Greg Stanton didn’t need a historic drought and near collapse of the Colorado River to understand the importance of water security.

This summary is intended to be a quick reference guide for voters as they consider questions that will be on the November 2022 ballot. 

Author and Arizona native Mike Slaven, and ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy visiting scholar, presents his latest work.

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There is a tension “between safeguarding the integrity of the vote and ensuring broad participation,” but it is larger structural forces – economic development, history, culture – that seem to determine the level of election turnout and fraud. At the same time, small procedural changes can increase participation somewhat or effectively disenfranchise some of the population.

Arizona State University’s (ASU) Bridging Success program, launched in 2015, is a campus-based support program for students with a background in foster care, also known as Foster Care Alumni (FCA). The program is housed within ASU’s School of Social Work, which is part of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.

Mental illness, substance use and homelessness impact people from all walks of life. The effects of these issues extend far beyond the individual — negatively affecting loved ones and threatening public health and safety. In Arizona in 2020, there were at least 11,000 people experiencing homelessness. Of those individuals, roughly 1,700 had a serious mental illness, and about 1,900 chronically used substances like drugs and alcohol.

Editor’s note: This story is featured in the 2022 year in review.

This commentary focuses on the performance of the five-member Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC), which has had responsibility for undertaking the task of developing congressional and legislative districts in the state three times — in 2001, 2011 and 2021 — since the voters created it in 2000.

Almost 11,000 homeless people live in Arizona. Almost 2,000 of them have chronic substance abuse issues, and more than 1,700 are seriously mentally ill.

It’s an issue that affects local economies, public spaces, law enforcement and health care systems.