Posted Jun 19, 2013, 5:34 pm
John C. Scott Show
Interviews with Democratic state Sen. Steve Farley, Arizona League of Cities and Towns head Ken Strobeck, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, TUSD Boardmember Mark Stegeman, plus Larry Hecker, chairman of the Pima County Bond Advisory Committee, and Sunnyside Governing Board member Buck Crouch.... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 3:34 pm
Buckmaster Show
Interviews with Victoria Maizes, M.D., executive director of the University of Arizona-based Center for Integrative Medicine. Also, Dr. Heather Connally of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson and Tucson-based writer John Krygelski talks about his new suspense-thriller “The Mutatus Procedure.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 10:57 am
Jonathan Reid
/Cronkite News Service
The House on Tuesday voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, capping a week of controversy with passionate debate over the measure before approving it largely on party lines.... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 10:17 am
Daniel Wagner
/Center for Public Integrity
A government initiative aimed at saving money by eliminating paper checks is hurting some recipients of federal benefits while earning the bank that operates the program millions in fees charged to consumers.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 5:00 pm
John C. Scott Show
Bankruptcy attorney Jesse R. Callahan, Middle East expert Prof. Stephen Zunes, documentary filmmaker Daniel Buckley, and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry head Glenn Hamer... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 1:38 pm
Buckmaster Show
An interview with state Sen. Steve Farley of Tucson, who gave his take on this year’s session of the Legislature. Next, financial planner Shelly Fishman had our Tuesday Money Maker Report, and the monthly Blogger Beat with David Safier of www.BlogForArizona.com.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 9:41 am
Jonathan Reid
/Cronkite News Service
House Republicans tried to distance themselves from Rep. Trent Franks’ controversial comments over an abortion bill by quietly amending it to include language that the Glendale Republican had tried to block, experts said. Franks caused a furor last week when he said that “estimates of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low” as he argued against a rape-or-incest exception to his bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 9:38 am
John Otis
/GlobalPost
The drug scopolamine is also known as “the devil’s breath” or “burundanga.” The late salsa diva Celia Cruz sang about it. In a recent documentary, Vice called it “the world’s scariest drug.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 14, 2013, 5:00 pm
John C. Scott Show
Arizona Capitol Times reporter Hank Stephenson, GOP state Rep. Ethan Orr, Democratic state Sen. Linda Lopez, former state Sen. Frank Antenori, plus Tucson Padres GM Mike Feder, and AEA President Andrew Morrill.... Read more»
Posted Jun 14, 2013, 1:20 pm
Buckmaster Show
An interview with U.S. Rep. Ron Barber (D-CD 2). Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable with Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News, and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer and columnist for The Arizona Daily Star. Plus, the Weekend Watch with Matt Russell.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2013, 7:17 pm
John C. Scott Show
Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small, Tucson Weekly writer Jim Nintzel, Ward 6 Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, and Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2013, 10:39 am
Christie Thompson
/ProPublica
When the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the U.S. military’s sexual assault crisis, lawmakers grilled Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officials on the alarmingly high number of rapes and other sexual abuses in their ranks.... Read more»
Posted Jun 12, 2013, 8:17 pm
John C. Scott Show
DUI defense attorney Jim Nesci, Inside Tucson Business Writer Keith Rosenblum, Ward 2 Councilman Paul Cunningham, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small.... Read more»
Posted Jun 12, 2013, 7:14 pm
Emilie Eaton
/Cronkite News Service
U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, created an online furor Wednesday with comments in a House committee hearing that “the estimates of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.”... Read more»
Updated Jun 11, 2013, 5:48 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Gov. Jan Brewer called for a special session of the Legislature to begin immediately Tuesday evening, GOP Speaker Andy Tobin had adjourned the House earlier in the day, and legislative leaders had planned to delay consideration of the state budget and Medicaid expansion until Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Jun 11, 2013, 5:38 pm
Wendell Potter
/Center for Public Integrity
Bipartisanship is so rare on Capitol Hill these days, especially in regard to health care, that when such comity breaks out, it’s worth reporting.... Read more»