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Kris Mayes Didn't Pass a Hemp Ban. She Issued One Anyway.

The Legislature would not hand hemp THC to licensed dispensaries. Mayes did it with a letter, a raid next door, and a $20,000-per-item threat. She wants another term.

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Nearly 6,700 Arizona homicides remain unsolved. The victims’ families deserve better.

September is National Cold Case Month and on Sept. 20, my cousin Loretta Lynn would have turned 65 years old. Instead, my family has spent nearly four decades waiting for the identity of who killed her. On June 14, 1988, I was traveling in Europe when I picked up a pay phone and received the […]

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Tucson’s Good, Bad and Ugly Economy

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Rename Mar-a-Lago and Return It to Spain

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They Called It a Children's Bill of Rights. Parents Were Optional.

Oscar De Los Santos signed a bill that would have let a child get confidential pregnancy, mental-health, and drug care with or without a parent. Junelle Cavero signed it too. Catherine Miranda did not have to.

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Sobering Thoughts in Tucson on Labor Day

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Candidates Are Learning They Don’t Have to Debate

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The parent caregiver ‘savings’ Arizona is chasing don’t exist — unless care disappears

Want to save hundreds of millions of dollars on care for children with significant disabilities? There’s a remarkably effective way: just don’t provide all of the necessary care. We wouldn’t call it that, of course. We’d call it “savings.” That distinction is at the heart of Arizona’s increasingly contentious...

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You Bought This Bridge

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Why Stop with Suing Meta?

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Arizona’s ESA Program: Fix It Or Lose It

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The Good and Bad News of Tucson Becoming More Prosperous

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Arizona voters won’t get to rein in vouchers. Don’t tell us they all love it.

Arizona school vouchers that are pulling $1 billion away from students in K-12 public schools are here to stay, whether we like it or not. And, unfortunately, they’ll stay with no real oversight that taxpayers like me might expect, leaving parents with remarkable discretion over how our public money is spent. What...

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A History of University High School in Tucson

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The best tool to protect voting rights this fall? Your own community.

Last week marked the 61st anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act , which banned racial discrimination in voting, and the 51st anniversary of a VRA extension that protected voting rights for non-English speakers. These laws have helped ensure that millions of eligible Arizona voters were able to...

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Wondering Why Why, Arizona Has the Same Government as the Foothills

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Keep Laying the Stones: Cathedral Thinking, Equanimity and the Fight for the Salt River Horses

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Dimshevik Socialism: “Aw, the Kids are in Transition”

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Arizona Democrats Want to Take Away School Choice From 100,000 Families

De Los Santos sells income caps as fraud reform. Cavero co-sponsors an enrollment choke. Miranda has fought ESA expansion for years. The record is not subtle.

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Republicans cut healthcare spending. Now Arizonans are paying the price.

As a doctor, I’ve spent nearly three decades delivering life-saving medical care here in Arizona. Lately, I’m witnessing a disturbing shift: My patients are desperately struggling to afford even basic care. More and more, I’m seeing folks postpone important treatments, downgrade to restrictive insurance plans, or...

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One Hundred Thousand Arizona Families Can’t Be Wrong

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Two Arizonas: Subsidizing the wealthy while bureaucratizing hunger

When public policies reveal a double standard, it is rarely subtle. In Arizona today, two state decisions operating side by side present a stark moral and financial paradox: we have made it effortless for high-income families to access state subsidies for private education, while simultaneously constructing...

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Arizona’s 911 funding model is due for a second look

Twenty cents. That's what Arizona asks each telephone line to contribute each month to help fund one of government's most essential public safety services. The post Arizona’s 911 funding model is due for a second look first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Arizona built the Fabs – now let’s build the supply chains

When Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, it recognized a simple truth: the United States had become too dependent on overseas manufacturing for one of the world's most strategic technologies. The post Arizona built the Fabs – now let’s build the supply chains first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .