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Biosensors and the need for early disease detection
The American Cancer Society predicts that in 2014, more than 1.6 million new cases of cancer will arise in the United States and more than half a million people will die from the disease, with 11,400 of those deaths occurring in Arizona. The treatment challenge remains in detecting the disease early enough to have a chance in successfully combating it.
Session Wrap 2014: UpClose with Gov. Jan Brewer
Gov. Jan Brewer’s last regular legislative session was less eventful than in years past, even anticlimactic, according to the governor.
Session Wrap 2014: UpClose with House Speaker Andy Tobin
For the first time since we began doing them, a leader has refused to sit down for a Session Wrap Q&A interview. Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin's office refused multiple requests to sit down for an interview, and the only explanation given was that he “wanted more control” over what would be printed. As a result, we were unable to ask Tobin about his experiences this year — or get his thou[...]
Session Wrap 2014: UpClose with House Minority Leader Chad Campbell
After eight years at the Capitol, House Democratic leader Chad Campbell is going back to private life. Campbell has seen the state through good times and bad, and in this May 16 interview, he reflected on his time in the House with an air of relief to be leaving, and very little nostalgia.After eight years at the Capitol, House Democratic leader Chad Campbell is going back to private life. C[...]
Session Wrap 2014: UpClose with Senate Minority Leader Anna Tovar
Sen. Anna Tovar led the Senate Democratic caucus in 2014 under uncomfortable circumstances, having helped lead a coup of the old leadership team in October 2013. That vote left some bad blood among members of the minority party in the Senate, and the awkwardness of a failed vote to put back in place some of the old leadership team, led by Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor, in April.
Session Wrap 2014: UpClose with Senate President Andy Biggs
A year after being rolled by Gov. Jan Brewer and key members of his own caucus, Senate President Andy Biggs found himself in the yes column, voting for a budget that he helped guide through the Legislature by first introducing it himself.
Appeals court upholds ban on fish pedicures
The Arizona Court of Appeals today upheld a lower-court decision banning flesh-eating fish in pedicures, finding that using them could be unsanitary.
Ruffling feathers is the Brewer way
According to Brewer’s office, roughly $30 million out of the $55 million the governor is asking for to fund the proposed Dept of Child Safety comes from savings realized following her vetoes this year.
As primaries approach, purge of moderate GOP no longer seems likely
The results of a handful of congressional races held in six states on May 20 had national pundits declaring victory for the GOP’s mainstream candidates, and more importantly, a tell-tale loss for Tea Party candidates.
Evangelical Christian lobby suffers major setback in Brewer’s final year
The leader of lobbying powerhouse Center for Arizona Policy insisted that her group is stronger than ever despite the defeat of its flagship legislation, SB1062, and even though only one of the three bills it drafted was enacted in the recently-concluded session.
Little to vote for: Lawmakers kill most referrals before they get to the ballot
Voters are going to have an unusually short list of ballot propositions in the general election as lawmakers in 2014 referred only one measure to the people.
TGen-led study discovers genetic cause of rare ovarian cancer
An international research team led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) recently found the cause of a rare type of ovarian cancer that most often strikes girls and young women.
