Arizona will receive nearly $2 million of a $100 million, multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing for the drug Depakote.... Read more»
The FDA doesn’t track data on medical implants, despite numerous high profile cases of malfunctioning devices that led to injury or even death.... Read more»
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to introduce a bill to provide legal status—but not citizenship—for undocumented youth ran into an obstacle when Speaker Boehner announced that such a proposal would not pass his chamber.... Read more»3
Wal-Mart has been sued by the second-largest pension plan in the United States, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, over the retailer’s alleged mishandling and cover-up of bribery in their Mexico division... Read more»
You’ve heard it before. Let’s deep-six ObamaCare and replace it with sure-fire free-market solutions: tort reform, allow insurance to be sold across state lines and encourage people to set up health savings accounts. Here’s the problem: there is mounting evidence that all three of these strategies not only are ineffective but may actually be making matters worse.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with UA Communication Prof. Kate Kenski.... Read more»
Looking at Paul Ryan and Barack Obama’s plans in detail shows that practical effects are likely to be very different when it comes to restraining federal spending and impact on seniors.... Read more»
An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for “green jobs” going overseas. The ad, titled “Wasteful Spending,” introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack.... Read more»
The U.S. economy created 115,000 jobs in April, fewer than analysts had expected, according to the Labor Department’s report on Friday. However, the unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a conversation with Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Show Washington contributor. Then, we preview the Sonoran Region Business Development Conference presented by Tucson’s Caballeros del Sol. Also, Guy Gunther of CenturyLink.... Read more»
The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at ASU is still going strong more than a year after Arizona passed a ban on affirmative action.... Read more»1
The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. The Air Force’s Air Combat Command confirmed that some pilots — they would specify only “a very small” number — have requested not to fly the F-22.... Read more»
Despite an appeals court ruling three years ago, copper mining continues at the Carlota Mine at Pinto Creek, near Globe. “The regulatory bodies just ignored the ruling and allowed them to go right ahead and destroy the area,” one opponent said.... Read more»
By this time next year, a 653-foot solar tower – an industrial pipe taller than the Washington Monument – will rise from La Posa Plain if the Quartzsite Solar Energy Project earns approval. Members of the Quechan Tribe oppose the project. “What if someone wanted to put solar panels on the Vatican?”... Read more»
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