>> Ted: AN EFFORT TO ASK VOTERS TO ASSURE ABORTION RIGHTS BY WAY OF ARIZONA'S CONSTITUTION.

EXPANDING THE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES DENTAL CARE TO HOSPITALS PATIENTS.

THE PHOENIX CHAMBER IS CELEBRATING 135 YEARS OF VALLEY BUSINESSES.

THOSE STORIES MORE ARE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE DIRECTING CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS IN THREE SEPARATE COMMITTEES TO OPEN AN IMPEACHMENT CHOIR INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND WILL FOCUS ON WHETHER THE PRESIDENT BENEFITED FROM THE BUSINESS DEALINGS OF HIS SON, HUNTER BIDEN.

>> I'M DIRECTING TO OPEN A FORMAL INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO GIVE OUR COMMITTEES THE FULL POWER TO GATHER ALL OF THE FACTS AND ANSWERS FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW.

, THE ANSWERS.

I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WOULD WANT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND ALLEGATIONS, AS WELL.

>> Ted: REACTIONS FROM REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, PREDICTABLE.

>> BE CAREFUL OF THE PRECEDENT BECAUSE WE CAN DO THE SAME THING.

I'M EXCITED THIS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AND SHOWS BOLD AND STRONG LEADERSHIP BY OUR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, KEVIN McCARTHY, AND THIS INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK AMERICANS DESERVE TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY AND WE NEED THIS INVESTIGATION GO AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO COULD UNCOVER ALL OF THE CORRUPTION COVERING UP JOE BIDEN'S CRIMES.

>> I HAVE SEEN NO SUCH EVIDENCE.

I'VE LOOKED AT DEPOSITIONS IN A CLASSIFIED SETTING AND HEARING TRANSCRIPTS AND INTERROGATED WITNESSES AND THERE HAS BEEN NOT A SCINTILLA OF EVIDENCE OR ALLOW AN INFERENCE TO BE DRAWN THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE ANYTHING UNTOWARD AS VICE PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT.

>> Ted: HE WORKS TO TRY TO APPEASE FAR-RIGHT REPUBLICANS NOT HAPPEN WITH HEALTHCARE MCCARTHY.

>>> THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HEARD THE FAIL ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF BALLOT COUNTING MACHINES AND THAT WAS DISMISSED LAST YEAR BY A FEDERAL COURT AND WENT TO FAR TO ORDER SANCTIONS FOR LAKE AND FINCHEM AND THEY CONCEDED THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THE VOTING MACHINES THAT CAUSED BALLOTS TO BE NOT VOTED AND MACHINES BEING HACKED OR OTHERWISE COMPROMISED WITH ENOUGH FOR THEIR CASE TO BE HEARD IN COURT AND THE FEDERAL JUDGE ACTED IMPROPERLY AND NOT ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN.

>>> APPLE TODAY UNVEILED THE NEW iPHONE, THE iPHONE 15 AND 15 PRO AND MAX AND INCLUDE NEW CAMERAS AND CHIPS AND THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGES ARE USBC CHARGING PORTS AND REPLACE APPLE'S OWN LIGHTNING PORT.

THEY RANGE FROM 800 TO $1200.

>>> ABOUT MEASURE IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE 2024 ELECTION THAT WOULD ASK VOTERS TO ADD ABORTION'S RIGHTS AND SOME ON BOTH SIDES SEE THAT AS RISKY AND WE WELCOME LAW PROFESSOR, PAUL BENDER.

THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE.

THIS BEING MOVED AS AN AMENDMENT AS OPPOSED TO A STATUTORY INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE USUALLY SEE.

>> WELL, ONE THING ABOUT IT BEING AN AMENDMENT, IT REQUIRES MORE SIGNATURES AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN TRIED AS A STATUTE, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF STATUTES IN PLACE AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHICH ONES TO GET RID OF AND MODIFY.

THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH ESSENTIALLY REVIVES ROE V. WADE IN ARIZONA.

IT RESTORES THE TEST THAT A WOMAN HAS A RIGHT TO AN ABORTION UNTIL LIABILITY.

PEOPLE MAY BE CONCERNED, HOW CAN WE DO THAT?

