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A Place in the World

At Morrison Institute for Public Policy, a research center within Arizona State University's Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, we combine academic rigor with the goal of informing real community change.


Understanding Proposition 207
The Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207) proposes to legalize and regulate the production, sale, possession, and consumption of recreational marijuana. A ballot measure first legalized medical use of marijuana in 1996, but decisions by the state legislature and the governor, in effect, maintained prohibition. Another successful ballot initiative in 2010 established the current medical marijuana program. In 2016, voters rejected a recreational marijuana initiative with 51% against.

Understanding Proposition 208
The Invest in Education Act (Proposition 208) would generate funds for schools by placing a 3.5% income tax surcharge on taxable individual income that is more than $250,000 for a single person (or married person filing separately) or $500,000 for a married couple (or a single person who is a head of household).



State of Our State 2019

State of Our State 2019

Rural Arizona Now

Revisit the event: morrisoninstitute.asu.edu/




Arizona, Nevada Policy Centers to Address Inequities in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery of Urban Latino and Native American Communities

Walmart Foundation $300,000 grant aims to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in disaster preparedness and recovery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2020

CONTACT:
ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, morrison.institute@asu.edu
Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, info@guinncenter.org


One Crisis Away: Rethinking Housing Stability for Arizonans on the Margin

COVID-19 has disrupted almost every facet of American life, but the pandemic’s economic impact has been especially challenging for some of Arizona’s renters.

Prior to COVID-19, approximately one in seven Arizonans lived in poverty, which is defined as earning less than $13,000 a year for a single adult and less than $22,000 a year for a three-person family.