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Welcome to the best opinion pieces of the week from News From The States. Our commentary includes our own journalists from across our extensive network as well as outside voices to bring a wide range of perspectives and ideas. In addition to the sampling below, you can look through all our commentary here.

 

 TOP COMMENTARY OF THE WEEK 

Fear and loathing in the Arizona legislature

Jim Small | Arizona Mirror

 
Photo illustration by Jim Small.Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

Photo illustration by Jim Small.
Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

The Republicans who run our state legislature are terrified.

They’re terrified that their policy proposals are deeply unpopular. Terrified of facing even a tiny bit of accountability. Terrified of anyone knowing what they’re doing or who they’re talking to. 

They’re terrified of being forced to work with Democrats. Terrified of compromising even a little bit with Gov. Katie Hobbs. Terrified that, if they stubbornly refuse to do so, some pragmatic GOP lawmakers will broker a deal with Hobbs and the Democrats in a repeat of 2004, when Republican leaders were rolled after months of deadlocked budget negotiations.

Republicans are terrified that their nearly 60-year stranglehold on power in the legislature is coming to an end, and they’re desperately trying to maintain control.

 

No, guns do kill people. And the solution is glaringly obvious

John L. Micek | Pennsylvania Capital-Star

 

How are Wisconsin women doing under the 1849 abortion ban?

Ruth Conniff | Wisconsin Examiner

 

Why are School Choice Week’s loudest supporters opposed to expanding school choice?

Kris Nordstrom | NC Policy Watch

 

School choice cost can’t be ignored

Niki Kelly | Indiana Capital Chronicle

 

So far away, so close to home: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Björn Krondorfe | Arizona Mirror

 

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