Blogs
Clean water is critical to stem the coronavirus pandemic An opinion column in the Arizona Republic noted how we need clean water now, more than ever and included four ways to help keep Arizona's water supply clean and plentiful. |
Groundwater pumping in unregulated rural areas in Arizona Although Arizona has what is regarded nationwide as a model plan to wisely use our groundwater, there are parts of the state where those regulations don’t apply, and groundwater pumping is occurring at alarming rates in those areas. Efforts to deal with that in the legislature this year have come up dry. |
Services that Help Reduce or Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect This brief, prepared as part of Morrison Institute for Public Policy's Spotlight on Arizona’s Kids project, outlines evidence-based services that help reduce or prevent child abuse and neglect, including home visiting, parent education, domestic violence services, and substance abuse treatment. |
Lessons from the Past: What Changes to Arizona’s Adjudication and Surface Water Statutes Will Survive Constitutional Review? In 1995, the Arizona Legislature amended the state's adjudication statutes and other statutes that underlie surface water rights in Arizona. Those amendments led to five years of legal challenges that all but derailed the adjudication proceedings. In the end, the state Supreme Court ruled that most of the amendments were unconstitutional. |
Kyl Water Center: In The News • 2020 Morrison Institute for Public Policy, June 12, 2020 |
Symposium on gun deaths in Arizona Arizona Horizon reported that Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety held a symposium on gun deaths in Arizona on January 29. The symposium covered Arizona’s violent death reporting system, firearm fatality facts and recommendations to reduce firearm violence. |
Morrison Institute presents data on firearm deaths in Arizona The State Press reported that Morrison Institute for Public Policy hosted a public presentation on firearm deaths in Arizona from the start of 2015 to the end of 2017 on Wednesday and highlighted that deaths have increased over that time period. |