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Sinema, McSally split as Senate rejects call for impeachment witnesses

BY CHRISTOPHER SCRAGG CRONKITE NEWS

WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema broke her silence last Friday, voting with other Democrats in a failed attempt to call more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which now heads to a final vote.

The 51-49 vote rejected efforts

by Democrats to call witnesses like former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who they said could provide new evidence of Trump forcing political favors from Ukraine by withholding military aid for that country.

But many Republicans appeared to be like Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, who said in a tweet this week, “I’ve heard enough. It’s time to vote.” Only two Republicans, Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine, joined Democrats to vote for more witnesses.

It was one of the last procedural votes in the trial, clearing the way for debate and a final vote by the Senate next week on whether or not to remove Trump from office.

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Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD) elementary school students who study Chinese as part of the world language immersion programs practice a dragon dance on January 22. Multiple Chinese programs are offered across CCUSD schools.

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2019 Novel Coronavirus Case in Arizona

The case is a Maricopa County resident who recently returned from Wuhan, China PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) announced January 26 that a Maricopa County resident has been diagnosed with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

The confirmed case is in a person who recently returned from travel to Wuhan, China.

The patient is a member of the Arizona State University community who does not live in university housing. This person is not severely ill and is currently in isolation to keep the illness from spreading. MCDPH

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having been exposed will be contacted directly. These individuals will be monitored for fever and respiratory symptoms in collaboration with public health and the university.

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Symptoms are thought to appear within two to 14 days after exposure and consist of fever, cough, runny nose and difficulty breathing. Those considered at risk for contracting the virus are individuals with travel to Wuhan, China, or individuals in close contact with a person infected with the 2019

Novel Coronavirus. Currently, no commercial testing is available and there is no vaccine.

Public health is working with those exposed to get testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“While the immediate risk of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus to the general public is believed to be low at this time, ADHS and our county public health partners will continue to actively monitor for the disease,” said Dr. Cara Christ, ADHS director. “There are simple daily precautions that

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Biggs, Schweikert cross aisle as House tries to trim president’s war powers

BY CHRISTOPHER SCRAGG CRONKITE NEWS

WASHINGTON D.C. — Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and David Schweikert were among just 11 Republicans who crossed party lines January 30 as the House voted to limit the president’s ability to pursue military action without approval from Congress.

The vote to revoke the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force came just moments after the House – with almost no GOP support – approved a separate measure to prohibit war with Iran unless Congress gave its approval.

The AUMF was approved in the wake of 9/11 to give the president leeway to take action against terrorists, and again in 2002 before the U.S invasion of Iraq. But it has been used to justify a number of military actions since then and critics said it’s time for Congress to reassert its war-making authority.

“Proud to vote for both of these amendments today and #StopEndlessWars,” Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, said in a tweet Thursday.

While they agreed that the AUMF needs to be updated, most opponents of the measures said it sends the wrong message to repeal it now, when tensions with Iran are high.

“If Iran doubts our resolve to respond forcefully, it will surely affect their calculus moving forward about whether to attack America again,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaking against the repeal on the House floor.

Arizona’s delegation split on party lines for the measure prohibiting war with Iran, with four Democrats supporting and four Republicans opposing the measure, which passed 228-175.

Reps. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, and Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, voted against the repeal of AUMF, while Biggs and Schweikert joined the four Democrats to support the measure that passed on a 236-166 vote.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Tucson, did not vote. She announced earlier this month that she would be taking leave to get treatment for alcohol dependence.

Neither Biggs, of Gilbert, nor Schweikert, of Fountain Hills, responded to requests for comment Thursday on their votes. But in an editorial before the vote, Biggs and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, amounts to “a blank check to deploy troops in the Middle East against almost any enemy.”

Biggs and Davidson said a new authorization, limited to addressing terrorism, should be enacted to keep America safe.

“A new authorization with these criteria would move us away from endless wars that Americans recognize are damaging to the country,” they wrote. “Congress can direct us instead to peace and prosperity – if only it would reclaim its power.”

While he is chairman of the conservative Freedom Caucus, Biggs is also cofounder with liberal Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., of the bipartisan War Powers Caucus.

Khanna sponsored Thursday’s Iran war ban measure while another member of the War Powers Caucus, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., authored the AUMF repeal.

At least one foreign policy expert questioned the timing of the move, which he said is not likely to pass in the Senate.

“Simply eliminating it without providing new authority (even if more circumscribed) to carry out ongoing operations would be a mistake,” Michael O’Hanlon, a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, said in an email.

“So it’s not necessarily good policy, and the Senate probably won’t support it, and the president will surely veto it in any case,” O’Hanlon said.

The measures got to the floor as amendments to an otherwise noncontroversial bill authorizing a medal for those who served in the Merchant Marine in World War II, a move Republicans called a Democratic “abuse of power.”

“By considering these measures as amendments to an unrelated gold medal bill, the majority is intentionally using a partisan procedure gimmick to silence dissenting opinion,” said Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the House minority leader.

It’s the second time this month that the House has voted

to rein in President Donald Trump after he ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whom the White House said was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets.

Minority whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., defended Trump’s use of AUMF for that strike and said on the House floor that revoking it would tie the president’s hands.

Trump sent mixed signals in the leadup to the vote, urging lawmakers in a Wednesday tweet to “vote their HEART,” but later tweeting “Democrats want to make it harder for Presidents to defend America.”

But Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a staunch Trump defender, said voting for repeal of AUMF is just the right thing to do.

“Keeping U.S. forces in Iraq is not what President Trump wants, it’s not what the American people want,” Gaetz said. “The best time to vote against the Iraq war would’ve been in 2002, and the second-best time is today.”

