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Opinion

Apr 17, 2019

Please pass texting while driving ban

As cars got faster and heavier, we came to understand how to more safely use these advancements by adopting laws to promote public safety through personal responsibility.

Apr 16, 2019

The aiding and abetting of migrant caravans

The crisis at the southern border is no accident. It’s the intentional result of deliberate efforts by liberal activists to encourage illegal immigration on a massive scale.

Apr 16, 2019

Driving under the influence of electronics needs to stop!

According to the most recent 2017 study by the Arizona Department of Transportation, a person was killed every 8 hours and 46 minutes in a traffic collision on our roads.

Apr 15, 2019

Students, teachers suffer as Legislature considers nonsense

Senator Heather Carter, a Republican from Legislative District 15 – my district – recently sponsored a bill to revamp funding for special education in Arizona. Senator Carter has long been a proponent of public education (she is definitely in the minority in her party) and this was another good bill from her.

Apr 12, 2019

Ancient Islamic scholars warned against fake news

Fake news has become a nuisance all over the world.

Apr 12, 2019

What the state is doing to help further victims’ rights

As one of Arizona’s largest funders of victims’ services each year, ACJC places great focus on seeking legislative changes that advocate for victims’ rights, provide additional resources, and improves accessibility to victims’ services and programs.

Apr 9, 2019

Solving the crisis, anarchy Democrats created is pro-immigrant

For far too long, Democrats have been able to frame their willful indifference to the tragedy unfolding on our southern border as “pro-immigrant.”

Apr 8, 2019

The hypocrisy, unrealistic savings of school district consolidation

It is the Legislative season so once again a bill will be pushed for consolidation of public school districts in Arizona. This time it is Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, with HB2139, a bill that will mandate all elementary and union high school districts become unified by 2024.

Apr 5, 2019

It’s too bad charter reform will have to wait

Big things aren’t easily done at the Arizona Capitol.

The calcium markings on the rock formations in Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir, show the impact of a 18-year drought on water levels. If the level drops below 1,025 feet, a state report says Arizona will lose access to 480,000 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River, or enough water for about a million family households for one year. (Photo by Alexis Kuhbander/Cronkite News)
Apr 5, 2019

State should loan Pinal County farmers funds until feds pitch in

Recognizing the immediate realities of a historic drought, the Legislature and governor acted responsibly this year to approve the Drought Contingency Plan. The DCP prepares Arizona for a drier future, but its implementation requires cooperation and sacrifice among many water users.

Apr 3, 2019

It’s time to change Arizona laws that favor child predators

If you want to get high regularly, what state do you move to? Colorado. If you want to sexually abuse children, what state do you move to? Arizona.

Apr 1, 2019

You’re alive because our ancestors trusted evidence

E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. Our de facto national motto calls upon all of us to work for the good of the whole.

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