Arizona faces huge challenges with the states economy and the state budget deficit. That is why Children Action Alliance, the Arizona Education Association, the Protecting Arizonas Family Coalition and Service Employees International Union have joined together with other organizations from…

By Jeffrey Coles and Dennis Hoffman What will an Arizona of 10 million people look like? And how will we support them all? Today, Arizona has about 6 million residents. For 30 years, we have experienced robust growth fueled by…

by U.S. Senator Jon Kyl The President recently hailed a new era of fiscal responsibility and said that the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is ... with a budget that leads to broad economic…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl On February 11, Senator McCain and I reintroduced the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act (S. 409), culminating several years of negotiation among many parties. I have sponsored this legislation in previous sessions of…

By Majority Leader John McComish (Dist. 20) Despite recent news coverage, I know of no legislator who enjoyed the tough decisions we made on the FY09 budget last week. Believe me when I say those decisions were extremely difficult; and…

Proponents of the so-called economic stimulus bill have argued that legislation is necessary to stimulate our economy. We agree. The nation needs legislation that creates jobs, fixes our housing crisis, and puts us on a path toward economic recovery. Unfortunately,…

By Attorney General Terry Goddard Over the past several months, the people of Arizona have been faced with a drumbeat of bad news from their state government. The declining economy has created a large budget deficit, and cuts have been…

Brownsville, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers attentiveness over the holiday weekend at Rio Grande Valley ports of entry led to the discovery and seizure of more than $1.2 million in cocaine and marijuana and the arrest of several…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl One of the first items on President Barack Obamas agenda was, in his words, a targeted, timely, and temporary economic stimulus bill. Congressional Democrats instead used this mandate to create a trillion-dollar spending bill filled…

The Super Bowl was played this past Sunday and although our Cardinals did not bring home the Lombardi trophy, they certainly made Arizona fans proud. The Steelers came out and scored the first touchdown and kept us on the edge…

The past year has been a difficult one for the economy and for Americans. We are used to an economy that grows -- as it has for the past several years. But this year weve seen it slow dramatically and…

Out with the old and in with the new -- another year has arrived and for some, expectations are high as they look toward 2009 with a renewed sense of hope. During these troubled times many people are wondering what…