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“Dark skies” supporters invited to art show, meeting CAVE CREEK — To show their support for the Cave Creek Dark Sky Initiative (CCDSI), several Arizona artists will be showing and selling “Dark-SkyInfluenced Art” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, February 24 at the Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road in Cave Creek.

The CCDSI, established in March 2019 by Bruce Arlen and Bob Hughes, would like to see the Town of Cave Creek become an International Dark Sky Association (IDA) certified town. The IDA website defines IDA communities as “legally organized cities and towns that adopt quality outdoor lighting ordinances and undertake efforts to educate residents about the importance of dark skies.” It is generally believed that darker skies mean stars are more visible.

Arlen and Hughes said they first became interested in Cave Creek becoming an IDA-certified community after attending the Fountain Hills

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Dark Sky expo. Fountain Hills was the 17th community to attain IDA-certified status, according to www.darksky.org.

“After hosting a Dark Sky meeting in July 2019, it became apparent to us that we had great community support for our initiative,” Arlen said. “Many residents would like to see the Town of Cave Creek become the 24th certified International Dark Sky Community in the world,” Arlen said, adding that the Initiative

does have some opposition.

Information about the CCDSI and what supporters believe IDA certification would mean for Cave Creek will be available at the February 24 event, which is open to the public. Three telescopes will be set up for viewing the stars and planets.

Venus will be close on this newmoon night (No moonlight).

For more information, contact Bruce Arlen at (310) 729-4088 or info@cavecreekdarksky.com.

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everyone should always take to prevent the spread of diseases.”

Public health officials are advising residents that flu and other respiratory diseases are circulating in the community, and they are recommending everyone get a flu shot and follow basic prevention guidelines.

If you have recently traveled to Wuhan, China and have developed fever with cough or shortness of breath within 14 days of your travel or have had contact with someone who is suspected to have 2019 Novel Coronavirus, stay home and call your healthcare provider right away. If you do not have a health care provider, you may need to be seen at your local hospital emergency room/urgent care center. Please call the emergency room/urgent care center to get instructions before going in.

For the latest information about 2019 Novel Coronavirus, visit azhealth. gov/coronavirus.

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The best ways to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses are to: •

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcoholbased hand sanitizer.

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Low-cost rabies clinics in Black Canyon City, Cordes Lakes BLACK CANYON CITY — Yavapai County Animal Control will be offering low-cost rabies clinics on Saturday, February 8 and Sunday, February 9 in Black Canyon City and Cordes Lakes The February 8 clinic in Black Canyon City will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Squaw Peak Realty, 34300 Old Black Canyon Hwy. The following day in Cordes Lakes (February 9), the clinic will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holly’s Market, 15970 S. Cordes Lakes Dr. in Cordes Lakes.

Rabies vaccinations will be $15. No appointments are necessary. An animal control officer will be present to sell and renew county licenses. Cash or check only please.

For more information, call (982) 771-3282 or (982) 771-3260 or go to www.ycsoaz.gov.

Neighborhood grants now open PEORIA — The City of Peoria Neighborhood Grants Program is now open. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis through Tuesday, March 31.

This grant program is designed to assist homeowner associations with projects that engage, revitalize and/ or provide safety to the community. The maximum grant amount is $10,000 per year.

The Neighborhood Grants Committee will review each application for eligibility and decide on the funding award. All projects must be completed by June 15.

For more information, call (623) 773-5140 or visit www.peoriaaz. gov/government/departments/ neighborhood-and-human-services/ community-assistance/hoas-andneighborhoods.

Compassion International experience ANTHEM — What is The Compassion Experience? This free event features an interactive journey through the true stories of children living in developing countries like the Philippines,

Kenya, Uganda and the Dominican Republic. Walk through the giant tent and experience more than 2,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space. Visitors will step inside the kids’ homes, markets and schools – without getting on a plane. Each child’s story starts in poverty but ends in hope.

Headphones and i-pods will be provided to experience the virtual Compassion Experience. The event is free, but you can reserve your spot at https://cts.compassion.com/ events/1364.

The Compassion Experience will be held in the parking lot at The Crossroads Church, 42105 41st Dr. in Phoenix.

A free ticket can be claimed directly to your mobile phone to enter the event. Fans wishing to attend must claim a free ticket in advance. Tickets can be downloaded now through February 15 online at dbacks.com/fanfest.

The exhibit dates are:

St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance – 13050 W. Elm Street in Surprise

Thursday, February 20, from 11 a.m. to 6:40 p.m.

Friday, February 21, from 11 a.m. to 6:40 p.m.

Saturday, February 22, from 9 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.

Sunday, February 23, from 8 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Dbacks Fan Fest PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced they will kick off the 2020 season at the 16th annual D-backs Fan Fest on Saturday, February 15 at Chase Field. The event begins at 11 a.m. and will run until 3 p.m.

Fans must claim a free ticket online at dbacks.com/fanfest for admission to the event.

The free event will offer fans unprecedented access to current players, coaches, alumni and broadcasters, with activities that include: Autograph and photo sessions, baseball activities and photos on the field, a stage show featuring Q & A from current players and D-backs executives, tours of the home clubhouse, sandlot access for kids to use the playground, hit in the batting cages and play wiffle ball and a D-backs yard sale benefiting the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation.

This will be the first event implementing the new clear-bag policy at Chase Field. Clear bags and other approved bags will be available for purchase.