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THERE'S NO ABORTION RIGHT UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND HOW CAN THERE BE AN ABORTION RIGHT UNDER THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION?

THAT'S A BASIC QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.

WE HAVE TWO SETS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

ONE UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND ANOTHER ONE UNDER OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICHEVER STATE WE HAPPEN TO LIVE IN.

AND STATES CAN'T HAVE RIGHTS THAT ARE LESS COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, BUT THEY CAN HAVE RIGHTS THAT ARE MORE COMPREHENSIVE.

LOTS OF STATES HAVE RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION, THERE'S A RIGHT TO RECOVER FOR PERSONAL INJURY SO THAT IF THE LEGISLATURE OF ARIZONA REDUCES THE RECOVERY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, THAT RAISES THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM IN ARIZONA AND IT DOESN'T RAISE A CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THERE IS NO RIGHTS LIKE THAT IN THE 14th AMENDMENT.

SO THE IDEA OF A STATE HAVING A RIGHT THAT'S NOT IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS NOT UNUSUAL AT ALL.

LOTS OF STATES HAVE RIGHTS THAT AREN'T IN THE CONSTITUTION.

>> Ted: BUT IN THIS CASE AND GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, OBVIOUSLY MORE SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED BUT WITHIN A STATUTE, YOU WOULD HAVE VOTER PROTECTION, WOULDN'T YOU?

WOULD IT NOT BE SIMILAR IF NOT THE SAME THING OR YOU TELL ME IN.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, TED.

IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING IF IT WERE A STATUTE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATED IN THIS DECIDED TO DO IT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY.

I THINK BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE COMPLICATED TO DO IT AS A STATUTE.

AS A STATUTE, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE EXISTING STATUTES REGULATING ABORTION.

IF YOU PUT IN A NEW STATUTORY RIGHT TO AN ABORTION ONE HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO CHANGE THE EXISTING STATUTES.

AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, IT OVERRIDES ALL OF THE OF THE EXISTING STATUTES.

>> Ted: DOES ANYTHING CONCERN YOU OR RAISE QUESTION MARKS?

ONCE YOU'RE IN THE CONSTITUTION, YOU'RE THERE AND DIFFICULT TO GET YOU OUT.

>> YEAH, I GUESS SO.

I MEAN IF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE ABORTION UNTIL EQUAL VIABILITY, THERE'S A PROVISION THAT SAYS THE STATE CAN REGULATE THAT RIGHT BUT CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY FROM WOMAN AND THE ONLY REGULATIONREGULATION TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF THE WOMAN GETTING AN ABORTION.

I PRETTY STRONG.

IF THIS PASSES, ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE'LL HAPPEN IS THAT ARIZONA WILL BE BACK THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE ROE V. WADE WAS OVERRULED.

NOW RIGHT NOW IN ARIZONA, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS AND THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING TO GO BEFORE THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT AND AN OLD STATUTE THAT BANS ABORTION AND A NEW STATUTE WHICH IS A 15-WEEK STATUTE.

SO WE'RE NOW OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE 15-WEEK STATUTE IS RIGHT.

THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND MORE THAN 15 WEEKS AND IT WOULD BE VIABILITY WHICH IS 24 WEEKS.

SOSO IT WOULD SOMEONE INCREASE RIGHT FROM ABORTION TO THE WAY IT IS NOW AND BASICALLY, AS I KEEP SAYING, IT WOULD RESTORE THE SITUATION AS IT WAS UNDER ROE V. WADE.

>> Ted: IF THIS DOESN'T MAKE THE BALLOT AND MAKES THE BALLOT AND FAILS, WHAT IS THE SUPREME COURT DOING HERE AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THESE TWO LAWS?

THE TERRITORIAL ERA LAW AND THE MORE RECENT LAW?

DOES THE MORE RECENT LAW SUPERCEDE AND WHAT OTHER NEW LAWS SUPERCEDE WHAT CAME EARLY OR IS THIS A UNIQUE CASE?

DIDN'T I THINK.

>> THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE AND YOUHAVE LAWS IN BETWEEN AND YOU HAVE A NEW WHICH IS QUITE DIFFERENT WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE WAY BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT ROE V. WADE WOULD BE MODIFIED AND NOT OVERRULED.

