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ContributorsPublic Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-12-30
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Pre-recorded. Segments on next week's opening of the 39th Arizona Legislature and issues that will be addressed (overcrowding in the prison system, increasing enrollment in the AHCCCS program, a proposal to double mental health funding, and an effort to revoke property tax breaks for ranchers and farmers), Hattie Babbitt's guest commentary (a sales tax-funded mass transit project), and the economic impact of the 1989 Fiesta Bowl.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1989-01-11
DescriptionAgricultural Assessment Package, Rep. Mark Killian, Arnold Jeffers Interview (Miller); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on Governor Mofford's attempts to close agricultural tax break loopholes for wealthy commercial developers and Anne Bendheim's commentary (a review of Arizona Opera's "Lakmé").
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Shadegg, John, 1949- (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created2005-12-14
DescriptionSpecial Episode - Arizona's Health Insurance Crisis. Segments on health insurance, insurance after retirement, and alternatives for those who don't have insurance.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1989-04-19
Description
Legislative Update Package, Sen. Alan Stephens Interview, Rep. Chris Herstam Interview (Taylor); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on the 100-day mark of the Arizona Legislature session (issues including the budget, mental health services, AIDS testing, prison overcrowding, indigent health care, welfare reform, automobile insurance rate reduction, economic development, the King holiday bill, water transfers, and agriculture), and Anne Bendheim's commentary (how the state's largest bankruptcy filing affects the arts).
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Bommersbach, Jana (Commentator) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-01-26
Description
Off-Road Vehicle Package, Doug Todd and Daryl Drake In-Studio (Taylor); Bommersbach Byline #82: Laser Beam Package (Durrenberger); Agriculture '87-'88 Package (Taylor). Segments on legislation aimed to prevent damage caused by off-road vehicles, Bommersbach's Byline (Mecham's belief that his home and office are bugged by high-tech laser beams), and the State's dependence on agriculture.
ContributorsPalacio, Phyllis (Host) / Bommersbach, Jana (Commentator) / Shubinski, Raymond (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-05-10
DescriptionAHCCCS/Long Term Care Package, Jim Shipman and Sen. Lunn Remote (Britton); Bommersbach's Byline #94: Reagan and the Stars Package (Wong); Stars Package (Shelton). Segments on the Arizona Legislature's struggle with AHCCCS, Bommersbach's Byline (nonsense in the news), and the symbolic role of stars in society.
ContributorsPalacio, Phyllis (Host) / Kirschner, Leonard J. (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-05-23
Description
Liver Transplant Funding Package, Leonard Kirschner and Carolyn Walker (Shelton); Nursing Home Financing Package, Linda Exner In-Studio (Taylor); Equine Trust Foundation Package (Palacio). Segments on state budget issues and AHCCCS limitations (children's liver transplants), problems in Arizona's nursing homes (deregulation and lack of staff), and horse disease research at the Equine Trust Foundation.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Bommersbach, Jana (Commentator) / Myers, Maséqua, 1953- (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-05-24
Description
65 M.P.H. Speed Limit Package, Paul McGonigle and Pamela Najera (Palacio); Bommersbach's Byline #96 Package (Wong); Wolf Trap Institute Package (Britton). Segments on the 65 mph speed limit and the latest highway data, Bommersbach's Byline (why legislators should vote yes on the AHCCCS transplant issue), and the Scottsdale Center for the Arts' Head Start program for children.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Kirschner, Leonard J. (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1987-11-23
DescriptionAHCCCS Package, Dr. Len Kirschner and Sen. Greg Lunn In-Studio/Remote Interview (Shelton); Radon Follow-Up Package, John O'Neill In-Studio (Taylor); Fall Colors Package (Cavanary). Segments on AHCCCS' financial troubles, the radon problem in Arizona and a survey concerning radon contamination, and fall colors at the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum.
ContributorsPalacio, Phyllis (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-12-19
DescriptionAHCCCS Package, Leonard Kirchner Interview, Lyn Rucker Interview (Miller); Solicitation Package, David Bodney Interview (Palacio); E. J. Montini Commentary (Montini). Segments on AHCCCS, the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on solicitation fraud, and E. J. Montini's guest commentary (shelter for the homeless).