Opinion

A tentative budget of $357M is slated for adoption on June 8.

Sheriff Paul Babeu, the 2011 National Sheriff of the Year, is also a retired Army Major and served as the Commanding Officer for Task Force Yuma.

As I enter my second year as a member of your city council, I find myself reflecting upon the previous year.

When we read stories of great faith or even get the opportunity ourselves to take a step of great faith there are prices involved to serving Jesus.

Three years ago I had the awesome opportunity to take my daughter and her dancing buddy to a dance camp at BYU. As I...

School district unification and consolidtion is the focus of the HB2219 joint legislative panel.

Thank you for your letter regarding the incident at your son’s school in Maricopa.

I am the mother of Eric Johnson, a 14-year-old-boy who was diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss since the age of four.

I am writing to you as a parent and a homeowner who resides on West Oster Drive in Maricopa.

Rev. Eric Brown is the pastor of Journey Church. Journey is a United Methodist Church meeting in Santa Cruz School.

I'm sure your answer would be ‘no thank you.’ That is exactly what I said on April 22 to McDonald’s manager Kevin.

Welcome to the merrye olde month of May or so the bards of old styled it. However you choose to think of May, it’s a month bursting at the seams with things to do and things to ponder.

Everybody has had good teachers, and I suspect that each of us has or had a favorite teacher.

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Take time to thank a teacher. These parents and community members did.

Especially now, during National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6, I am in awe of my daughter’s teachers who spend day in and day out with her and other adolescent children.

As some of my comrades know, I was charged with disorderly conduct last fall for allegedly cussing at my neighbors. My trial was on Tuesday, April 26.

I appreciate and enjoy articles exploring the lives of the families living in Maricopa.

April is Autism Awareness Month.

I am getting ready to go on my first mission trip to Mexico to build a house, and I am leaving behind my one-year-old son Zach, my five-year-old son Alex and my workaholic husband Mike alone for five days.

Many of you have offered to help in any way possible and have asked that you be notified as to how you can help with the Strohl family.

Four out of five American youth believe that that the U.S. should better educate young people before they can vote and enlist in the military, according to a new survey by the American Red Cross.    

April brings about excitement for teens as they make plans for prom and graduation. This time of year is a high-risk time for underage drinking. As parents and guardians, being informed and prepared can keep our children safe.

What am I missing? As a small businessman, if I don't have enough money coming in to cover my expenses, I have to either raise my prices and/or cut my overhead. The one thing I'd never do as a cash-strapped businessman is to lower my prices unless I cut my quality and service. To voluntarily cut my cash flow would be financial ruin.

Thank you for your willingness to serve Arizona as a Member of the Arizona State Senate. We, like you, are concerned about the challenges facing our State, particularly the need to address our structural deficit and insure an economic environment that attracts and retains high quality jobs.

Today we live in a world of $4 gasoline, a crashing real estate market and increased inflation. Most of us here in Maricopa have been hit hard and are just barely hanging on. It's hard to find things that inspire us and keep us going.

My heart aches right now for the people of Japan.  I read somewhere that the ongoing problem with their nuclear power plants is a "slow moving disaster."  This nuclear problem compounds a difficult situation, where people are without food, shelter or water.

Tough times demand bold and innovative solutions to problems that face us as a nation, state and county. We in Pinal County have implemented both bold and innovative solutions to our current budgetary crisis.

Ken Edwards wrote an OP-ED published in the March issue of InMaricopa News stating that Republicans are to blame for taking $1 billion from public safety, healthcare and educational services and giving it to corporations in the form of tax breaks.

It would appear as though the state Legislature is determined to cut funding to all vulnerable citizens in Arizona. The recent news regarding SB1519 and the abolishment of AHCCCS is just one of the many actions our Legislature will take that will dramatically impact Arizonans.

Did you know that Pinal County has been selected as one of only 105 counties in the U.S. to participate in a major benchmark evaluation of our children's health?