" -
Brief Blog: StateBrief’s Amy Laff on Arizona Lawmaker Week in Review
Posted on July 10, 2010 | No CommentsLaff: SB 1070 is constitutional -
Brief Blog: June 30, 2010 – Arizona Lawmaker Week in Review
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsStateBrief's Lyburn Ferguson discusses possibility of terrorists crossing Arizona's southern border -
Arizona’s Waziristan
Posted on June 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe U.S. has ceded territory to Mexico's drug cartels -
Brief Blog: June 19, 2010 – Border Violence Closes Parks
Posted on June 19, 2010 | No CommentsLyburn Ferguson on Arizona Law Channel -
Brief Blog: June 13, 2010 – Arizona Lawmaker Week in Review
Posted on June 13, 2010 | No CommentsStateBrief's Lyburn Ferguson discusses the impact of the Supreme Court's decision on Arizona's Clean Elections matching funds. -
Ward: War Through Weakness
Posted on June 7, 2010 | 17 CommentsPresident Obama is the Neville Chamberlain of our time. -
Notes From a Toronto Pub II: “Breathe, America!”
Posted on June 5, 2010 | 10 CommentsState Sen. Russell Pearce plans to deny birth certificates to children of illegal immigrants. -
Sheriff: A Bright Idea – Less Litigation And More Interposition!
Posted on June 2, 2010 | No CommentsGovernor Brewer vetoed a great Tenth Amendment bill. -
Brief Blog: May 30, 2010 – Neil Rosekrans on NBC’s Sunday Square Off
Posted on May 30, 2010 | No CommentsStateBrief's Neil Rosekrans on Channel 12's Sunday Square Off -
State Parks Board Needs to Act on Private Contracting
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Brief Blog: May 26, 2010 – StateBrief’s Neil Rosekrans on Arizona Law Channel
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 CommentsGovernor Brewer's endorsement of SB 1070 could boost her to victory in November. -
Brief Blog: Prop 100 Interview with StateBrief’s Neil Rosekrans
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsStateBrief's Neil Rosekrans is a guest on the Arizona Law Channel -
No on Prop. 100
Posted on May 16, 2010 | 1 CommentThere is no accountability