THAT'S UNUSUAL.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WITH THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, IT WOULD GUARANTEE TO WOMEN IN ARIZONA A RIGHT TO ABORTION UNTIL FETAL VIABILITY AND THAT WOULD BE BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, THE SAME AS ROE V. WADE.

IT GIVES THAT RIGHT BACK TO WOMEN.

OTHER STATES ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

>> Ted: SO, AGAIN -- GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THE MAIN THING TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS RIGHT IS TAKEN OUT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TAKEN OUT OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS.

STATE CONSTITUTIONS CAN HAVE RIGHTS NOT IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS ESTABLISH A STATE RIGHT IN ARIZONA TO ABORTION.

EVEN THOUGH THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROVIDE SUCH A RIGHT AND THE SUPREME COURT HELD THAT THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DOESN'T PROVIDE THIS RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

A STATE IS FREE TO GIVE ITS PEOPLE RIGHTS BEYOND THE RIGHTS THAT THEY GET FROM THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

>> Ted: INTERESTING.

LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE SUPREME COURT, LOOKING AT WHICH TERRITORIAL ERA OR THE MORE RECENT ABORTION REGULATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE COURT TO LOOK AT AND HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE COURT TO DECIDE ON THIS?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO WHICH I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER.

THE QUESTION HAS NEVER COME UP BEFORE AS FAR AS I KNOW.

YOU HAVE AN OLD LAW WHICH WAS STILL THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE A NEW LAW -- THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.

I THINK ONE THING THE SUPREME COURT CAN DO IS NOT DECIDE THAT AND LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS UNTIL THIS BALLOT PROPOSITION GOES TO THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

IF A PLOT BALLOT PROPOSITION PASSES, THAT ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT OF THE CONSTITUTION.

IF THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT IS AS CONFUSED AND THE FACT THAT CURRENT LOW, ONE THING IS TO LEAVE THE SITUATION THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE OF AN INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT UPHELD THE MORE RECENT LAW APPLIES.

PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION TO 15 WEEKS SO THEY CAN LEAVE IT THAT WAY AND THEN IF THE BALLOT PROPOSITION PASSES, THE 15 WEEKS WOULD BECOME VIABILITY.

>> Ted: PAUL BENDER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

NICE TO TALK TO YOU.

>> Ted: AND UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A MOVIE MOVE TO EXPAND ORAL HEALTHCARE FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS.

>> THEY'RE INCLUDING PATIENTS AT BANNERS HEALTHCARE AND JOINING US IS DR. NIMIT AGARWAL AND MICHAEL JOANS.

DOCTOR, WE'LL START WITH YOU AND WHAT IS THIS, THE HOPE PROGRAM?

>> SO, WHEN YOU GO TO A HOTEL, WE TAKE A TOOTHBRUSH AND REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT?

WHENWHEN WE GO TO A HOSPITAL, SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT CAN EASILY GET MISSED.

WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN HEALTHCARE AS A NURSE, ORAL CARE IS SO BASIC, RIGHT?

PEOPLE EXPECT EVERY PATIENT SHOULD GET ORAL CARE.

WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, MEDICATIONS AND MAKING SURE PATIENTS ARE WALKING, SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ORAL CARE CAN BE EASILY MISSED.

WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A PROBLEM.

ORAL CARE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS PATIENTS GETTING PNEUMONIA.

>> Ted: ESPECIALLY IN A HOSPITAL SETTING AND SENIOR, THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS.

>> YES, IT IS.

WHEN WE HEARD WHAT DR. NIMIT AGARWAL AND THE TEAM TALKED ABOUT IN THE VISION FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE THIS FIT RIGHT IN WITH WHAT WE SEE ARE KEY OBJECTIVES AND THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION, HOW TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL ORAL HEALTH OF OUR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA.

BUT NOT JUST ORAL HEALTH, OVERALL HEALTH.

A PROGRAM LIKE THIS HELPS TO ELEVATE THE RESULTS AND OUTCOMES THAT PATIENTS WOULD REALIZE.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE BODY AND THE MOUTH ARE BE CONNECTED.

