Recent Articles from Erin Murphy Cronkite News
Thousands helped, thousands more may still be in need after Medicaid scams
A state hotline has helped thousands of victims in the two months since state officials uncovered a string of fraudulent Medicaid-funded addiction care facilities in Arizona, but the exact scale of the problem is still unknown.
Report: State added 13,000 clean-energy jobs in past year, 7th best in U.S.
Arizona added almost 13,000 clean-energy jobs in the past year, good enough for seventh-most among states and evidence that the state is becoming a “powerhouse” for clean energy and electric vehicle production, a new report says.
Tucson says $50 million grant will kick off ‘transformational’ redevelopment
Tucson officials said a $50 million federal grant will allow the city to begin work on long-awaited “transformational” redevelopment of the Oracle Road and Miracle Mile area near downtown.
‘Contact burns’ from hot surfaces lead to hospitalizations, some deaths
Arizona Burn Center officials are warning about roads and surfaces that get blistering hot – literally – in the summer sun, after several years in which contact burns resulted in scores of hospital admissions.
Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed Thursday to “fight like heck” against a federal court ruling that could overturn a mandate that health insurers provide HIV-preventive medication without charge.
‘Deeply repentant’ Vallejo gets 3 years for his role in Jan. 6 attack
An apparently contrite Edward Vallejo was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and three years of supervised release, a fraction of the sentence prosecutors sought for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors seek 17-year sentence for Arizona defendant in Jan. 6 attack
Prosecutors are seeking a 17-year sentence for Arizona resident Edward Vallejo, one of nine members of the Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.