Joe Hengemuehler
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THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Vail Teachers
The Vail School district has come up with a creative idea to help keep teachers – they are offering them a community of tiny homes. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: AMBER Alerts
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, those Amber Alert messages are only activated for six hours before being replaced. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Lottery funds for education
As our state's teachers and lawmakers face off over education funding, a viewer asked us this question: What about all the money from the Arizona Lottery and casinos? Isn't that supposed to help ... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Education funding
As our lawmakers and our teachers are at odds over education funding, a big question is this: where will we get more money? → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: AZ National Guard troops on U.S./Mexic
More than 300 Arizona National Guard troops will be helping the Border Patrol and Customs do their jobs at the request of President Trump. The question is, why now? → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL - Politicians and immigration issues
THINK ABOUT IT – no matter where you stand in the immigration debate, shouldn’t our leaders at least work on a solution? That’s why we elect them. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Bus safety
Someone recently attacked a Sun Tran bus driver in Tucson. Fortunately, he wasn’t badly hurt, but we’re finding out this kind of thing is happening way too often. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: March For Our Lives
We’ll likely disagree about whether or not we need more gun laws, but let’s leave that debate aside for a moment and focus on another question. People have asked, why we should listen to teenagers... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Education, School Safety
Having a plan is one thing. Paying for it is another. Governor Doug Ducey is out with a plan to help keep our kids safe at school. It includes an increase in mental and behavioral health resources... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Florida School Shooting
Even as they attend funerals for their classmates, they are delivering a message to lawmakers and to America: Let Parkland be the last mass shooting. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: School shooting in Florida
17 dead in a school shooting in Florida. It's even harder to comprehend when you literally count up to that number...17 lives lost and so many more destroyed. Invariably our leaders in Washington D... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Former AZ House Rep Don Shooter
It’s clear, he deserved to go given the nature and the allegations, which involved multiple women. But what is even more disturbing is that House leadership did not automatically consider a vote t... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Cell phones
Here’s a bigger question: why are lawmakers at the state level dragging their feet on addressing the issue of phone usage of people while driving. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Government shutdown
After a three-day shutdown, the federal government is back at work. But ONLY BECAUSE once again, our lawmakers have passed a temporary solution and kicked the can ie: difficult issues including DA... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: UA hires new head football coach
Right out of the gate – the University’s legal eagles have already made their best play in making sure Sumlin’s contract had a built-in protection to prevent what happened when the University let R... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Recreational Marijuana
In it I asked for you to sound off, one way or the other about recreational marijuana in Arizona. I asked because there is a group intent on getting that item on the ballot this year in our state. → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Recreational Marijuana
Aside from the ball drops and the fireworks signaling a new year -- 2018 also meant the start of recreational marijuana sales in California. Voters there were apparently not in a haze and thought t... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: AMAZON/Pima County
This segment is called Think About It. This week, it ought to be called THINKING REALLY BIG ABOUT IT! → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Viewer feedback
My most recent commentary raised some passion among many of you. Earlier this week I said that it pays to work for Governor Ducey, but it doesn't pay to be a teacher. All based on a report the gov... → Read More
THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Governor’s Aide pay vs Teacher pay
We learned through the Arizona Republic the governor gave his staff raises of up to 20 percent, while only giving a one percent raise to Arizona's teachers this year. → Read More