IN A HOSPITAL SETTING, THIS CAN BE MULTIPLE APPLIED IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES IN THE ORAL CAVITY ITSELF.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS, DOCTOR, AS IF CAVITIES, JUST ORAL CAVITIES, THAT CAN TRAVEL AND GO PLACES YOU DON'T WANT IT TO GO, TRUE?

>> THE INFECTION CAN SPREAD BUT IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING, WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT IS THE INFECTION IN THOSE CAVITIES.

>> Ted: THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

>> IMAGINE YOU'RE EATING FOOD AND YOUR MOUNT IS MOUTH AND DRY, THAT INFECTION CAN GO INTO THE LUNGS, ESPECIALLY SENIORS.

THERE'S HIGHER RISK FOR INFECTIONS.

>> Ted: THE PARTNERSHIP, THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP, HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?

YOU SAW SOMETHING, YOU HEARD SOMETHING AND LIKED IT.

>> AT OUR FOUNDATION, WE ENTERTAIN A GRANT REQUEST AND WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, FUNDING, ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND EVEN THE PROVISIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF DENTAL SUPPLIES.

BANNER HELL WAS ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT STEPPED UP AND RAISED THEIR HAND AND WANTED SUPPORT FOR THIS DENTAL INTEGRATION PROGRAM.

IT WAS A THROUGHOUT DELIGHT TO HEAR THAT THEY WANTED TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO FOR SO LONG.

IT WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP MATCH FOR US.

>> Ted: HOW EXACTLY DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

YOU SEND KITS TO EACH PATIENT OR EACH ROOM OUTFIT AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE IDENTIFIED A HEALTH NAVIGATOR, A NURSE WITH SPECIAL TRAINING IN DOING ORAL CARE.

WE GOT SOME ASSISTANCE FROM DENTAL HIGH HYGIENISTS AND GOT SO MUCH SPORT SUPPORT FROM DENTAL ARIZONA TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE REALIZED THAT NURSES WERE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH THE BASIC ORAL CARE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH.

WITH THIS TEAM THEY WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THIS AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER.

>> Ted: THIS WAS A PILOT PROGRAM, RIGHT?

>> YES.

IT WAS SLATED TO LAST A YEAR AND THE RESULTS WERE ASTOUNDING AND WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT BANNER WAS SO PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT THEY WOULD EXPAND IT NOW TO 20 OF THEIR HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT SIX STATES THROUGH THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WHICH IS JUST MARVELOUS NEWS.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THIS IS ARIZONA CENTRIC BUT APPARENTLY NOT.

>> WE'RE ESTABLISHING THIS AT ALL BANNER HOSPITALS, 300,000 PATIENTS EVERY YEAR FROM BANNER WELL GET A BENEFIT FROM THIS PROTOCOL FROM THIS PROGRAM.

>> Ted: LAST POINT AND I'M GETTING THE IMPRESSION THAT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED.

ORAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A MARKER AND MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

>> THOSE ARE SMALL THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> Ted: AGREED?

ABSOLUTELY.

NOT JUST FOR PATIENTS BUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND PEOPLE ATTEND TO THEIR ORAL HEALTH BECAUSE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THINGS BEFORE THEY GET WORSE AND DOESN'T AFFECT THE REST OF THE BODY.

>> Ted: GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PARTNERSHIP INDEPENDENT PARTNERSHIP.

>> THE GREATER PHOENIX CHAMBER IS CELEBRATING 135 YEARS OF ASSISTING UPWARDS OF VALLEY BUSINESSES REPPING REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES.

WE WELCOME TODD SANDERS AND THE CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, JENNIFER MELLOR.

GOOD TO YOU HAVE BOTH.

TODD, FOR 135 YEARS, THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PHOENIX CHAMBER IS, WHAT DO TELL THEM?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A CHAMBER IS, BUT NOT REALLY AND I THINK OF THIS AS A COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION THAT DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE ARIZONA COMPANIES GROW AND PROSPER AND STAY HERE.

AND WE DEVELOP A LOT OF STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE.

>> Ted: 1135 YEARS AGO BEEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT THE MISSION OVER THE YEARS, HAS IT CHANGED?

>> I THINK THAT'S THE INTERESTING THING.

