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On March 31, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal filed an amicus brief urging the Arizona Supreme Court to hear a case on the issue of tuition increases at the state’s public universities. The case, initiated by Attorney General Mark Brnovich, alleges that the Arizona Board of Regents has violated the state’s constitutional mandate that university “instruction…shall be as nearly free as possible.”

A critical component of our economic recovery is wages. Our communities can start this long process through targeted investment in our workers.

If the Arizona Department of Corrections continues to be reactive instead of proactive in its preparations for COVID-19, there will be a killing field in the prisons. Folks sentenced to just a few years will be handed down a death sentence, not from a jury or a judge but from sheer negligence.

The 211 statewide hotline connects people to local resources such as shelters, food banks, health care, and finances. It’s an essential thread in the fabric of providing Arizonans with access to resources in times of great need.

We are living in uncertain and unprecedented times. As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc, Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman recently announced that public and charter schools would stay closed for the remainder of the school year. Private schools are following suit.

When Martha McSally was appointed to the U.S. Senate, she promised to “devote all of my energies to ensuring that all Arizonans have a voice.” As we face the devastating effects of coronavirus, now is McSally’s chance to follow through on those words.

As we’re ramping up the financial response to this crisis, we also need a plan to pay for it to keep our economic engine the strongest in the world.

As the nation faces the unprecedented coronavirus health care crisis, Arizona’s innovative spirit and fidelity to our state’s constitutional protections has paved the way for us to have an outsized role in the way Washington is responding.

As the nation faces the unprecedented coronavirus health care crisis, Arizona’s innovative spirit and fidelity to our state’s constitutional protections has paved the way for us to have an outsized role in the way Washington is responding.

While we have paused our signature-gathering campaign, we still believe that we can improve public health in Arizona by passing our measure. The Stop Surprise Billing and Protect Patients Act would crack down on hospital infections, ban surprise bills from “out-of-network” providers, protect coverage for people with so-called “pre-existing conditions,” and give a much-deserved pay raise to everyday heroes who work in our hospitals, exposing themselves to viruses and infections on a daily basis.