Excess citrus helps the hungry PHOENIX — Your excess citrus can become important nutrition for Arizona’s hungry throughout the entire state. We are accepting citrus drop off donations from all zip codes at the following locations through April 30, 2020: St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance – 2831 N. 31st Avenue in Phoenix

RN, MD to discuss programs for Anthem community ANTHEM — Join us for a community gathering with Kathy Stinson, RN, DPN, NEA-BC, vice president of operations and chief nursing officer and Christina Kang, DO, cardiologist, at HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center on Wednesday, February 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Anthem Civic Building, 3701 W. Anthem Way. Honor Health and Merrill Gardens are partnering for the event. They will provide an overview of patient care and programs available at Sonoran Crossing that will serve the Anthem community in the fall of 2020.

Local distilleries come For more information, email together to save wildlife PHOENIX — Local spirit citrus@firstfoodbank.org or call creators throughout the Valley (602) 343-56 come together to share their creations at Sippin’ the Spirit NVSO invites young strings players of the Southwest benefiting to festival Liberty Wildlife. The event PHOENIX — Registration will be Saturday, February 15 is now open for North Valley from Noon to 5 p.m. at 2600 E. Symphony Orchestra’s Elwood in Phoenix.

(NVSO) second annual allSippin’ the Spirit of the day Spring Strings Festival on Southwest will showcase Saturday, April 11, at North local distilleries, local spirits Canyon High School. and Southwest sippers, a beer NVSO is excited to provide garden, games, raffles, animal this opportunity for young ambassadors, tours and more. strings musicians throughout Liberty Wildlife is a local the Phoenix Valley.

Arizona non-profit. In 2019, The festival begins at 8:30 Liberty Wildlife took in a.m. for registration and check- more than 9,900 animals to in. Rehearsals will be held for rehabilitate, care for and nurture. three skill levels separately. The This event is sponsored in part festival will culminate with a

by With A Twist Consulting, free public concert at 3 p.m. at North Canyon High School Arizona Distilling Co. Tecate, Performing Arts Auditorium Dos XX, Roger Clyne’s at 1700 E. Union Hills Drive. Mexican Moonshine, Dirty Each group will perform their Tequila, Tito’s Vodka, Zeriah individual piece and then come Foundation and more. There together on stage for the mass will be barbeque, merchandise orchestra performance. vendors, games, raffles and live Registration for the Spring music by local country artist Strings Festival is $25 for non- Rob West.

NVSO musicians. This includes Tickets are $27.50 online lunch. Musicians will receive and $32 the day of at the festival music by email when entrance. Admission per person registration is complete. To register, visit NVSO’s website includes your entry into the at northvalleysymphony.org/ event, adult beverages and live entertainment. The event is 21 strings-festival.3 For more information, call (623) or older.

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Community Events mission is to nurture the nature of Arizona through wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education and conservation services to the community.

Tickets are on sale now at libertywildlife.org.

For more information, contact Melissa Hughes withatwistmh@gmail.com or (602) 568-5313.

Touch-A-Truck comes to Lake Pleasant PEORIA — Kids, big and small, have the opportunity to interact with large vehicles such as firetrucks, earth movers, dump trucks, backhoes and excavators at the Touch-A-Truck event being held at Pleasant Harbor, located on the southeastern shores of Lake Pleasant, on February 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is free and affords kids the unique opportunity to climb on their favorite big vehicles, without parent reprimand. There is a $10 entrance fee per vehicle. In addition to the large vehicles on-hand, this interactive event features food trucks, DJ and numerous kids’ activities. The event is sponsored by Pleasant Harbor and the City of Peoria.

From the Phoenix area, Pleasant Harbor is the closest entrance to Lake Pleasant, located off Carefree Highway and 87th Avenue (8708 W. Harbor Boulevard in Peoria).

For more information about Pleasant Harbor, please call the event information line at (623) 203-5173 or visit www. pleasantharbor.com.

Learn about wildlife challenges SCOTTSDALE — How is wildlife affected by urban stressors and resources? Learn how and why wildlife is monitored by the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and partners on the more than 30,500 acres of protected Sonoran Desert habitat in Scottsdale through the use of camera trapping and radio telemetry mule deer collars.

This informative seminar on wildlife will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

March 18 at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center, 27026

N. 156th Street in Scottsdale.

The seminar includes a short tour of Southwest Wildlife followed by a one-hour program by McDowell Sonoran Conservancy biologists.

Register at www. southwestwildlife.org under events or call (480) 471-3621.

Come to the 2020 Rattlesnake Crawl CAVE CREEK — It’s time for the 2020 Rattlesnake Crawl on February 14 from 2 to 8 p.m. and February 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cave Creek Regional Park, 37900 E. Cave Creek Parkway in Cave Creek.

Not many wild animals in the U.S.A. are as feared as the rattlesnake. Just the word alone is enough to send shivers down the spine of some folks. If this sounds like you or someone you know, we urge you to come see the huge variety of beautiful colors and patterns of these live rattlesnakes, safely contained for close-up viewing. Be sure to bring your family and friends We’re challenging you to learn the facts about these mystifying creatures and the many ways they are beneficial to you.

They’re not the scary monsters they have been made out to be, and we can prove it! There will be excellent presentations to enjoy. These animals are generously shared with you by the experts from the Arizona Herpetological Association, The Rattlesnake Conservancy and Rattlesnake Solutions. This event is free with your $7 per vehicle park day use fee.

For more information and volunteer opportunities, please contact Interpretive Ranger Mark Paulat at mark.paulat@maricopa.gov.

Wildflower seminar SCOTTSDALE — The Desert Awareness Committee will present “Wonderful Wildflowers” on March 2 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Holland Community Center, 34250 N 60th St. in Scottsdale.

