K-12 Funding Index

How much funding does your school district receive?
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Report Card

Is your legislator on the honor roll or did they earn a C, D or worse?

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Spending Watch

How fast does the Arizona state government spend your money? $888 per second.

Darcy Olsen

President and CEO of the Goldwater Institute.

Welcome to the Goldwater Institute, Arizona’s premier policy research organization.  In keeping with the principles advanced by Senator Barry Goldwater, the Goldwater Institute is dedicated to protecting and expanding economic freedom, constitutional liberty and educational opportunity.  The Goldwater Institute meets public policy challenges with  innovative solutions that maximize our freedoms and keep government within its constitutional boundaries.  The Goldwater Institute has been a policy architect for many successful reforms, including school choice laws, initiatives to protect private property and tax relief. When good ideas aren’t enough, sometimes what you need is a good lawyer. The Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation defends our constitutional liberties and protects taxpayers against unconstitutional expansions of government power.

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