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Katie Hobbs
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Gov. Katie Hobbs outlines her plans to lower housing costs, strengthen public schools, protect Arizona's water and put families ahead of partisan politics.
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Hillary Walsh
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- Loyal M Johnson Jr, Oro Valley
To become an American citizen, each applicant must swear to an oath that in part states the following: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have h…
- Loran Hancock, Northwest side
The consequences of elections give the voters exactly what they choose. That includes the selection of the school boards. For anyone wondering how well the choices in the school boards consider the results, ask Google about the Tucson Unified School District ranking and the result is disappo…
- Gary Haslett, SaddleBrooke
In November 2024, farmers loved Trump, probably because they shared their love of God and high moral and family values (laughing emoji here). Trump won 69% of the rural vote (farming country) in 2024.
- Loyal M Johnson Jr, Oro Valley
Affordability is now the apparent primary concern facing voters, out pacing crime, fraud, and climate change. The Republicans have offered a plan which includes rebuilding American industry to provide American jobs instead of off-shoring those jobs, a robust energy independence, removing bur…
- Loran Hancock, Northwest side
A recent political commercial, that appeared to be in support of a Democrat candidate, made a point of denigrating MAGA. It is hard to understand why. ‘Make American Great Again’ seems like a goal that every citizen should want and yet this dream is being used as a derogatory slur. Then agai…
The federal government is drowning itself in red ink, caused by its spending far more than the revenues it collects. Economists agree that the debt explosion raises Americans’ borrowing costs, inhibits economic growth and makes us all poorer.
Every October, bats flutter through haunted houses, horror movies and Halloween decorations as symbols of darkness, danger and things that go bump in the night. Thanks to Dracula and generations of spooky stories, they’ve earned an undeserved reputation as tiny flying monsters.
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Somewhat unexpectedly, the global economy has weathered the challenges of the past few years extraordinarily well. Following the pandemic, shock followed shock — Russia’s war on Ukraine, Washington’s rejection of rule-based liberal trade, then most recently the war with Iran.
Many Democrats now advocate for an “abundance agenda,” which loosely holds that the party should be in the business of providing “vital goods” such as housing and infrastructure, rather than working to block or burden important projects on environmental or other grounds.
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This morning at an intersection on River Rd. four cars ran the red light after my light turned green. As usual, we have virtually no traffic enforcement to protect lawful drivers.
When Juan Ciscomani criticized the Homeland Security shutdown as "political," he dismissed 32 people who died in ICE detention last year and ICE's murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis with no subsequent accountability.
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A defining moment from John McCain’s 2008 campaign is being revisited as a reminder of political integrity, highlighting the importance of correcting misinformation — even within one’s own party — in today’s polarized climate.
The federal government is drowning itself in red ink, caused by its spending far more than the revenues it collects. Economists agree that the debt explosion raises Americans’ borrowing costs, inhibits economic growth and makes us all poorer.
Every October, bats flutter through haunted houses, horror movies and Halloween decorations as symbols of darkness, danger and things that go bump in the night. Thanks to Dracula and generations of spooky stories, they’ve earned an undeserved reputation as tiny flying monsters.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the global economy has weathered the challenges of the past few years extraordinarily well. Following the pandemic, shock followed shock — Russia’s war on Ukraine, Washington’s rejection of rule-based liberal trade, then most recently the war with Iran.
Many Democrats now advocate for an “abundance agenda,” which loosely holds that the party should be in the business of providing “vital goods” such as housing and infrastructure, rather than working to block or burden important projects on environmental or other grounds.
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To become an American citizen, each applicant must swear to an oath that in part states the following: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have h…
The consequences of elections give the voters exactly what they choose. That includes the selection of the school boards. For anyone wondering how well the choices in the school boards consider the results, ask Google about the Tucson Unified School District ranking and the result is disappo…
In November 2024, farmers loved Trump, probably because they shared their love of God and high moral and family values (laughing emoji here). Trump won 69% of the rural vote (farming country) in 2024.
Affordability is now the apparent primary concern facing voters, out pacing crime, fraud, and climate change. The Republicans have offered a plan which includes rebuilding American industry to provide American jobs instead of off-shoring those jobs, a robust energy independence, removing bur…