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May 6, 2016, was a big day for Arizona non-profits. With overwhelming approval from the Arizona Legislature, Governor Doug Ducey signed into law SB1216.

In the Grand Canyon state alone, 81,700 people experienced a stroke in 2010, resulting in more than $750 million in health care costs, 319,000 days of missed work, and the incalculable impact on families. Despite these numbers, Arizona still has better stroke outcomes than other states because of the collaborative relationship shared by the medical community and the government, and their joint commitment to improving stroke systems of care. But we can do even better.

Arizona’s mental wrestling match with how to encourage fair solar policies seems to be coming to a conclusion. An end to the back-and-forth will be welcome but only if the Arizona Corporation Commission can navigate through the rhetoric and get to the economic facts that should be the basis for any good public policy decision.

Our nation’s leadership must somehow find ways to motivate the corporate sector that dominates American health care to embrace as their core mission the provision of compassionate and cost-effective health care for all Americans.

We have a clean air problem in Arizona. Families are breathing polluted air that causes asthma, chronic lung and heart disease.

Arizona’s solar energy future is at stake as the Arizona Corporation Commission decides the value of solar at a hearing December 19 and 20.

Jill Stein’s recount demand and President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that he would have won the popular vote but for millions of illegal votes in California, Virginia and New Hampshire are both based on fantasy.

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act will likely take a Grand Canyon sized bite out of the Arizona economy, budget, and health care coverage.

Accurate diagnosis is vital to properly treat an ailment. This is true for dentists and for legislators.

All eyes seem to be focused on the Corporation Commissioners and their supposed sell out to APS or its parent Pinnacle West. At the same time, taking a back seat with the media is another huge water/wastewater issue.