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Now is the time! Arizona can take the lead.

HCR2044 would enshrine the strongest state protections against DEI and race-based “affirmative action” of any state in the country.

We need House Speaker Steve Montenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen to move on HCR2044.

Arizona students, state employees, and state contractors shouldn’t have to suffer from the whiplash of Washington D.C., nor watch their state universities devolve further into hotbeds of DEI (or whatever surface-level rebrand it subsequently undergoes).

HCR2044 would turn this dynamic on its head, forcing our universities to stand against federal extortion and discriminatory DEI initiatives—now and always, regardless of the euphemisms used.

It’s no wonder that leading national conservative voices who’ve been in the trenches of higher education policy have echoed the call for Arizona lawmakers to pass HCR2044.

The City of Phoenix is at it again... and so are we.

Phoenix is trying to sell a parcel of downtown land to a private, out-of-state developer at a $3.3 million discount with no real public benefit in return.

That's Illegal, and Goldwater is suing the city to put a stop to it.

The Arizona Constitution requires government entities to receive a direct and proportionate return when they sell public assets. But Phoenix leaders are attempting to give Pennrose, LLC a massive discount on prime downtown real estate, agreeing to sell property worth at least $4.8 million for only about $1.5 million.

That’s not proportionate, and there are no other public benefits in the agreement to make up the difference.

Simply put, Arizona law does not give way just because city officials find a particular project desirable.

Public property belongs to the public. When government officials transfer millions of dollars in public value to a private developer, the Arizona Constitution requires a genuine public purpose and a proportionate exchange—not deep discounts justified by speculative or illusory benefits that taxpayers will never see.

History is being buried, and it's all because of political correctness.

A new Goldwater Institute report shows how ideological activists are twisting a federal law with disastrous consequences for science.

Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss, Ph.D., writes in the report that activists are stretching the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, beyond its intended purpose.

That's restricting research, removing artifacts from public view, and burying evidence that helps us understand the ancient Southwest.

Museums and universities should preserve and study history, not hide it. The past belongs to future generations and should be protected from political pressure and ideological agendas.

Read The Reburial of the Southwest: Closing Off Native History and Archaeology in the link below.

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Can the government force a private business to fund speech it disagrees with?

The Constitution says no.

But Santa Barbara County has created a mandatory wine "Business Improvement District" requiring wineries to pay a 1% assessment and join a private trade association that controls how those funds are spent.

For Flying Goat Cellars, a family-owned winery that has spent decades building its own brand and business model, that means being compelled to support marketing and advocacy efforts it does not endorse.

The Supreme Court has long recognized that Americans cannot be forced to subsidize speech they disagree with or compelled into private associations against their will.

That's why Flying Goat Cellars, represented by the Goldwater Institute, has filed suit to defend its First and Fifth Amendment rights.

Government should protect freedom of association and free expression—not force citizens to bankroll someone else's message.

A permit application shouldn't disappear into a bureaucratic black hole.

With the signing of House Bill 2552, Tennessee has taken a major step toward restoring accountability and common sense to its permitting process.

It's a win for housing, property rights, and good government.

Tennessee Cuts Red Tape and Speeds Up Housing Permits Red tape has long been one of the most stubborn barriers to increasing the housing supply and reducing costs in..