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My constituents are distraught over financing agreements and sales practices of some roof-top solar companies, an issue that is getting more and more attention in Arizona and across the nation. It is time that something is done.

Arizona is known less as a hub for culture than as a haven for golf and recreation — so goes conventional wisdom. But this claim slights the institution that has been propelling Arizona’s boys into young manhood since 1948: The Phoenix Boys Choir.

The proper treatment of patients can take on a variety of challenges, but in all things physicians are guided by the Hippocratic Oath that includes the phrase, “I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.”

Every day in America, approximately 22 U.S. military veterans commit suicide. That’s 8,000 veterans dying each year.

The Arizona Legislature has always had a solid core of real fiscal conservatives who believe in balanced budgets and want to protect Arizona’s taxpayers, producers and consumers.

Hundreds of millions of eyes will be on our Valley for the Super Bowl. While Glendale’s University of Phoenix Stadium hosts the game, the entire Valley and state stand to benefit from an influx of visitors, media coverage and economic activity that can only be described as, well....super!

For those who say that the state of our schools is “poor,” the rhetoric doesn’t match reality. That folks in positions of educational leadership subscribe to such a gloomy view of Arizona’s schools is disturbing.

Representing over 2,500 businesses across all industry sectors in Arizona, the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce understands the need for clean air and a healthy and safe environment in which to live, work and play. However, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed state-specific carbon dioxide emission guidelines would result in Arizona facing one of the most stringent restrictions in the nation.

If you’d like to send your child to a different school next year, now’s the time to start the process of researching your options.

The inauguration of Governor Doug Ducey and our fellow Republicans to every statewide elected office, and to majorities in both legislative chambers, makes the case that Republican leadership and policymaking are what voters are looking for in both good times and bad.