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Richard Morrison
Richard N. Morrison

Richard N. Morrison

Co-founder

Morrison Institute for Public Policy




Water management strategies key to Southwest's resilience

Yale's Climate Connections reported that in the arid Southwest, residents are surviving drought by relying on each other.




Change in Central Phoenix
Reports and Publications
August 2018
Dan Hunting

Preliminary Findings from Maggie's Place Study
David Schlinkert
August 29, 2018

"This is the first time in my life that I've been sober like this. I've tried to get sober before, but it never worked. Without Maggie's Place, I probably would have lost my baby, and I'd probably be running the streets."
– Former homeless and pregnant mother in Arizona




Arpaio’s time has come and gone

The Atlantic reported that the future caught up to Joe Arpaio, the “toughest sheriff in America,” who was crushed in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary in Arizona, and although pardoned by Trump a year ago, consigned him to the kind of jail he dreaded most: irrelevance.




Complacency a cause of Arizona's voting crisis

Arizona State University's State Press reported that in 2016, almost half of Arizona’s population did not vote in the presidential election and less than three percent of ASU’s student body voted last spring in the USG elections.

Because elections give people the power to control many aspects of their daily lives, ASU public policy experts said low voter participation is creating a crisis situation for democracy.




Town Hall looks at Arizona's justice system

A report produced by Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for the Arizona Town Hall details ways that Arizona’s prison and sentencing system can reduce incarceration




Spotlight on Arizona's Kids Conference

Helping state leaders, child advocates and others develop the most-effective child welfare policies.

Spotlight on Arizona's Kids Conference includes a keynote address by Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D. and a panel discussion moderated by Tom Morton, M.S.W.

Panelists include Charles Wilson, M.S.S.W., Nancy K. Young, Ph.D., M.S.W. and Allie Bones, M.S.W.




Will the millennial voice be heard?

University of Arizona's Daily Wildcat reported that according to Gallup, 63 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the current direction of the country. Yet, if voter turnout is anything like the last five primary elections, no more than 30 percent of Arizonans registered to vote are going to cast a ballot in August 28th’s primary.




NAFTA to be modernized by new trade deal

Some understand that the North American Free Trade Agreement needs to be modernized, and on Monday, President Trump announced a new trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico. However, there are not many details on this sixteen-year U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement and Mexico’s President asking for the participation of Canada.