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This is a critical moment for Arizona’s economy. Manufacturing teams like mine are reckoning with the impact of record cost increases, historic workforce shortages and supply chain disruptions. 

Arizona’s primary election is today, so isn’t it time to evaluate what type of candidate is asking for your vote?

We are in an exciting age of “precision medicine” where increasingly sophisticated tests—including for biomarkers—guide increasingly effective treatments for patients fighting cancer. Now, this progress is threatened by proposals in Washington that would devastate the drug discovery pipeline. Will patients ...

We can no longer rely on the water resources that once seemed abundant. Dwindling Colorado River supplies coupled with inadequate groundwater regulation in large parts of Arizona have put the entire state in a tough position.

The January 6 Select Committee hearings have skillfully demonstrated what we know to be true: Trump and his allies abandoned their oaths and attempted to overthrow the will of the people in a scheme they knew was illegal and unconstitutional. 

In the wake of the devastating murder of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-4) took to Twitter—not to offer comfort to grieving families, but to peddle misinformation falsely accusing a transgender woman in Georgia of the crime. At a time when Arizona and other states are already struggling to combat dangerous election misinformation online, Rep. Gosar's tweet highlights the continued need for policymakers, and Democrats in particular, to protect online platforms' ability to moderate content.

More than ever, we must use our collective voice to speak up for our public lands and our public interests.

During the last five years, while Arizonans have reported feeling physically healthier, mental distress has increased. To help address this, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and partners are actively working to implement an integrated medical management strategy that blends physical health, behavioral health, and the vital social determinants of health.

Occupational definitions should not hinge on such an arbitrary detail. Licensing boards should stop playing word games and let people work.

We’ve got to act now to lower the price at the pump–corporations should not be seeing these record breaking profits while Arizonans are struggling.