Legislation

Scope and Contents Kathleen Stanton, Environmental Reporter, Arizona Republic; Rob Smith, Associate Southwest Representative, Sierra Club; Kathy Ferris, Arizona Department of Water Resources; David Baron, Arizona Center for Law in the Public. Panelists discuss air and water quality legislation (House Bill 2518), an emissions control bill, and environmental progress. The title card is shown and then there are 2 minutes of blank tape before the introductory sequence is shown. The episode continues normally after...

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Pornography Package (Shelton); Diane Cusack In-Studio Interview (Shelton); Bommersbach's Byline #39: Humes Appointment Package (Durrenberger). Segments on local control over pornography, and Bommersbach's Byline (Mecham's RUCO replacement). There is a pre-show take for the first minute; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

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Mecham Review Package (Corso); Sam Steiger In-Studio Interview (Corso); Archaeology/Public Package (Cavanary). Segments on critique of Governor Mecham and the creation of a group of elder statesmen, the Swedish metal-to-bone fusion technique in dentistry, There is a silent pre-show take for the first 50 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

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Air Pollution Package, Jack Jewett and Kevin Demenna Remote Interview (Taylor); May Weather Package (D'Alli). Segments on legislation aimed to reduce air pollution in Maricopa and Pima counties, and the monthly weather report (May).

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Chronically Mentally Ill Package, Jack Potts and Charles Arnold In-Studio Interview (Cavanary); Bommersbach's Byline #56:"Attitudes" (Durrenberger). Segments on a task force report regarding incarceration of people with chronic mental illness, and Bommersbach's Byline (air pollution legislation, religious ironies, and child abuse).

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Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss county government redistricting and restructuring, gubernatorial legislative issues, and the cancer cluster in West Phoenix. Panelists include Max Jennings, Executive Editor, Tribune Newspapers; Kathleen Stanton, Environmental Reporter, New Times; John Kolbe, Political Editor, Phoenix Gazette.

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Malpractice Study Package (Palacio); Mac Matheson and Jim Roush In-Studio Interview; Margaret Walker Commentary #2: Special Session Package (Durrenberger). Segments on rising medical malpractice insurance rates and guest commentary (special interest legislation/anti-corporate takeover measures). The last 4:15 of the video are blank.

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Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss the Mecham Recall Committee, new state laws, and Arizona's air quality. Panelists include Don Harris, Political and Labor Writer, Arizona Republic; Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times; Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette.

Scope and Contents John Kolbe Remote Interview (Shelton); Gambling Law Package, Sen. Doug Todd Remote Interview (Palacio); Desert Gardens: Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert (Britton). Segments on an update on Governor Mecham's Senate impeachment trial, existing gambling legislation that is hurting charities, and the Desert Botanical Garden's new ethnobotany trail. There is a pre-show take for the first 1:30, during which the title card is shown for an extended period of time. The episode then continues...

Scope and Contents Grand Canyon #3 Package (Bloom); Indian School Land Swap Package, Sands and Moran In-Studio Interview (Miller); Chinese Art Exhibit Package (Britton). Segments on"The Grand Canyon: Clashing With Man, Part Three" - a special report on issues concerning the Grand Canyon (uranium mining), controversial legislation concerning the Indian School land swap, and how the East is meeting the West in two local art exhibits. A slide from the credits is shown for the first 1:30; the title card is then...