Got Civics?

Who was the first U.S. president? What are the two major political parties in the United States? A new survey of 1,300 Arizona public high school students reveals that only 3.5 percent have enough basic civics knowledge to pass a U.S. citizenship test with questions like these. Freedom From Responsibility: A Survey of Civic Knowledge Among Arizona High School Students reveals these troubling findings in detail and shows how they can be fixed.
Read Freedom From Responsibility here.

Mesa Impact Fees Appeal

The Goldwater Institute is seeking an appeal in its legal challenge against Mesa's cultural facilities impact fee, after a judge sided with the city in ruling that impact fees can pay for building museums rather than necessary public services strained by the impact of new development. The Goldwater Institute believes cultural facilities are not a necessary public service as required by the impact fee statute. Read more here.