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Mishandling Panhandling: Proposals to Address Arizona’s Homelessness Crisis

Feb 06, 2023

By Mary Saxon.Arizona has one of the worst homelessness crises in the country. Despite this, Senator John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills recently introduced a pair of bills, Senate Bill 1022 and Senate Bill 1024, which criminalize homelessness. Senate Bill 1022,…

House Bill Offers State Benefits for Pregnant Women Barred from Seeking an Abortion: Will It Survive?

Jan 30, 2023

By Katharine Greer. ‘Tis the season for bills. On January 9th, the Arizona State Legislature opened with forty-one new members and a new governor. Representatives and Senators are excitedly plopping their bills in their respective hoppers. As of January 25th,…

Arizona Prop. 211 Passes, Requiring Political Committees Taking Out Ads to Disclose Their Donors in Certain Circumstances

Dec 05, 2022

By Chris Shanley.Arizona residents voted overwhelmingly to approve Proposition 211 at the ballot box on November 8, 2022. The passing of Proposition 211 now requires that independent expenditure committees spending $50,000 or more on a statewide campaign or $25,000 or…

An Early Affirmative End to Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Nov 30, 2022

By Anthony Gonnella.On Halloween morning, October 31, 2022, the Supreme Court heard two cases challenging affirmative action policies in college admissions: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. Petitioners are…

The CRIT Water Resiliency Act: Water Can Flow or It Can Crash

Nov 26, 2022

By Clayton Kinsey.Water, water, water! If you follow the news, presumably you’ve run into a piece about the Colorado River and/or Arizona’s dire water situation. If not, many of my colleagues have highlighted important issues such as the consequences of…

Arizona’s New Voucher System

Nov 21, 2022

By Aidan Wright.Arizona has long suffered from poor educational performance compared to other states. As a result, reformers over the years have suggested various solutions to the problem. One such innovation is the school “voucher.” Since 2011, Arizona has offered…

Censoring Porn or Silencing Culture? The Implications of Arizona’s Unsexy New Education Law

Nov 18, 2022

By Esther Gold.Beloved, timeless works of literature are now in jeopardy of banishment from the gates of public school curricula and libraries in Arizona. On September 24, 2022, House Bill 2495 (codified as A.R.S. §15-120.02) went into effect banning the…

Arizona Death Row Appeal Being Considered by the Supreme Court will have Important Implications for Precedent, Procedure, and Prisoners

Nov 13, 2022

By Ashley Lin.The Supreme Court of the United States is hearing an Arizona death row prisoner’s appeal based on an Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure. But the effects of the Justices’ decisions regarding this procedural rule could be unexpectedly profound…

Arizona Just Strengthened Protections for Homebuyers, But At What Cost?

Nov 07, 2022

By Jackson Pittman.A Housing Market on FireRecent years have been chaotic for the housing market. All-time low mortgage interest rates and a relative shortage of homes resulted in widespread success for home sellers—and overwhelming frustration for buyers. Arizona has been…

Arizonans’ Reproductive Rights Remain in Flux, Four Months After Dobbs

Nov 02, 2022

While the most recent court order in Arizona’s post-Roe abortion saga brings momentary clarity, the reproductive rights of Arizonans remains in flux. In 1864, prior to Arizona becoming a state, the Arizona territorial legislature codified a law banning almost all…