Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents.

During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state.

Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.