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How would you feel if your elected officials did your subscription shopping for you, deciding who will provide your mobile phone service, which streaming networks you can watch, what newspapers you can read or where you can have a gym ...

Amelia Flores, chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, recently wrote: “The Colorado River Indian Tribes have been the stewards of the river since long before the dams were built, and the settlers entered the basin.”  The group of four ...

American democracy is weak for a plethora of reasons. One cause is a loss of a shared sense of history. Nation’s survive when the populous can unite behind a shared identity, a common-understanding of who we are. Until recently we ...

After two decades of drought, communities and industries across Arizona are grappling with the reality of less water. The Colorado River simply doesn’t deliver the bounty that it once did. That means thinking differently about our state’s most precious natural ...

Dear Editor, As 2022 begins, many of us are reminded of the chaos, division, and seemingly distracted legislating that plagued the Democratic Party this past year. Holding a majority in the House, Senate, and White House is rare, and with ...

Our right to record police is a mechanism that holds our public officials accountable. Arizona lawmakers recently introduced legislation that puts our right in jeopardy. House Bill 2319, sponsored by AZ State Representative John Kavanaugh (R-Fountain Hills), would make it ...

Morris Richard Jones III, prohibited possessor, used illegally appropriated guns to slay the mother of an innocent and now orphaned child, shoot five Phoenix police officers, and injure four others with bullet shrapnel. If our community ever needed emergency legislation, ...

Like many students of my generation, I have vivid early memories of gun violence. I remember my 7th grade math class making snowflakes to send to traumatized students after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Four years later, I was ...

It is imperative that the Arizona Legislature pass the Override K-12 Spending Cap before March 1st or Arizona District Schools will immediately face over a BILLION DOLLARS in cuts for the remainder of the school year. Understand, this is not ...

Phoenix prides itself on its business-friendly policies. But a new report shows how the city stifles entrepreneurship during the critical startup period.  Aspiring restaurant owners, for example, must submit seven sets of plans and drawings with their building permit applications. ...