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SB1336 lowers standard of care for all patients
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Show Low, Arizona, I have dedicated my life’s work to improving both the quality of and access to care in rural Arizona. SB 1336 will not improve rural access or care anywhere in Arizona.
With police body camera footage, there is more – or less – than meets the eye
Body camera footage can be a useful tool, but all viewers should understand that with this footage there is quite literally more – or less – than meets the eye.
Wild claims about patient-safety risks posed by SB1336 are baseless
I am embarrassed that my physician colleagues have turned to scare tactics in opposing Senate Bill 1336. This legislation provides for a very modest but necessary update to Arizona’s nearly century-old statutes governing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs).
Our job is to identify quality schools, and fund them
By giving every Arizona student – not just those in the right school district – access to a high quality education, we are giving them the foundation they need for economic independence and to pursue their dreams.
Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium
Cases of melanoma have steadily increased over the last 30 years due, in part, to the prevalence of indoor tanning use by teens. Life-threatening melanoma is now the fourth most common cancer among 15-29 year olds and has one of the highest years of potential life loss.
Full day kindergarten expansion essential to Arizona’s educational success
Achieving excellence in education is possible, and essential. There are schools in Arizona, both charter and district, that are closing the achievement gap for students. We must invest in these proof points and this budget is the first step.
Deliver the citizens’ initiative process back to Arizonans
Increased energy costs, recreational marijuana use and sales, taxpayer-financed political campaigns to chill free speech and barriers on attracting and retaining top health care leadership talent could have been the new norm for Arizonans as a result of the 2016 election.
Immigrants, documented or not, play fundamental role in Arizona’s economy
Arizona’s challenges with illegal immigration have been well documented through the years. In Arizona, like many states, you cannot separate our economy from immigration, nor the politics that goes with it.
Market forces are killing Navajo Generating Station: President Trump should not intercede
Electricity-generation markets across the U.S. are changing, which is to say they are modernizing. Our research shows time and again that coal-fired generation plants are no longer the viable business propositions they used to be.
With distorted picture of NAFTA, U.S.-Mexico trade relations face precarious time
It is clear that there is a distorted picture of NAFTA in our nation’s capital. Rather than losing jobs due to a trade deficit, per the Mexico Institute, more than 4.9 million jobs in the U.S. are tied to trade with Mexico.
Native Americans’ right to live off land is essential
For centuries, Native Americans – just like my fellow farmers – have called upon the land they call home to make their way in the world.
Transitioning Navajo Generating Station reflects changing energy economics
The energy landscape is rapidly changing, however, and we are very possibly in the midst of writing a new energy chapter for Arizona.
