Funding

Earl De Berge In-Studio Interview (Corso); Bommersbach Byline #28: Phoenix Symphony Package (Durrenberger); Hispanic Women's Conference Package (Palacio). Segments on Bommersbach's Byline (the Phoenix Symphony's financial problems), daily gubernatorial and senate election public opinion survey results, and the Hispanic Women's Conference.

Don Harris Remote Interview (Corso); Phoenix Symphony Package (Britton); Richard Contee In-Studio Interview (Britton). Segments on Governor-elect Mecham's staffing decisions and the Phoenix Symphony's funding issues.

Freeways Package, Charles Miller In-Studio Interview (Miller); Academic Precocity Package (Britton). Segments on highway construction funding problems and ASU's Center for Academic Precocity.

Rio Salado Package (Miller); Dennis Mitchem Remote Interview; Native Peoples of the Southwest Package (Britton). Segments on a vote to determine the funding of the Rio Salado Project through a tax increase, and Native American artifacts at the Heard Museum.

Rio Salado/Financing Package, Aaron Kizer and Frank Welsh In-Studio Interview (Taylor); Bats Package (Cavanary). Segments on the Rio Salado Project (financing issues and its economic benefits) and myths about bats. There is a pre-show take for the first 15 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Education Budget Cuts, C. Diane Bishop In-Studio Interview (Shelton); High School Dropouts Package, Timothy Dyer In-Studio Interview (Britton); Business Golf Package (Palacio). Segments on Governor Mecham's proposed education funding cuts, the economic benefits of preventing high school dropouts, and golfing as a business strategy.

Collins Press Conference Package, Tom Collins In-Studio Interview (Miller); Mineral Leases Package, David Baron In-Studio Interview (Taylor); Dinosaurs Package (Taylor). Segments on County Attorney Tom Collins' announcement that he will not seek reelection, a court ruling positively impacting education funding but negatively impacting the mining industry, and the dinosaur exhibit at the Mesa Southwest Museum.

Community Colleges Package, Wayne McGrath In-Studio (Britton); Bommersbach's Byline #84: Problems in Education Package (Durrenberger); Parrots Package (Cavanary). Segments on community college issues (funding, standardizing transfer credits, and admission standards), Bommersbach's Byline (education funding issues), and reintroducing species (the thick-billed parrot).

Mental Health Package, Thomas E. Bittker In-Studio (Shelton); Voter Apathy Package, Bruce Merrill In-Studio (Palacio); Metro Youth Symphony Package (Britton). Segments on the lack of funding for mental health services, several major elections (recall and general), voting trends and apathy in Arizona, and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony.

Education Legislation Package, Dennis van Roekel and Rep. Jim Green Remote/In-Studio (Shelton); Neurofibromatosis Package (Palacio); Centenarians Package (Bloom). Segments on education in Arizona and a failed education funding bill, neurofibromatosis, and centenarians. There is a pre-show take for the first 50 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.