Press Releases

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Regulations, Taxes Rule Investments
Posted on August 25, 2003 | Type: Press Release | Author: Tom JenneyIn a recent article, a Republic business columnist argued that opponents of the Phoenix Civic Plaza expansion and university lab funding lacked the vision of Arizona political giants like Carl Hayden and John Rhodes, writing that "If we'd have listened to the naysayers, California would happily have taken our water."
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Mas Alla de Represas y Canales?
Posted on August 25, 2003 | Type: Press Release | Author: Tom JenneyEn un escrito reciente, un columnista de la Arizona Republic argumentó que los opositores a la expansión de la Phoenix Civic Plaza y a la construcción de laboratorios en las universidades, carecen de la visión que tuvieron los gigantes políticos del pasado de Arizona, como Carl Hayden y John Rhodes. Segón el escritor, "Si hubiéramos escuchado a los opositores, California se hubiera apropiado de nuestra agua."
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Informe sobre becas en Florida apoya reforma propuesta para Arizona
Posted on June 24, 2003 | Type: Press ReleasePHOENIX -- En un informe publicado el 11 de junio del aóo en curso, Jay P. Greene y Greg Forster, eruditos del Manhattan Institute, reportan que el programa de becas escolares McKay del estado de Florida ha merecido el apoyo deuna mayoría decisiva de padres de niños clasificados como "discapacitados en aprendizaje." Bajo elprograma McKay, las familias de niños clasificados así reciben becas que se pueden utilizar paramatricularlos en escuelas privadas.
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Goldwater Researcher: Findings Hold on Higher Ed Study
Posted on June 16, 2003 | Type: Press ReleaseOn May 12, 2003, the Goldwater Institute released "Does Spending on Higher Education Drive Economic Growth? 20 Years of Evidence Reviewed," by Jon Sanders, higher education policy analyst for the John Locke Foundation.
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Study on McKay Vouchers Lends Support to Goldwater Reform Plan
Posted on June 11, 2003 | Type: Press ReleasePHOENIX-In a study released today, Manhattan Institute scholars Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster find that Florida's McKay Scholarship Program has overwhelming support among parents of the special education children who receive vouchers through the program. The study's findings lend support to a Goldwater Institute proposal to use special education vouchers to combat pervasive racial bias by Arizona public school districts in the labeling of children as "learning disabled."