February 2017

Phoenix VA hospital
Eighteen-year Army veteran Steven Cooper is terminally ill with prostate cancer that he alleges could have been treated earlier if the Phoenix VA had followed up on a 2011 prostate exam.
February 28, 2017
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality logo
Deja vu for motorists traveling along Interstate 10’s final stretch near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. For the third day in a row, blowing dust from a San Simon farm temporarily shut down the interstate.
February 28, 2017
The FBI took an undisclosed number of items from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office on Friday.
February 28, 2017
national academy science and medicine
The National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine have issued a report that delves into the issue of when, and under what circumstances, it could be OK to use genetic editing tools on human embryos.
February 28, 2017
If you’re someone who thinks Twitter is the appropriate place to use obscenities or abusive language, then you may be put into the equivalent of a timeout.
February 28, 2017
photo radar
On Monday, we spoke with Will Humble about a proposal to ban photo enforcement cameras throughout Arizona. Today, we hear from the sponsor of HB 2525, Gilbert Republican Travis Grantham.
February 28, 2017
death chamber
The last time a death-row inmate was executed in Arizona, it became a national news story. Convicted killer Joseph Wood was given 15 doses of a sedative and a pain killer at his execution, but the cocktail didn’t work right away. It took nearly two hours for him to die.
February 28, 2017
Monday saw another wave of bomb threats called in to Jewish day schools and community centers across the country – including in Arizona. With me to talk about it is Todd Rockoff, president and CEO of the Tucson Jewish Community Center.
February 28, 2017
University of Arizona students
Sethuraman Panchanathan is a Arizona State University vice president with a background in electrical and computer engineering. Robert Clayton Robbins is president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center. He is trained as a cardiac surgeon.
February 28, 2017
U.S. Capitol building
There are a number of bills in the Arizona Legislature right now urging Congress to call an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. House Speaker JD Mesnard is the sponsor of one of them.
February 28, 2017

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