The free seminar is led by Steve Dodd, a legacy steward with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and a Conservancy Certified Citizen Scientist. He leads wildflower hikes and

teaches continuing education classes for the Conservancy.

Wildflowers wake us up to the fact that Spring has sprung. Who doesn’t love to see the golden poppies and purple lupine all over the desert floor? This seminar includes information about what a wildflower is, what makes for a great season, tips for wildflower viewing and identification, nomenclature and some info and facts about specific wildflowers.

The free seminar is sponsored by the Desert Awareness Committee of the Foothills Community Foundation. Reservations are not necessary. Donations are always appreciated. For more information, go to www.azfcf.org/aboutdesert-awareness.

Spring carnival for those impacted by cancer PHOENIX — The Day of Hope Spring Carnival on Saturday, February 29 is an opportunity for anyone impacted by a cancer diagnosis to forget about their diagnosis for a few hours and enjoy a day of fun, celebration and family. The free carnival, sponsored by Chas Roberts AC & Plumbing, will offer activities for the whole family including live music, crafts, food trucks, kid’s zone and much more. It is free to anyone impacted by cancer.

The carnival will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cancer Support Community Arizona (CSCAZ), 360 East Palm Lane in Phoenix.

For more than 20 years, CSCAZ has led the charge in Arizona to build a vibrant community of cancer survivors and their loved ones so that no one faces cancer alone. CSCAZ focuses on providing emotional, social, nutritional, and educational support to complement medical treatments in order to nurture every part of a patient as they learn and grow and recover, at no charge to them or their loved ones.

Register for the event at www. cscaz.org/DayofHope. For more information about CSCAZ, visit cscaz.org or cscaz.org/DayofHope

Celebrate the centennial at Bravo Peoria PEORIA — 2020 marks 100 years of library service in Peoria.

Themed “100 years of stories,” the year-long, activity-packed celebration kicks off with Bravo Peoria on Saturday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sunrise Mountain Library, 21109 N. 98th Ave. in Peoria.

Bravo Peoria is a free annual event held in partnership with the Friends of the Peoria Public Libraries. The theme for this year’s festivities is the Roaring 20s. Attendees can win prizes, get henna tattoos, make crafts, browse the book sale, check out the reptile adventures, watch James the Juggler and play on inflatables. Additional outdoor activities will be at Camino a Lago Park next to the library.

All funds from the book sale will be reinvested in the Peoria

Public Library System for future activities and events for residents.

Both the Peoria Main and Sunrise Mountain Libraries will be hosting themed book clubs, reading programs, games movie nights and more to celebrate the centennial.

Residents can also replace their library cards for free.

For more information about Bravo Peoria or the other centennial celebrations, visit www.peoriaaz. gov/library.

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She goes left. He goes left. She goes back and so does he. They have a synchronized dance that is in perfect harmony.

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I’m there at the wheel, looking out for rocks, ready to make small adjustments here or there; but thanks to the strong

leadership of previous chairmen of the board, I don’t see the need for major course corrections.

I’m honored my colleagues chose me for this role in such an important year for our region, and I wanted to share my vision for the county as a whole - and the West Valley in particular – in 2020.

As a county government, our job is not to solve every problem or be involved in every issue; it’s to bring stability to a diverse and dynamic region. It’s to make this a place where prosperity lasts and democracy flourishes.

Nowhere is that more important than in the West Valley, which is growing faster than any other part of Maricopa County.

That’s saying something since Maricopa County is the fastestgrowing county in the nation.

Buckeye’s population is up 60 percent in the past decade and more than 7 percent in just the past year. Surprise and Avondale each grew by about 2.5 percent over the past year, and many other West Valley cities topped the average statewide population growth of 1.6 percent.

The good news is we’re not just getting more people; we’re adding jobs and building infrastructure so families can thrive. I want that growth to continue.

That’s why I’ve asked my colleagues to stand with me and approve a new moratorium on government rules and regulations so that we are working with businesses rather than against them. I believe we can do this while also

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BY SARAH FINELLI EDWARD JONES

If you own a business, you know that setting up a retirement plan for yourself and your employees can be challenging.

But it may now be getting easier.

Congress recently passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) which, among many provisions, includes some key changes designed to help make it easier for business owners to establish retirement plans. And the need is clear: Just slightly more than half of workers at private-sector establishments with fewer than 100 employees have access to a retirement plan, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And startup costs were named as the biggest impediment to creating such plans, according to research compiled by the Pew Charitable Trust.

The SECURE Act is designed to address this concern in a few different ways: •

Increased business tax credit for plan startup costs – The maximum tax credit for establishing a retirement plan has been increased from $500 to $5000, although some restrictions apply.

Tax credit for automatic enrollment – Some smaller employers who set up automatic enrollment in their retirement plans can now receive a tax credit of $500.

• Multiple-employer plans (MEPs) – Different companies can now work together to offer employees a 401(k) plan with less administrative work and fewer fiduciary responsibilities than each employer would otherwise carry alone. This provision of the SECURE Act is intended to result in lower costs. These multipleemployer plans (MEPs) have been around for a while, but, until now, they were “closed” in the sense that participating employers needed to share some common relationship, such as membership to the same industry, trade association, etc. But now, these MEPs have been opened up to include unrelated companies.

These new rules may make it easier for you to create and administer a 401(k) or similar plan and potentially increase your employees’ savings rate.

However, to determine how your business should respond to these changes, you should consult with your tax and financial advisors.

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The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) encourages taxpayers to file electronically and have refunds direct deposited to help reduce errors and the potential for tax fraud.

