Almost three years after the first Covid cases were detected in Arizona, here’s what we know: It hits the elderly hardest, it spikes in summer and winter, it killed men in Arizona at sharply higher rates than women and new strains continue to evolve.
Read More »Three years on, Covid no longer grabs headlines, still poses a threat
Phoenix nursery provides model solution for newborns exposed to opioids 
In central Phoenix, Hushabye Nursery is home to babies born withdrawing from addictive substances they were exposed to in the womb. Across the country, cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome increased a startling 82% from 2010 to 2017, research shows. In Arizona, these cases increased 41% from 2017 to 2021.
Read More »States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy 
A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.
Read More »Lake dares NFL to ‘play chicken’ over 2023 Super Bowl location 
Although Super Bowl LVII is just three months away, concern remains that the event could be affected if Kari Lake is elected governor. In a recent interview with KAZT-TV, the Republican nominee for governor declared her intentions to militarize Arizona’s border with Mexico – listed as one of the primary sources of fentanyl trafficking by the DEA in a 2020 report – upon her inauguration if she defeats Democratic opponent Katie Hobbs in today’s election. Lake’s policy could cause uneasiness among NFL leadership.
Read More »Senate Republicans take credit for opposing CDC push to vaccinate youths against Covid 
Senate Republicans are taking credit for standing up to a new push by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have kids vaccinated against Covid before attending school.
Read More »Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants 
Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that he said inflicted "cruelty and exclusion at every turn," including toward those fleeing the "brutal" government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
Read More »Combating hate and blame: LGBTQ activists fight stigma around monkeypox 
LGBTQ activists in Arizona are stepping up efforts to fight stigma and intolerance amid the global outbreak of monkeypox – even as they work to get more people vaccinated against the viral disease, which is contracted through close or intimate contact.
Read More »Hiring people with disabilities is good for business, good for Arizona
People with disabilities have long been underrepresented or excluded from the workforce based on employers’ low expectations and prejudiced bias about abilities. As CEO of an Arizona-based organization that promotes opportunity and inclusion for individuals with intellectual disabilities, I can tell you that things are looking up, but there is still more to do.
Read More »ESA bill would put students first
School choice is not a weapon to take down public schools but a tool to allow parents to choose their child’s means of education and ensure a pathway to success.
Read More »Covid fear masks international, border disasters
Sadly, continuing the fear of Covid and need for masks must be maintained by the political Left to obscure the disasters internationally and at our border. It has never been about science.
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