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75th Annual State Bar Convention Award Winners
The following awards were meant to honor those who have made an outstanding contribution to the state's legal system and will be presented at the 75th Annual State Bar Convention:... […]
The new lie detector?
A form of Magnetic Resonance Imaging called the "functional MRI," or fMRI, is being marketed to lawyers and judges as the real deal in lie detection.Unlike a polygraph, the fMRI... […]
Ahead – road troubles for Wisconsin
If the federal Highway Trust Fund follows projections and partially dries up at the end of the year, it will mean trouble for Wisconsin. "If you look at it, every... […]
Oklahoma expects delays on road construction
Oklahoma can't be expected to fill a $173 million pothole without some major delays in road construction projects. "The scope of that project may be changed or altered. That doesn't... […]
Divided Families: With many gone north, some Mexico towns short on young men
Family Needs • Francisco Javier Balderas Medina stands in the middle of a number of chicken coops at his family’s house and small farm near Jerez, Mexico. He says he... […]
Divided Families: Many headed to U.S. wind up at Maquiladora plants on border
Fair Trade • Neftali Fuentes’ cousin Hugo pours raw coffee beans into one of two roasters they have in their home in Agua Prieta, Mexico. The family runs the fair... […]
Divided Families: Elderly often left behind when relatives cross the border
Remaining Hope • Even after seven years without a visitor, Carmelita Gutierrez says she has not given up hope that one day she’ll see her loved ones again. AGUA PRIETA,... […]
Drive me insane: AZ to lose millions of transportation dollars
Backed Up • Without a new source of revenue, Arizona drivers could be stalled in traffic for years to come. The future of Arizona’s transportation systems is in jeopardy as... […]
Napolitano, ADOT and TIME: Three’s a crowd≠
What role, if any, government should have in the ballot initiative process is stirring up a controversy over the state’s ambitious transportation plan. The Arizona Department of Transportation in late... […]
Ethics, media relations in new Bar president’s crosshairs
Reform-Minded • Incoming State Bar of Arizona President Ed Novak plans to ask the state Supreme Court to change an ethical rule to allow a lawyer to “make a disclosure…... […]
