Editorials

The national media reports have been numerous in recent days: “The FBI and ICE can actually access and scan your driver’s license picture, and get other information about you, using technology that’s the stuff of Hollywood.”

June’s “Monsoon Awareness Week” declared by Gov. Doug Ducey came and went like most thunderstorms do this time of year, except without the actual storms. And since then, the past month has seen little to no moisture.

While the Fourth of July is for picnics and entertainment, the celebration of our independence is rooted in people who were willing to risk everything.

We live in a nation of knee-jerk reactions.

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the tragedy that claimed the lives of 19 of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.

We regularly receive robocalls on our phones, and the phone companies have the technology to stop them.

One of the great things about attending a Major League Baseball game is the closeness fans feel to the players.

The front page of Monday's Courier print edition looks different. That is to get your attention as journalists and news advocates around the world pause to remember those who have given their lives in pursuit of covering the news and freedom of the press.

Horse racing is back in the tri-city area, yet out-of-state interests have a say in its bottom-line success.

In the past week, the Arizona Legislature placed more hurdles in the path of voter initiatives.

Tax Day has come and gone, but your trepidation was warranted. Gov. Doug Ducey is one step closer to getting what he wants, while lawmakers are pressing for the state’s taxpayers and financial health.

Arizona has a new telemedicine law that should not only give rural Arizonans more ready access to specialized health care but help assure their insurance will cover those remote treatments.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s veto of legislation on Friday – one of his few – was a disappointment.

How many people have to die? That is a question we have posed frequently throughout The Daily Courier’s #StopFentanylNow series.

Surrounded by victims’ families, Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday, April 22, 2019, signed a bipartisan, legislative effort to ban texting while driving, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2021.

Our state’s governor, Doug Ducey, this past week inked his approval to legislation that removes licensing requirements for people who style hair.

Day in and day out, part of a newspaper’s mission is to make a difference in the community it serves.

When you wait long enough to tackle something, the challenge can be insurmountable.

It has been happening for a long time. It has been happening in our backyards. On the roads we drive. In proximity to schools.

What truly happens comes down to words and intent, and left to the courts — it is words that speak the loudest.

A bill to pay less than the minimum wage to people younger than 22, working 20 hours or less, has been pulled. It needs to remain that way. Dead.

Arizona is on the verge of becoming the easiest state in the nation for out-of-state residents to relocate and get to work.

In 2016, voters approved increases to the minimum wage in Arizona. As a result, it has been steadily increasing.

State lawmakers are betting on tribes in Arizona through possible new wagering on sporting events.

The attached photographs — one from a reader and one (the truck) from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office — show people driving with little snow, very little, removed from their vehicles’ windows.