If you ask most Arizonans why they move to the Grand Canyon state, the weather is a consistent – and positive – answer. That may soon change if Mother Nature continues to get her way.  Americans have witnessed unprecedented weather and climate disasters in the last few years. Wildfires have incinerated millions of acres of land in the West. Droughts, floods, and tornadoes continue to decimate farmland in the Midwest. Hurricanes and rising sea levels are flooding out thousands of residents along southern and eastern coastal areas. Recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data predicts Arizona’s climate will continue…

More than 600,000 people could be purged from Arizona’s Medicaid plan starting this April 2023. According to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), of the 600,000 members at risk, approximately half of them could lose coverage for failing to respond to requests for determining eligibility and half could simply no longer be eligible. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the AHCCCS had not removed anyone from Medicaid, regardless of eligibility. States had been prohibited from doing so even if changes in income or other factors would cause a recipient to no longer qualify for the…

Even though Arizona offers opportunities for motorcycling year-round, for some, with the change of season, it could mean it’s time to bring the bike out of the garage or storage. Today, motorcycling is bigger than ever in the U.S. According to the Motorcycle Industry Council, the number of motorcycles on the road surpassed 12 million in 2018, 2 million more than in 2014. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Unfortunately, the risk of riding a motorcycle has remained unchanged. The leading causes of motorcycle crashes, injuries, and deaths include unsafe speed, bad weather and poor road conditions, not wearing a helmet,…

Some parents feel the decision of whether to have children is a tough one to make. An even tougher question is if you do decide to have them where to send them for child care once the time comes. The U.S. child care system continues to experience multiple crises, with families finding it difficult to locate reliable, affordable child care. Before the pandemic, the number of child care providers in the U.S. was already declining. Three years later and the problem is worse. Between December 2019 and March 2021, over 8,800 child care centers closed, and almost 7,000 licensed family…

Did you know more than 5.3 million individuals in the United States live with a permanent brain injury-related disability? That’s one in every 60 people, according to the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). And more than 2.8 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries every year.  Every March, the BIAA leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month as a way to rally a large community to raise awareness and improve the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury. And experts say awareness is the key to keeping our brains healthy. Here’s what you should know…