AZCentral.com reported that amid a nationwide debate about teacher salaries, Elisabeth Milich, a Phoenix-area teacher, shared her salary, and her frustration, on social media by posting a photo of her pay stub on Facebook.

ASU's State Press presented a feature on the history of Gammage Auditorium, the iconic ASU landmark that continues to make up the cultural bedrock of Tempe.

Grady Gammage, the former ASU president and namesake of the building, had a vision for ASU and enlisted his long-time friend, internationally known architect Frank Lloyd Wright, to bring it to fruition.

The Arizona Republic reported that state political leaders say they already are on track to give Arizona teachers raises through the governor’s 2019 budget. The raise would be 1 percent, or about $500 per year. But the growing movement of teachers demanding more could increase pressure at the Capitol to go further.

Reports and Publications

March 2018

David Schlinkert

Research shows that stable housing provides numerous individual and societal benefits. Arizona, however, faces a low-income housing shortage. So, what can be done to increase the supply of affordable housing for the 1.22 million Arizonans living in poverty?

The 12 News Verify team reported that when pressed with questions about Arizona’s poor public teacher salaries, Gov. Doug Ducey made two comments that 12 News verified are unsupported or simply false.

Speaking to KTAR 92.3 in November 2017, Ducey responded to a question about Arizona’s national ranking being No. 49 or No. 50 for teachers’ salary.

The Arizona Republic reported that Arizona teachers and supporters flooded social media Wednesday with photos wearing red to school in protest of what many described as the state's lethargic response to a teacher crisis that's driven thousands of qualified educators out of the classroom.

Joseph Garcia
March 6, 2018

Arizona and Maricopa County have had their share of self-declared “honest mistakes” in recent times when it comes to voting operations, integrity and access:

Sarah Porter
March 5, 2018

Recently, I got an email from a producer of a national television news show, subject line, “On deadline for tonight!” (They always start by saying they’re on deadline.)

Reports and Publications

March 2018

Erica Quintana, Jade Sun



This is the fourth in a series of briefs in which Morrison Institute for Public Policy will report on selected aspects of Arizona’s child welfare system.

Arizona Horizon guests Sarah Porter, Director of Arizona State University’s Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute, and Jim Holway, vice chair of the Central Arizona Project Board, discussed the controversy of the Colorado River delivering water to different parts of the state as excess water dwindles.