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Local Small Businesses Work Tirelessly to Help City of Chandler Rewrite its Sign Code

Phoenix—Small businesses in Chandler, Arizona will no longer face unconstitutional restrictions on the way they communicate with their customers, thanks..

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SCOTTSDALE REWRITES SIGN CODE TO ADDRESS FREE SPEECH CHALLENGE BY LOCAL FARMERS’ MARKET

Phoenix—Today, a local farmers’ market voluntarily dismissed its free speech lawsuit against the City of Scottsdale after the City rewrote..

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HB 2477: Protecting Citizen’s Rights and Stopping Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Last week the Arizona House of Representatives took an important step toward protecting the due process rights of all Arizonans...

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Judge Voids World View Contract with Pima County

Tucson—Today a Pima County Superior Court judge struck down the County’s contract with World View Enterprises that would have required..

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Ending Wild West Cronyism – HB2213 and GPLET Reform

When Phoenix tops Manhattan, Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, and Silicon Valley in net office space leasing, you have to wonder:..

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Goldwater Institute Sues City of Peoria over Taxpayer Subsidy to Private University

Phoenix—Today taxpayers represented by the Goldwater Institute filed suit against the City of Peoria to stop it from giving away..

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Mission Unaccomplished: The Misplaced Priorities of the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Office

MISSION UNACCOMPLISHED: THE MISPLACED PRIORITIES OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF ’S OFFICE

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What did America’s founding fathers learn from the ancient Greeks?

In part 2 of a 3-part series, Goldwater’s Vice President for Litigation Timothy Sandefur explores how the authors of the..

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When Taxpayers Carry All the Risk

The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed from our Chairman of the Board, Eric Crown about our case against Pima..

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The Greeks and the Founding Fathers

America’s Founding Fathers weren’t building from scratch.  They were deeply versed in the philosophy, culture, and history of the ancient..

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