Morrison Blog Entries

Reports and Publications

March 2017

Bill Hart, Kendra L. Smith

The founder of Gammage & Burnham, Grady Gammage Jr., will receive the 2017 Award of Excellence from NAIOP Arizona at the 2017 Best of NAIOP on March 30 at the Arizona Biltmore.

Sarah Porter
March 16, 2017

Is desalination the answer to Arizona’s future water supply challenges?

According to the expert panelists at last week’s Kyl Center for Water Policy Leaders Roundtable, desalinated water is not likely to become Arizona’s next major water supply, but it may become a bigger part of some Arizona communities’ water portfolios.

Reports and Publications

January 2017

Bill Hart



If a person cannot afford to post bail, he/she stays in jail until trial, which can be costly to all sides.

Academy program and presentations

DAY 1
1. Arizona Legislative Academy Program
2. Arizona Economy

KTAR News reported on Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the Arizona Department of Child Safety teaming up on a three-year project for research and analysis on neglect assessment and prevention policies for Arizona children.

Child neglect is less visible than child abuse. But it’s a similarly dangerous type of child maltreatment in that the resulting negative outcomes too often last a lifetime.

About 70 percent of all reports made to the Department of Child Safety hotline concern neglect. Nearly 80 percent of the cases in which Arizona children are removed from their home cite neglect as one of the reasons.

Reports and Publications

December 2016

Erica Quintana, Bill Hart, Kelly Megahan



Spotlight on Arizona’s Kids



As part of a three-year project, this is the first in a series of briefs in which Morrison Institute for Public Policy will report on selected aspects of Arizona’s child welfare system.

Reports and Publications

September 2016

David R. Berman



Morrison Institute for Public Policy Senior Research Fellow David R. Berman lists the pro & con arguments related to:



Proposition 205, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, which would legalize marijuana for recreational use by people aged 21 and older.