Arizona has an accomplished history of managing our State’s precious water resources.  The history is long: beginning with the founders of the Salt River Valley Water User’s Association, the first Federal Reclamation project in the West (when Arizona was still a territory), and continuing with the precedent setting, state-driven, bipartisan groundwater management legislation of 1980…

By: Paul Bentz Mark Twain may or may not have said, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”  However, whether the quote is authentic or not, the sentiment most definitely is.  Fighting over water is a storied part of Arizona’s rich history, and these battles continue today as we face the effects of…

As Republicans gather for their mandatory meeting on Saturday at the Church of Nations, we have a quiz question for everyone: Who is likely the only Republican at the state meeting to have endorsed both President Donald Trump and former Governor Janet Napolitano? “Besties” In 2002, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsed Janet Napolitano for…

By: J. Charles Coughlin “Through your scientific genius you have made of the world a neighborhood, but through your moral and spiritual genius you have failed to make of it a brotherhood.”  – Dr. Martin Luther King 11/4/56 President Ronald Reagan signed today’s holiday honoring Dr. King’s birth into law in 1986.  It wasn’t until…

Government Affairs Expert Scott A. Smith Joins HighGround Former Chief of Staff to Governor Jan Brewer brings nearly 30 years of government experience to Phoenix public affairs firm   Contact: DREW SEXTON 602-528-3684 PHOENIX (December 20, 2017) – HighGround Public Affairs, the longest continuously operating public affairs firm in Arizona, today announced the hiring of…