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Budget writers must continue culture of cutting taxes

Today in our country, by the time students growing up in low-income communities are 9-years-old, they are already three grade levels behind their higher-income peers. Half of them won’t graduate from high school. Those who do graduate will, on average, ...

As the leading voice for business, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry recognizes the importance of promoting a culture of tax reform. With neighbors like Nevada, with no state income tax; and California, with competitive research and development tax ...

We need to stop the divisive, unproductive finger-pointing and blame-placing that has not served our community or criminal justice system well. A great deal of publicity has been circulating about enforcement of Proposition 100 in the case of Ruben Rivera. ...

Proposed increases won

Out about town, I have heard, time and again: “What beautiful weather we’ve been having!” Yes, the clear warm days of late February and early March have been pleasant. What’s more, it’s been raining today in southern Arizona, the sky ...

There’s a secret that schools want to share with working parents – if you can’t afford health insurance for your kids, you might be able to get it for just $10 to $35 a month. Unfortunately, the state of Arizona ...

Do as we say, not as we do. That’s the message from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. When Congress enacted the Real ID Act in 2005 to create national standards for strengthening the security of driver’s licenses, it asked ...

Nearly a century ago, our state’s founders gave its citizens the right to bring to the forefront issues that may have otherwise been ignored by the traditional political system. This year, however, some of our elected officials are attacking this ...

American public education has been in a state of reform since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in the late 1950s. From frivolous fads to harmful trends, educators have seen it all. All the while, per student spending has almost quadrupled ...