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  Our nation today is badly fragmented, and civil discourse is, well, not very civil.  Some have even speculated about disunion, of becoming two Americas. Someone recently asked me, “How can the Constitution save us?” My response was that it ...

After outrage from communities and leaders across the country, the Trump administration finally withdrew their nomination of William Perry Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). While this is a win for our communities and public lands, the ...

Would Rep. Andy Biggs have voted as he did if he knew his vote would decide if those relief packages would pass? Or did he vote that way in the cynical knowledge that they would pass anyway, but he could grandstand in voting No.

I have been a registered Republican almost all my adult life who has always been comfortable engaging with people across the aisle on issues I care about deeply. I am still a Republican. But in the U.S. Senate election for Arizona, I won’t be supporting a Republican. I am supporting Democrat Mark Kelly.

Millions of Americans have been forced into new remote work arrangements during the coronavirus health crisis. The health risks are paramount, but day-to-day challenges like video conferencing and children’s education have made the situation even harder for remote workers. And absent action from Congress, remote work can have consequences for these taxpayers’ wallets as well.

Following the lead of Governor Ducey, we are encouraged by those in state leadership, including the Arizona Department of Health Services Cancer Prevention and Control Programs, for creating the framework necessary for ensuring all Arizona men understand their prostate cancer risk and receive ongoing encouragement toward annual screening discussions with their doctors.

Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, I personally experienced discrimination in the individual health insurance market and struggled to get coverage for a pre-existing condition. So when an email from Rep. David Schweikert bearing the subject line, “Myth vs. Fact on Healthcare” landed in my inbox, I opened it with a healthy dose of skepticism.

In a famous letter Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John shortly before the American Revolution, she asked him to be more generous to the ladies than his ancestors had been in the new code of laws she supposed would be necessary: “Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.”

Suicide prevention cannot be accomplished by one team or one state agency. It is up to all of us to know the warning signs and what to do next. Check on your neighbor or family member who lives alone.

Arizona Democrats mostly favor Proposition 207, which would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. But this year, the Democratic National Committee voted to support decriminalization instead of legalization. As a lifelong Democrat, I think this decision fits our party well.