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It was a headline I never thought I would see in our own country: Majority of Americans Want to Scrap First Amendment.

I applaud former Arizona Senator Catherine Miranda’s recent op-ed supporting the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (Arizona has much to gain with passage of USMCA).

From expanding Medicaid in the states to increasing health care literacy, reprioritizing education and enrollment to expanding federal subsidies to help more Arizonans get covered – we need to work on expanding what’s working with the ACA and addressing what isn’t. This could be one of the keys to tackling the high cost of health care in our country while expanding access and coverage for more of those who need it. Democrats and Republicans alike should take note.

As I often like to recount, in late 1999 my business partner, Jack Cuddihy, and I had the two qualities – naiveté and stupidity – absolutely necessary to go into a business we thought we knew a lot about.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments regarding the legality of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, on November 12. Court injunctions have left protections temporarily in place, but should the Supreme Court make a decision terminating the program, which they could as early as January 2020, these protections will be stripped and Dreamers, such as myself, could be subject to deportation. We need our Arizona senators to act now.

Securing the long-term sustainability of our state’s outstanding public higher education institutions for future generations of Arizonans is central to the board’s work. This report comes at an ideal time, as the board continues its efforts to evolve sound governance in the real estate sector for 21st Century universities evolving their own designs for continued success and advance in an increasingly competitive market for higher education.

The horror stories about female heads of household being trapped in a maze of economic insecurity persist as the most haunting legacy of the gender pay gap.

From the first manned hot-air balloon flight in the 18th century to NASA’s recent mission to Mars, mankind has exhibited an innate desire to take aviation to new heights.

It’s crickets here in Arizona.

Gov. Doug Ducey, the self-proclaimed “Education Governor” has unfairly lashed out at Judge Neil V. Wake for his ruling on the Proposition 123 enactment.