During last tax filing season, about 83 percent of the 3.4 million Arizona income tax returns were e-filed.

Taxpayers can view a list of software providers certified to submit electronically filed returns with the department and access Arizona tax forms and instructions (including instruction booklets) on the ADOR website.

Instruction booklets will also be available at ADOR offices and local libraries.

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plan is an effective tool for attracting and retaining good employees – not to mention helping you build resources for your own retirement.

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House panel OKs bill to undo Trump changes to Endangered Species Act

BY CHRISTOPHER SCRAGG CRONKITE NEWS

WASHINGTON — A House committee gave preliminary approval January 29 to a bill that would reverse Trump administration changes to the Endangered Species Act, after a heated debate between members over which side had the best interest of the act at heart.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, sponsored the bill that he said is needed to overturn rules by the departments of the Interior and Commerce that undermine the protections of the act.

But defenders like Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, say the Endangered Species Act is in desperate need of reform and that the administration’s efforts to modernize it “will help move America forward and make America great again.”

The bill passed the House Natural Resources Committee on a party-line vote after close to an hour of debate.

Grijalva, who chairs the committee, said one of the rules his bill targets is the administration’s decision to exclude climate change when officials are considering how a species might fare in the future and whether it should be listed as endangered or threatened.

“They undermine the protection for critical habitats, they dramatically limit the scope of what can be considered

future threats,” Grijalva said.

“Climate change under the administration’s new definition of foreseeable future can’t be considered and to some extent does not exist.”

But Gosar said Trump’s rules help make a flawed Endangered Species Act “more transparent (and) efficient,” noting that it has failed to improve the status of the vast majority of species it aims to protect.

“Since the passing of the Endangered Species Act, only 3% of species that had been listed under the act have been delisted,” Gosar said. “If only 3% of patients admitted to a hospital walked out healthy, that hospital would be shut down immediately.”

Other committee members challenged that figure, saying it does not take into consideration how other species have improved. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, said 99% of the listed species are recovering because of the Endangered Species Act. “Yes, it does cause people to have to go through some hoops,” Case said of the law. “That’s as it should be if the end goal is to preserve our endangered and threatened species.”

The debate was testy throughout, with committee Democrats questioning Republicans’ motives.

“The problem is, many of my colleagues across the aisle

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, gestures during a meeting of the House Natural Resources Committee where Republicans and Democrats sparred over who had the best plan for improving the Endangered Species Act. Photo by Christopher Scragg/Cronkite News

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Gosar snapped back at Democrats on the panel, saying “you better know a lot about my background before you start implying what I stand for.”

“I’m very passionate about species,” Gosar said. “In fact, in my front yard I have a pond that we’re trying to build in regards to threatened frogs.”

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Gosar tried to amend Grijalva’s bill to cement the administration’s changes to Endangered Species Act in place, but it failed on a 15-22 vote.

“We should be working together to improve the Endangered Species Act and supporting changes that bring it into the 21st century on a bipartisan basis,” Gosar said before that vote.

The bill still has to pass the full House and it faces an uphill fight in the GOP-controlled Senate. But environmental policy advocates applauded the committee’s approval.

“The world loses more unique animals and plants to the extinction crisis every day we don’t take action,” said a statement from Stephanie Kurose, an endangered species policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. She said there is an ongoing species dieoff around the world.

“We’re grateful lawmakers have taken this important step to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel attack on the Endangered Species Act,” her statement said.

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McSally said last Wednesday that it is time to move on. “After two weeks in the Senate, 13 witnesses and 28,000 pages of evidence, it is time for the Senate to vote and return its focus to the priorities of the American people,� she tweeted.

Friday’s vote was followed by a series of last-ditch Democratic efforts to tack amendments on to the resolution outlining the final rules for impeachment. Each amendment – which proposed a variety of ways to subpoena witnesses or documents – was rejected on party-line votes.

During a brief visit to McSally’s office Friday, the phones were ringing non-stop – but the impeachment debate is not over yet.

Senators recessed for the weekend but will be back

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Unlike a typical Senate debate, Friday’s vote came as the senators were sitting as an impeachment court, which meant they were limited to announcing – but not discussing – their yea or nay votes during the session. Neither Sinema nor McSally responded to requests for comment Friday on their votes.

But House impeachment managers had plenty to say during four hours of debate Friday on the need to call more witnesses – something they have been pushing for since before the Senate trial began.

Those calls grew louder this week when the New York Times published details from an upcoming book by Bolton, in which he reportedly claims that Trump explicitly said his pressure on Ukrainian officials was aimed at hurting former Vice President Joe Biden, a possible Trump challenger this fall.

Bolton refused to testify to House committees investigating the president but has since said he would testify if called by the Senate, said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and the lead manager of the House’s impeachment case in the Senate. “Here you have the president saying John Bolton is not telling the truth – let’s put John Bolton under oath. Let’s find out who’s telling the truth,� Schiff said Friday. “A trial is supposed to be a quest for the truth.�House impeachment managers

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, voted with other Democrats and two Republicans in a failed effort to call more witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, which is expected to come up for a final vote this week.

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House impeachment managers had plenty to say during four hours of debate Friday on the need to call more witnesses – something they have been pushing for since before the Senate trial began. repeatedly implored senators to make the right decision and call witnesses.

But White House lawyers said the House has had plenty of opportunity to make its case during months of hearings and to present its case to the Senate this month. Over the past nine days, each side was allowed 24 hours to make its case, followed by 16 hours of questioning by senators and two hours of arguments for each side Friday.

