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Don’t get me wrong. Elected officials should have vision. However, our leaders should also be pragmatic.

A person is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds in the United States. Despite this, Arizona is one of few states that does not allocate state funding to sexual assault services such as rape crisis centers. This needs to change.

The Colorado River in Arizona is an integral part of our communities, history and cultural heritage, and our way of life. We all have a moral obligation to take care of our natural resources and protect God’s creation. As we face a future of diminished water supplies we need to ask each other and those who govern to embrace an ethic of planning and collaboration to lead us into a sustainable water future for our families and future generations.

Arizona’s historic economic fortunes hinged on a healthy and booming construction industry. The men and women who build our homes, malls and employment centers helped the state thrive throughout the decades.

Support for the USMCA agreement is in the best interest of every person living in Arizona. For our families, our businesses and the economic prosperity of our state it is the right thing to do. Congress – it’s time to act and to leave the partisan divide behind and support the U.S Mexico Canada agreement.

We ask for your vote for SB1147 and your help in addressing the epidemic of youth access to tobacco, vapor and alternative nicotine products. The time to act is now.

Famous for treating its own citizens to crippling tax burdens, California has taken on a new hobby: trying to impose its high state taxes on individuals in other states as well. The state of Arizona is asking the U.S. Supreme ...

Undoubtedly, natural gas and renewables are gaining prominence in Arizona and the nation. But it makes sense to keep all options on the table. In Arizona, coal and nuclear power have proven reliable for decades. They should continue to be part of an all-of-the-above energy mix alongside natural gas and solar for years to come.

It’s been more than a decade since the Arizona Corporation Commission approved the Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff, requiring Arizona utilities to generate 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

Over time, various polls have shown that the public is usually far ahead of the political establishment in seeing through the tobacco industry’s smokescreen of advancing their own interests while seeming to promote a “public health” measure. It’s gratifying to see that we now have legislators of both parties who can see these tobacco industry efforts for what they are: an attempt to secure their future at the expense of public health.