July 2012 | KJZZ.org

The American Community Survey stirs up controversy

Every 10 years the Census Bureau conducts a nationwide count of the U.S. population. The last complete count was completed two years ago, but now another annual survey from the Census Bureau is causing controversy.

Dmitri Matheny

Horn player and composer Dmitri Matheny stops by K-Jazz tonight to talk about his music and how he fell in love with the sound of the flugelhorn. We'll listen to some of the finest flugerhorn players and get the inside scoop on what makes them so unique. Dmitri Matheny and the flugelhorn tonight on the 9 O'clock special.

ASU business school dean on the economy: “grow or die”

Bob Mittelstaedt, retiring dean of the W.P. Carey School of Business, assesses Arizona’s economy.

The psychological impact of wildfires

Two experts talk about the psychological effects wildfires have on the people who fight them and live through them.

Defense jobs and Arizona’s economy

Two experts explain the importance of defense jobs in Arizona’s economy, and what needs to be done to attract the aerospace industry.

FHA to sell off pools of distressed mortgages in Phoenix

The Federal Housing Administration is expanding a program that it hopes will entice investors and help people avoid foreclosure.

Difference in tax measure’s language deemed minor error

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett said he would not put a sales tax measure on the ballot because paper and electronic language differed. Early Wednesday morning a Maricopa County Superior Court judge decided that it was a minor error and that the measure is valid.

ASU to study colorectal cancer in minority, low-income populations

Arizona State University has received a $3 million grant to fund cancer research in underserved populations.

9 O'clock New Release Jazz Special

Bassist Brian Bromberg is always one step ahead of the curve creating sounds that you don't expect from a bass. His new CD features his unique piccolo bass on tunes by Jobim. Plus we'll hear baritone singer Ori Dagan, who does a stylin' version of Sweet Georgia Brown, and even wrote a song about being Googleable. It's a fun night of new CDs tonight on the 9 o'clock Special.

Planned Parenthood of Arizona sues to block new state law

Planned Parenthood of Arizona has sued the state. As KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports, it’s trying to block a new state law banning public money from going to organizations that provide abortions from taking effect next month.