
ALEC State Liaison and State Chair(s)
Articles and Media Highlights
Arizona Anti-ESA Initiative Fails to Gather Enough Verified Signatures to Make November Ballot
Supporters of education freedom are celebrating after the so-called “Protect Education Act,” a union-backed initiative designed to strangle Arizona’s Empowerment…
Arizona’s School Choice Victory and Government Transparency Efforts: Jonathan Williams on The Hugh Hewitt Show
Hugh Hewitt spoke with ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams about the recent win for school choice in…
Arizona’s Anti-ESA Scandal: Why States Need ALEC’s Ballot Measure Guardrails
An Arizona initiative purporting to “reform” the state’s universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program appeared, on paper, to be…
ALEC in The Center Square: Arizona lawmakers eyeing budget surplus to pay pension debt
The Center Square Jun 10, 2022 By: Cole Lauterbach Arizona lawmakers are in the final weeks of…
Arizona Celebrates Economic Outlook in Rich States, Poor States
Along with ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson, the Center for State Fiscal Reform hosted a celebratory event in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Arizona Can Seize the Opportunity to Restore Economic Competitiveness
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 data and the congressional reapportionment that will follow proves that Americans “vote with their…
Arizona Becomes First State to Pass Universal Student Scholarships
In 2011, Arizona became the first state to create an education savings account (ESA) program. Initially, the Empowerment Scholarship…
Arizona’s Blueprint for a New Age of American Manufacturing
Semiconductors—also called “microchips” or simply “chips”—are the fundamental ingredients to all modern digital and electronic devices, from smartphones, laptops, and…
Arizona’s Choice on Federal Tax Conformity
In the decision about whether to conform to the tax changes of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), Arizonans…
Arizona No. 1 State for Worker Freedom: ALEC in The Center Square
The release of States That Work: A Labor Policy Roadmap Across America received great coverage from a number of…
ALEC in Center Square: Why Illinois Doesn’t Rival Prosperous Arizona
Jonathan Williams, ALEC Executive Vice President, Policy and Chief Economist, was recently featured in Center Square, speaking about the…


