Blogs




Arizona's Pilot Citizen Initiative Review

Reports and Publications

December 2015

Erica S. McFadden Ph.D., David Daugherty Ph.D., John Gastil Ph.D., Katherine Knobloch Ph.D., Daniel Schugurensky Ph.D., Joseph Garcia, Avanti Haque






Who is Arizona's Independent Voter?

Reports and Publications

November 2015

Erica S. McFadden, Ph.D., David Daugherty, Ph.D., Eric Hedberg, Ph.D., Joseph Garcia



The Citizens Clean Elections Commission and Morrison Institute for Public Policy look at the Independant Voter.




Economic Benefits of Hiring Opportunity Youths

Reports and Publications

October 2015

Linda Manning, Ph.D., Dan Hunting, Sapna Gupta






Starting Off Strong

Reports and Publications

August 2015

Bill Hart, Linda Manning, Ph.D., John A. Shoemaker, MPH






The Graduation Cliff (Summary & Full Report)

Reports and Publications

August 2015

Erica Skogebo McFadden, Ph.D., David B. Daugherty, Ph.D., Sang Eun Lee, Kim W. Fisher, Ph.D., Anthony Hack






Reducing Teen Dating Abuse

Reports and Publications

July 2015

Bill Hart, Eric C. Hedberg, Ph.D.



Many domestic violence offenders and victims are repeating patterns of belief and behavior formed in their teenage years. Experts agree that the most effective way to short-circuit teen dating violence is prevention – teaching teenagers how to form healthy relationships and to avoid or escape unhealthy ones.






Arizona's Best and Brightest

Reports and Publications

June 2015

Dan Hunting



Good News, Bad News, and an Opportunity




AZ redistricting format upheld, changes still possible
David Berman
June 30, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court surprised many observers on June 29 by upholding the right of Arizona’s five-member Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to draw congressional districts. But change may still be in order.




TANF cuts: Is Arizona shortsighted in its dwindling support for poor families?

Reports and Publications

June 2015

Thom Reilly, Keiran Vitek