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A new era of physician-patient partnership around preventive care
This spring, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that had been championed by Rep. Heather Carter, Sen. Nancy Barto and physician leaders to give Arizonans direct access to lab tests. That groundbreaking law went into effect last week, ushering in a new era of preventive care.
Proposition 104 benefits insiders and special interests at taxpayers’ expense
If you only listened to supporters of Proposition 104, it would be difficult to know what the $30 billion transit tax initiative is really about. Even the ballot language written by the city tries to hide the fact that Prop 104 nearly doubles the transit sales tax over the next 35 years, a multibillion dollar tax hike to fund light rail expansion that Phoenix residents can ill afford.
Culture is key ingredient in creating a top corporate law firm
I recently learned that our law firm was recognized one of America’s top corporate law firms in the 2015 Annual Law and the Boardroom Study conducted by NYSE Governance Services and FTI Consulting, Inc. That is an honor, to be sure, but it made me think.
Higher energy costs will put an unfair burden on Arizona families
As the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), I frequently travel throughout the U.S. And in my journeys, I’m quite often struck by the fact that so many families are struggling to find financial security. I find it troubling that hardworking Americans are often eking out a living, barely making it from paycheck to paycheck.
Article minimizes marijuana’s link to child deaths
In his article “Facts show Polk’s claim about marijuana deaths among children is misleading,” (June 22 online and June 26 in print), Ben Giles falls head over heels trying to minimize the Arizona Fatality Report that links marijuana use to 62 child deaths in Arizona in 2013.
Good intentions do not give government a license to silence speech
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, handed down just last week, was a unanimous victory for free speech. But that Reed was an overwhelming win has led some to downplay its importance.
Arizona lawmakers demonstrated leadership and moral integrity by supporting victims of war crimes
In his recent article, Hank Stephenson correctly asserts that Azerbaijan is “a uniquely secular majority Muslim country.” He also is correct in stressing that Azerbaijan presents itself to the world as “a model for religious tolerance, cultural acceptance and women’s rights in the region.”
Reed v. Gilbert: A failure of prosecutorial discretion
On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that the Town of Gilbert violated its citizens’ free speech rights under the First Amendment. The case — Reed v. Town of Gilbert — is a cautionary tale about government overreach and the role of prosecutorial discretion.
Our good neighbor should be a good business partner
“God made us neighbors. We should endeavor to be good neighbors.” Former Arizona Governor Paul Fannin, who created the Arizona-Mexico Commission and recognized the importance of good relations and commerce with our neighbors to the south, said that in 1959.
The Arizona Corporation Commission, water issues and your pocketbook
Lately, accusations of impropriety within the ranks of the Corporation Commission have been released in various news media. It is imperative that the officials of the most powerful group affecting the pocketbooks of the greatest portion of the state’s population remain unbiased and deal with only “the facts at hand” over the rate cases they preside.
Lobbyists helped kill a popular science education bill
According to 2007 and 2013 Gallup polls, lobbying is the most despised profession. Lobbyists are ranked below lawyers, used car salesmen, and even politicians.
More federal research will save lives, kidneys and money
The same year I was born, my dad was diagnosed with a genetic form of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and told he had 20 years to live. When I was 20, I was diagnosed with the same kidney disease that took my father’s life in his early 40’s.
