From Stand for Children Voters support leveraging state trust fund for education, want to fix lower performing schools through raising teacher pay and weighing family income in the community when funding education Phoenix, Arizona – After several years of other issues taking the spotlight in the state of Arizona, a recent statewide survey commissioned by Stand for Children…
DetailsSince our firm started back in 1996, the HighGround team has always taken pride in not only our work, but in the high-quality kind of people who work here. There is no better example of that than Kate Fassett. Over the past decade at HighGround, Kate has grown from our office manager into one of…
DetailsFrank Lloyd Wright once said, “The measure of a man’s culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.” There have been times that I have said that politics can be a soul sucking endeavor. Sometimes the act of public policy is difficult to appreciate – I have…
DetailsWe were sad to learn that Dr. Margaret Kenski has passed away after a long battle with cancer. We send our condolences to Hank, their daughters, and their grandchildren. We join in mourning her loss with the many throughout Arizona who had the honor of knowing and working with her. HighGround’s Robert Johnson first met…
DetailsHere at HighGround, we have the pleasure to work with some of the best and brightest minds Arizona has to offer. One reason everyone at our firm loves what we get to do is the opportunity to mix creative strategy with creative expression. As many of you know, HighGround is currently working on the efforts…
DetailsCampaigns and Elections has a great article from JR Starrett laying out a very helpful campaign manager’s checklist for the first 90 days of the campaign. You can check out the article here. Starrett does a good job of setting out several of the key items that all campaigns should consider in their early stages.…
DetailsIt was recently announced that “House of Cards” will come back for a fourth season. There is no doubt that it is a fun show to watch and there are certainly aspects of that program that are rather true to life. Like “The West Wing” and “The Ides of March,” these shows have archetypes that…
DetailsThis time of year brings us gorgeous weather, cherry blossoms in Washington DC, and of course, the Arizona Capitol Times Best of the Capitol awards. The 2015 nominations are in and we’re asking you for your consideration. Click here to see the entire list of nominations. Please take the time to vote for HighGround and…
DetailsIt was 150 years ago today that our country lost one of its finest Presidents. Abraham Lincoln saw this nation through some of its darkest moments. In Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin recognized Abraham Lincoln’s ability to understand his own emotional needs and connected it to Daniel Goleman’s definition of emotional intelligence saying, “‘Having…
DetailsBy: J. Charles Coughlin In yesterday’s Arizona Capitol Times Yellow Sheet Report, I was quoted as saying that, if the State Senator from Mohave County chose to challenge our incumbent United States Senator John McCain, that her candidacy would “die in the darkness of her own soul.” These are tough words that need, in my…
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