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Opioids cost 1,375 Arizonans their lives in 2018 alone. This is a public health epidemic, and we need to leverage every available public-health policy tool to reduce opioid addiction. Fortunately, research into safer pain relievers is paying off and FDA-approved, opioid-free alternatives are now available. This means patients can recover from medical procedures in comfort while taking fewer, if any, opioid doses.

From your most joyful to your most frightening moments, our health systems have been with you, the people of Arizona, on your journey. We, the CEO’s who represent those health systems, believe outstanding, reliable health care is an essential part of the infrastructure of the great state of Arizona.

For retailers, innovation isn’t just a catchphrase; it’s essential to survival. And this is perhaps one of the boldest innovations to come along in some time. Retailers, customers, and local governments will all benefit as we strive to keep retail centers healthy and whole.

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman recently urged citizens to support her in repealing Arizona’s English learner law, based on Proposition 203 of 2000, which requires mostly Spanish-speaking children to learn English through structured English immersion techniques.

We have been hopeful that Congress would pass a law to protect Dreamers, whose lives are in limbo, from deportation. But we’re still waiting, and the clock is ticking.

There’s an old story about a town that had a mouse problem.

The college admission scandal from earlier this year has reinvigorated a debate surrounding our country’s higher education system and prompted critical conversations on not only equity and access to higher education, but also accountability and transparency on the part of institutions that accept taxpayer money.

No matter how the statistics are reported, American women in the most generous nation in the world continue to face wage inequality through limited access to educational, life and career opportunities afforded their male counterparts.

Like it or not, people do not have a right to privacy that protects them from being photographed in public areas, especially when they are doing something newsworthy.

Since America’s founding, we have served as a safe harbor for countless generations of immigrants, offering the ability to work hard and pursue the American Dream. As a city, Phoenix encapsulates this tradition. Our community has enjoyed contributions from generations of immigrants as business owners, educators, and civic leaders.