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Liberty In Action: $750,000 for American Airlines. Courtesy of Taxpayers

The public purse is not a private piggy bank for government leaders to dip into to reward their favorite businesses...

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Oklahoma Signs Right to Try 2.0 Into Law

In a major win for rare-disease patients in Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed the Goldwater Institute’s model Right to..

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Week in Review: This Is Bigger than One Victory

The Goldwater Institute’s 2026 is off to an extraordinary start. So far this year, we have worked with partners across..

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Goldwater Institute Victories for Liberty in 2026

The Goldwater Institute’s 2026 is off to an extraordinary start. So far this year, we have worked with partners across..

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Week in Review: Civics Not DEI

Every university student deserves a robust American civics education—in Arizona it’s not a suggestion, it’s a requirement. But a new..

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Week in Review: 17 States!

Patients in West Virginia with rare and ultra-rare diseases have a new reason for hope. That’s because Gov. Patrick Morrisey..

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West Virginia Enacts Right to Try for Individualized Treatments

In a life-affirming victory for rare disease patients, West Virginia became the 17th state to enact the Goldwater Institute’s Right..

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Week in Review: A Regulatory Rein-In

The power to make laws should rest with the people and their elected representatives—not government bureaucrats who impose costly rules..

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Cancer Survivor Diego Morris Champions Right to Try at Federalist Society Symposium

The Federalist Society’s annual Student Symposium, held last weekend in Phoenix, opened a panel on “Mandates, Medicine, & Liberty” not..

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A Piece of Heaven: Arizona Turns 114

Senator Barry Goldwater once said that “Arizona is 113,400 square miles of heaven that God cut out.” On Arizona’s 114th birthday,..

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