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“Under our constitutional design, they’re supposed to investigate, you’re to deliberate,� said Jay Sekulow, Trump’s attorney for the impeachment trial, told senators. “What they’re asking you to do is now become the investigating agency.�

Sekulow said that if Bolton was called and cross-examined, it could open the door to reopening testimony from all the witnesses, potentially extending the trial for weeks.

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Monday when the House managers and the White House counsel will each get another two hours to make a final argument.

Then the floor will be opened to senators, who will be given 10 minutes each to speak from Monday through Wednesday – with a break Tuesday night, when the president is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

The House made Trump just the third president in history to be impeached when it voted in December to approve two articles of impeachment related to the Ukrainian incident: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Articles are forwarded to the Senate, which holds a hearing to determine whether to remove the president from office.

Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, shown here in an April file photo, announced last week that she would vote against Democrats’ move to call witnesses to testify at the impeachment trial.

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Arts

Embracing the entire scene Arizona environmentalist, preservationist and author Edward Abbey wrote, “Standing here, gasping at this monstrous and inhumane spectacle of rock, cloud, sky and space, I feel a ridiculous greed and possessiveness come over me. I want to know it all and embrace the entire scene intimately, deeply, totally…”

Local artist Joe Netherwood felt much the same way when he first encountered the great American Southwest, in particular Arizona.

Netherwood’s creative roots took anchor in his boyhood home of Richmond, Virginia.

His parents and elementary teachers were the first to recognize the keen eye and quick imagination of their young charge. But Netherwood said his biggest influence was his high school art and mechanical drawing teacher, Bernard Davis.

Netherwood was mesmerized with Davis’s meticulously detailed pen and ink drawings of historic colonial buildings of Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia. Netherwood also drew inspiration from two other greats in the illustration field, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Rick Griffin.

Somehow Netherwood knew he

was destined to do something in the world of art, but he also had to make a living.

After completing a stint in the U.S. Air Force, Netherwood returned to Richmond to begin his freelance illustration career.

It wasn’t long before he landed a job with Allied Chemical as a draftsman. During a business trip to Philadelphia, he met his future wife, Stephanie, resulting in Netherwood moving to Philadelphia. Once again, he was hitting the streets in search of freelance illustration work, but this time it was in the much larger market of Philadelphia. He soon found a day job as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer with Lippincott Publishing. About this time, he decided to revisit an interest in comedy he had developed years earlier.

Philadelphia had an active comedy-club scene in the mid1980s, prompting Netherwood to attend open mics to hone his skills. His efforts paid off when Netherwood got a second job doing improv at one of the clubs.

These gigs lead Netherwood to the Comedy Stop at the Trop in the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. He entered a comedy competition where he and a guy named Ray Romano (of “Everybody Loves

"Son of a Preacher Man" by Joe Netherwood

Netherwood works from his home studio with a large bay window that Photo courtesy of Joe Netherwood ushers in that “magical north light.”

Raymond” TV fame) matched wit to wit in the finals.

“I lost to some young upstart named Ray Romano. I wonder whatever happened to him?”

Netherwood joked.

About this time, at the ripe old age of 43, Netherwood decided if he was ever going to make a career in the fine arts, now would be the time to get moving in that direction.

In 1990, Netherwood took a trip to the Brandywine River Museum to see the show “N.C. Wyeth’s Wild West.” The show was comprised of Wyeth’s illustrations done in the early part of the 20th century. The show inspired a new direction in Netherwood’s artistic expression. He began studying the works of the Brandywine School artists and other classic American illustrators of the time. Gradually, his illustrations evolved into painting techniques. A few years into this new medium, Netherwood was accepted into the Phippen Museum Memorial Day Art Show in Prescott. It was the first show he had applied to, and he didn’t expect to be accepted; after all, he was still living in Philadelphia. Destiny presented Netherwood with an opportunity for a trip West, following the hoof prints of his hero Wyeth. But times had changed. Netherwood loaded up

his Honda Civic with paintings, framework for display, a tent and a few clothes and headed west for the first time. During his visit, Netherwood grabbed a chance to explore the territory, following the siren’s song of “Arizona Fever,” a condition that outsiders just can’t seem to shake. The yearning only eases when you find yourself marooned on the rocks of the great Sonoran Desert.

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Later that year, Netherwood would bring Stephanie back to Arizona and, to his delight, she caught the fever as well. The rest is history.

Today, Netherwood works from his home studio with a large bay window that ushers in that magical north light.

The space also contains several bookcases stuffed with art books, an antique golden oak back bar and dozens of his western and advertising collectibles, all subjects for past, present and future works.

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Netherwood in Booth 86 during the Fine Art Expo January 10 through March 22.

The Expo is located at 26540 North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Netherwood also has a painting in the C.M. Russell Museum’s live auction in mid-March in Great Falls, Montana. This is a huge honor for Netherwood, while offering sustaining support for the Museum. To view a wide selection of Netherwood’s work, keep up with his exhibit schedule or schedule a visit to his studio, contact him on www. joenetherwood.com.

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Movie Review THE RHYTHM SECTION Dir: Reed Morano Starring: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Mays, Max Casella and Richard Brake Monte’s Rating 1.75 out of 5.00

Filmmakers often talk about a film having “rhythm.” Writer/ director David Mamet is often labeled as having a particular “dialog rhythm,” a structure in the way words are crafted for characters to say that follow a beat or a specific pattern.

There is “visual rhythm,” the symmetry of framing a shot like in films by Wes Anderson or the movement of the camera to show motivation like in Bong Joon Ho’s “Snowpiercer.”

Rhythm can be a very important, deliberate element in the filmmaking process.

