To several objective political observers, the FY 2024 budget deal between Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Legislative Republican leadership should not be unexpected. Please click here to view the latest budget documents. In working out a budget deal with the still majority Republican Legislature (several of whom think compromise is a dirty word,) it should … Read more
Democratic and Republican strategists Matt Grodsky and Tyler Montague took time to answer questions about what they feel the state of politics is in Arizona today, how the budget negotiations between the Democrats and Republicans should go, what could be common ground policy priorities the parties can pursue, is there a place for a third … Read more
Improving Educational Outcomes is Not the Point of Vouchers. In 2017, I wrote a post on RestoreReason.com titled “Vouchers: Some Common Sense Questions” that supported this fact. I’ve included some of the original post below. My updated comments, now six years later are included in italics below. Just for a few moments, I’d like to … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, like most politicians, needs an antagonist to rail against. Even if, as in the cases of most political figures on the right (especially the MAGA extreme vintage) have to make them up. That is the apparent case with Mr. Horne who made going after Critical Race Theory (CRT) … Read more
In her first 100 days in office, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has had two roles as the Grand Canyon State’s New Chief Executive. First, she is charting a new center-left people-first course for the state away from the right-wing plutocratic and narrow cultural conservative priorities of the Ducey tenure. Arizonans can see that in her … Read more