THE MISSION HAS STAYED THE SAME AND THE TACTICS, THE STRATEGY HAS CHANGED.

FOR ME IN TERMS OF CHAMBERS, IF YOU'RE NOT INNOVATING, EVERY TWO YEARS THINGS ARE CHANGES AND BAD NEWS, YOU HAVE TO BE DEDICATED AND NOT BE AFRAID TO FAIL.

>> Ted: INNOVATION OFFICIAL AND LEADER AND WITH THE FOUNDATION, IS THE FOUNDATION DIFFERENT THAN THE CHAMBER?

>> THE GREATER PHOENIX CHAMBER FOUNDATION IS A SEPARATE TITLE 1C3 AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY LASERRED LASERRED ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.

>> Ted: WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT AND WHERE DO WE STAND AND WHAT IS THE STATE IN THE PHOENIX AREA AND WHERE CAN IMPROVEMENTS BE FOUND?

>> WE'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR THAT WE-TO-HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO GROSS OUR BUSINESSES AND ECONOMY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK BRINGING INDUSTRY TOGETHER TO ALIGN ON WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM AND A LOT OF WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO BUILD NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE LYING TO INDUSTRY DEMAND.

MOST RECENTLY, WE LAUNCHED A PROGRAM CALLED ELEVATEEDAV, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WE'RE INTEGRATED INTO 20 HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS MARICOPA COUNTY AND GETTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PURSUE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND AND PATHWAYS.

>> Ted: IT WAS IN 2016?

>> BACK IN 2016.

>> Ted: ELEVATE@AZ, THAT'S THE THING YOU DO, A NONPROFIT WORKING TOWARD THAT END.

>> YES.

WE ARE HEAVILY INGRAINED IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO GET MORE STUDENTS IN CTE PATHWAYS AND WORKING TO GET THOSE STUDENTS BETTER OUTCOMES AND TRYING TO FOCUS ON DUAL ENROLLMENT AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS THIS PAST YEAR.

WE HAD A 40% INCREASE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT ACROSS MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE TOOK ONTO LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CHAMBER'S UMBRELLA.

AND WE ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND TRYING TO GET STUDENTS INTERNSHIPS AND JOB SHADOW OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXPOSE THEM TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN TODAY'S MARKET.

>> Ted: BACK TO THE CHAMBER, I GOT A SHOP AND WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME?

>> WELL, THINK PART OF IT IS THAT SHORT GAME AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SHORT THINGS WE CAN HELP WITH, FOR INSTANCE, TAX ISSUES AND POLICY ISSUES AND THOSE ARE ALL SHORT GAMES AND IN THE LONG RUN, THE OUR GOAL IS FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT AND WE HAVE NATIONAL PRESENCE.

WHAT IS THE LONG GAME?

POLICY, WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOO-FOLD.

TWO-FOLD AND STAY HERE AND EXPAND THAT BUSINESS AND PROSPER BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S A WIN FOR US.

DELTA DENTAL AND BANNER, THOSE ARE LONG-TIME MEMBERS AND WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

>> Ted: YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LUSH LEGISLATURE AND CITY COUNCIL.

>> OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SAME THING WITH LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR HOBBS.

I LOVE TO LOOK AT THE DUAL ENROLLMENT BILL, THAT WAS BIPARTISAN.

WE'RE MOVING THE BALL DOWN THE COURT AND BENEFITING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND THE ECONOMY.

>> Ted: JENNIFER, BIPARTISAN, THAT'S BIG, ISN'T IT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT LITTLE AFFILIATION THEY HAVE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THE DUAL ENROLLMENT IS PROVIDING TUITION ASSISTANCE TO THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND IMPACTING BOTH URBAN AND RURAL SCHOOLS TO GIVE BETTER ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES TO TUITION ASSISTANCE PROVIDING TEACHERS AN INCENTIVE TO GET DUAL ENROLLMENT CERTIFIED BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF DUAL ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE STATE.

>> THEY SHOULD BE INCENTIVIZED AND WHY WOULDN'T WE MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WORK.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAMBER, 135 YEARS, NOT BAD.

YOU LOOK GOOD FOR 135.

>> 135 TO GO.

>> Ted: THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!