“The Rhythm Section,” directed by Reed Morano, puts the word “rhythm” into its title

but any sense of rhythm or reason is lost in this sometimes spy film, sometimes revenge tale, sometimes espionage film, but mostly just a convoluted mess.

Starting with the title of the film - which I’m still not exactly sure what it’s meant to imply, aside from a line of dialog that is thrown in but never amounts to any kind of explanation.

Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively) is introduced stalking into a worn-down building. She slowly raises a gun to the back of an unknown person’s head but before the result is revealed, the film flashes back eight months.

At this time, Stephanie was a drug-addicted prostitute, weak

and filled with sorrow due to the death of her entire family on an airplane she was meant to be on. A freelance journalist finds Stephanie and informs her that the death of her family was no accident but a planned bombing.

Stephanie is angry and decides to find the people responsible and kill them. Things don’t go as planned and Stephanie is forced to flee. She finds a former MI-6 agent named Iain Boyd (Jude Law) who decides to help her get free from addiction and train for the moment of her revenge.

“The Rhythm Section” begins with an interesting setup, offering a contrasted view of a woman trying to make sense of her

trauma. Lively commits to the role; she is vulnerable and frail in the early parts of the movie, and even as she develops into a revenge-seeking spy, you can still sense her uneasiness with the decisions she hopes to make. It’s disappointing that the narrative didn’t focus more attention on this key element. Lively is a talented actress and could have developed this character into something fascinating if provided the material and time to build the character better.

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interesting ambiguity. Instead, the film falls into uninspired clichés and unnecessary twists and turns.

The one shining moment for this film is in the construction of the action scenes involving Stephanie. When she is placed in danger, gun fights, car chases and hand-to-hand fights, the film keeps the perspective of these moments with Stephanie, showing how the atmosphere and environment are affecting her and how jarring a car chase would be if you have never been in one. It’s a nice touch of filmmaking.

Still, “The Rhythm Section” just doesn’t have the strong narrative needed to support its lofty ambitions. Lively and Law provide committed performances, but the film doesn’t meet their quality.

Instead, the film is lost in its design and never finds the melody of the story it wants to tell.

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Phoenix replacing more diesel-fueled garbage trucks with greener natural-gas trucks

BY CHRIS HOWLEY CRONKITE NEWS

PHOENIX — For Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, garbage and recycling day has become a weekly holiday she and her 3-year-old son celebrate.

“We have to go out and wave to the garbage trucks,” Gallego said. “Sometimes they’ll honk for him, and we have special permission from our neighbors to celebrate garbage day and it’s just a real treat.”

Every time the Gallego family greeted the truck, they had an almost 40 percent chance of waving at a large, heavyduty diesel vehicle, which contribute to tailpipe emissions across the city.

In an effort to continue reducing emissions in metro Phoenix, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gallego, and officials from state and local agencies announced Thursday steps to advance the national Cleaner Trucks Initiative in Phoenix.

Led by the EPA, the initiative aims to reduce nitrogen oxide and other pollutants from heavy-duty truck engines by establishing more stringent emission standards.

The EPA granted the city’s Public Works Department $1 million to replace 10 diesel trucks with trucks powered by compressed natural

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced January 30 that the city has received a $1 million grant from the EPA to replace 10 of the city’s diesel trucks with vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, which emit Photo by Christopher Howley/Cronkite News much less nitrogen oxide.

gas, which emit ultra-low levels of nitrogen oxide.

“We are trying to look at how we can manage taxpayer dollars most effectively to minimize the costs to people who get trash and recycling service from the city of Phoenix,” Gallego said.

“We’re also making it a priority to reduce emissions.”

Public Works officials said the grant will fund nine additional CNG solid waste trucks and one CNG long haul truck, saving more than 75,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The new trucks will increase the number of CNG trucks in Phoenix to 162, leaving

only 88 diesel trucks in service.

Phoenix will order the trucks next month, and they’re scheduled to be in service by March 2021.

“To make these changes and be able to walk the walk and assure that city vehicles have low emissions is really important for our families,” said City Councilman Carlos Garcia, who represents District 8, which covers parts of central and south Phoenix. “We’re really excited that the city is hoping to lead and making sure that the rest of the state is conscious of emissions.”

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The American Lung Association ranks metro Phoenix in the top 10 for high ozone days out of 228 U.S. metropolitan areas.

Adding these new CNG solid waste trucks are part of the larger goal that the EPA plans on meeting with the Clean Trucks Initiative: reducing emissions in trucks everywhere.

“Through this initiative, we will modernize heavy-duty truck engines, improving their efficiency and reducing their emissions, which will lead to a healthier environment,” said Mike Stoker, EPA Pacific Southwest regional administrator. “We all want cleaner air, and the big takeaway is one of the huge areas that we can get cleaner air from is with clean trucks.”

Even with the addition of the CNG trucks, Gallego is not ready to stop finding ways to cut emissions.

“We are absolutely looking at how we can have the best vehicle fleet possible,” Gallego said. “We’re very proud of the leadership role we’re playing as the city of Phoenix… so we are looking at all of the city’s programs and trying to lead the way.”

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Despite several generations of countermeasures, looting and grave robbing continue to damage and desecrate cultural resources across the United States and around the world.

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Welch directs Archaeology Southwest’s Landscape and Site Protection Program and is a professor, jointly appointed in The Department of Archaeology and the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia. Welch works with Native Nations on projects at the interface of indigenous peoples’ sovereignty – rights and responsibilities derived from authority over people and territory – and stewardship – sustainable and broadly beneficial uses of sociocultural and biophysical inheritances.

