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.

Arizona Public Media reported that while many point to teacher salaries as the best way to address Arizona's teacher recruitment and retainment problem, one group is putting a special emphasis on another factor: data.

The National Council on Teacher Quality said Arizona, and other states, aren't doing enough to collect and connect data — in particular, data on teacher preparation programs.

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Phoenix Business Journal posted a blog by Steve Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, saying that Arizona companies need to fill thousands of openings. "That’s good news for the state," wrote Zylstra. "The bad news is we may not have enough talent to fill these spots with Arizonans as fast as needed.