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UofA mentoring program aims to bring doctors back to rural areas
Mike Kushner, left, a second-year University of Arizona College of Medicine student, listens to the heart and lung sounds of patient Albert Garcia, center, during an examination at Family Health... […]
Top 10 Health Issues in Arizona
1. Population growth has outpaced health planning Arizona’s growth rate has outpaced planning capabilities, and health largely has been left out of perspective. As a result, there are insufficient human... […]
Legislative hearing on CPS cases to be open to public
House committee reschedules meeting for Sept. 18
More Hispanics follow lead of many younger voters, register as independents
Democrats hold an edge with Hispanics in national elections, but Latinos’ growing tendency to register as independents and split their vote between parties is buoying Republican prospects for 2008. Younger... […]
Democrats elect new party chairman
Longtime Arizona Democrat Don Bivens won a state committee election in Prescott and will serve as the party’s chairman until 2009. Bivens, a former president of the State Bar of... […]
Lawmakers question proposal for more math, science classes to graduate
A proposal to require high school students to take more math and science classes before receiving their diplomas is being lauded by the governor and the state’s schools chief, but... […]
House panel to review employer sanctions law
The House of Representatives announced it was forming a panel tasked with reviewing the employer sanctions legislation approved by the Legislature and the governor earlier this year.The Ad Hoc Committee... […]
Corrections chief: New law will help parolees find homes
Prisons Director Dora Schriro said her department will have an easier time getting paroled inmates into housing with a new law that passed in June.“Homelessness is a challenge for us,”... […]
Napolitano urges unions to elect more Democrats in 2008
More than 100 AFL-CIO delegates from across Arizona met in Phoenix last week for their biennial convention, which addressed swelling membership numbers and their latest political accomplishments. The two-day event... […]
Annie Loyd, independent candidate, 3rd Congressional District
Annie Loyd grew up in a home that was deeply involved in community work. Loyd, who was reared Catholic, said they would clean the church on Saturdays and help with... […]