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One in six children live with a half sibling under 18

BY BRIAN KNOP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s not uncommon for children to live with siblings who share just one biological parent. In fact, one in six children under 18 live with a half sibling, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

Of the 73.5 million children under age 18 in 2014, 17.0 percent (12.5 million children) were living with at least one half sibling also under 18.

These estimates come from the redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2014. The latest estimate is six percentage points higher than the percent of children living with a half sibling shown in the previous SIPP panel in 2009 (10.8 percent).

There was a parallel six percentage point drop in the share of children living with only full siblings (those who share two biological parents): 57.5 percent in 2014 compared to 64.2 percent in 2009.

Changes to the data collection process for these estimates explain these differences more so than an actual change in American families between 2009 and 2014.

Changes in SIPP data collection Unlike previous panels, the 2014 SIPP includes an expanded fertility section that includes whether people have children with more than one person.

Sibling information now comes from answers to these new fertility and demographic questions. There were also changes to data processing that improved the accuracy of sibling estimates.

In previous panels, a respondent identified how each person is related to every single person in the household (e.g., parent, child, grandparent, cousin, nonrelative).

Often, respondents may not think of sibling relationships in specific demographic terms.

In their day-to-day lives,people define family relationships not just by technical terms, but also based on personal and shared histories.

In previous SIPP panels, survey respondents may have misidentified half siblings in their household as biological full siblings even though they shared only one biological parent.

This is more likely to happen when siblings are under age18 and share daily routines and developmental milestones.

The SIPP question changes reduced the survey length for many respondents and provided a more accurate estimate of half siblings.

Number and type of siblings Estimates show that children live in a variety of sibling configurations – with varying numbers of biological, half, step or adopted siblings. Whether children live with siblings varies depending on whether they live with both parents or with their mother or father only: More than 4 in 5 children (84.6 percent) living with two parents also live with at least one sibling. That’s higher than the percentage of children who live with at least one half sibling and their mom only and at least one sibling (74.4 percent); or with their dad only and at least one sibling (63.8 percent).

A higher percentage of children living with their dad only also live exclusively with

full siblings – 48.3 percent compared to 39.0 percent living with their mom only.

The presence of at least one stepsibling is higher among children living with their dad only (6.1 percent) than among children living with either their mom only (0.9 percent) or with two parents (2.6 percent).

It’s more common for children living with their mom only to have at least one half sibling present (32.5 percent). Only 7.6 percent of children living with their dad only and 12.8 percent of children living with two parents have one half sibling – or more – living with them.

More children live with two parents than with a mother or a father only, regardless of the number of siblings under 18 in the home.

The least common sibling arrangement among children living with two parents – no siblings – is still more common than the most common sibling arrangement (one sibling) among children living with a mother only.

Similarly, more children live with a mother than with a father only, regardless of the number of siblings present.

There are more children living with a mother only and three or more siblings (the least common sibling arrangement among children living with a mother only), than any of the individual sibling arrangements among children living with a father only.

These estimates allow for a more detailed analysis of children’s living arrangements and how they are linked to child well-being.

Brian Knop is a family demographer in the Census Bureau’s Fertility and Family Statistics Branch.

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However, growth can have consequences, as anyone who commutes with me on the I-10 knows. That’s why I support the work being done by my colleague, Jack Sellers, and others to create a comprehensive regional transportation plan to replace Prop 400. We need a plan that considers the impact of future growth, factors in new technology and balances it all with the diverse needs of our people, many of whom live here because they like a more rural lifestyle.

Protecting open space is another way we can improve quality of life at a time of incredible growth.

A recent study of our parks’ economic impact conducted by Arizona State University found that every dollar invested in the county park system returns $1.42 in economic impact to the region.

This year, we’ll begin phase one of the new 71,000-acre Vulture Mountain Recreation Area near Wickenburg. When the park is completed, it will have the county’s first formal off-highway vehicle recreation area and provide quality amenities and training opportunities for this popular sport.

Maricopa County needs wellmanaged open space like our regional parks now and for future generations. Working with our Parks Department has been one of the great pleasures of my service on the board and will be a priority of mine in 2020.

With all that said, I still believe the most important thing we’ll do as a county in 2020 is to plan and run elections. The Board of Supervisors partnered with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office last year to ensure joint oversight of elections not seen in the county in more than 50 years.

The board now oversees electionday activities and emergency voting, while the recorder is responsible for voter registration and early voting. These duties align with what is written state law.

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as quickly as possible. In recent weeks, we’ve been able to show this new equipment to state legislators, so they understand how it works.

The goal with any piece of technology should be to improve outcomes, and I believe the new machines will serve voters better than the outdated vote-tabulation equipment we previously had.

Knowing when and where to vote has never been easier. The Maricopa County Elections Department recently launched a new website which provides a personalized dashboard so you have everything you need to know to make your vote count at your fingertips.

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Remember, the Presidential Preference Election (PPE) is March 17. Only registered Democrats are eligible to vote. Since this election is not a primary, registered independents are not eligible to participate. The Republican and Libertarian parties have chosen not to hold a preference election.

You can read about our plan to inform and support voters in the PPE by visiting Maricopa. gov/2020PPEPlan.

And don’t worry. Everyone will have a chance to cast their vote (multiple times) in 2020. I am doing everything in my power to make sure the experience is a good one for all voters in Maricopa County, whether you vote early or on election day, in person or by mail.

Government’s role should be to build communities where individuals have the opportunity to create a high-quality life knowing that their government is spending their money in responsible ways that enhance health and safety and give residents a voice in the process. The year 2020 is going to be a great year for Maricopa County.

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