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Power Struggle
Top state officials clash over Salt River Project
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: September 17, 1998
As Arizona's utilities grapple with the problems of deregulation, the chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission is trying to get more regulation of one power company--and...
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Thrust and Parry
When a Tempe cop was accused of a brutal sexual assault on an ASU student, the City of Tempe responded with an assault on the state's public-records law
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: September 10, 1998
The story is the kind no one wants to believe, but everyone hears about. In June, an ASU student accused a Tempe police officer of the worst kind of betrayal of his badge,...
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Friend of the Court?
Assistant AG Shawn Friend works for the state--and the deadbeat dad it's after
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: August 13, 1998
Karen Hayward has been trying for years to get her ex-husband to pay overdue child support. She thought she'd finally succeeded when the Maricopa County Superior Court ordered...
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Business Az Usual
A gruesome death has cost Arizona's multimillion-dollar teen rehabilitation industry a bundle. But it's not because the state is determined to stop the abuse.
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: August 6, 1998
The video opens with shots of a choir: well-groomed young men singing "Silent Night" to a group of senior citizens. Then the image cuts to cops arresting kids. Cut back to the...
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Blame Out
Boys Ranch nurse says she's not responsible for teen's death from infection
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: July 30, 1998
The nurse who examined a 16-year-old boy in the weeks before he died at the Arizona Boys Ranch says she is not responsible for the teen's death since he showed no signs of an...
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Medical Probe
Nurse and doctor investigated in teen's death
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: July 16, 1998
State medical officials are the latest to investigate the death of a teenage boy at the Arizona Boys Ranch. They're looking into the conduct of the nurse and doctor who...
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Distaste for Their Own Medicine
Medical board officials fall short when disciplining themselves
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: July 9, 1998
Dr. Ram Krishna delivered the best news possible to Mary Nixon: Her daughter, Billye, did not have cancer. Too bad he was wrong. Krishna, a Yuma orthopedic surgeon and...
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Blazing File Folders
Was the state Department of Insurance out of line when it staged an armed raid on office workers in Chandler?
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: July 2, 1998
Bill Perschetti was typing a letter when he found himself looking down the barrel of a gun. The office manager of Summerville and Associates had heard the front doors of...
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Staff Infection
New leadership at state medical board prompts resignations
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: June 25, 1998
Several top staffers have left Arizona's troubled Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX). The agency, which has struggled for several years with a huge backlog of complaints...
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Down the Drain
Judge flushes allegations that water was tainted by Motorola
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: June 18, 1998
Maricopa County Superior Court judge's dismissal of claims that an industrial solvent can cause cancer and other health problems could have a chilling effect on toxic-liability...
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Talking the Walk
Some local groups are unhappy over the AIDS fund raiser
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: June 18, 1998
Father Ken Van De Veen is one pissed-off man of the cloth. Van De Veen is one of a number of people in Phoenix's HIV/AIDS community who's questioning the administration of...
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Caged Hit
Inmate's family files claim against state for gang-related murder
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: June 11, 1998
Steve Benitez was stabbed through the heart in his cell after an error by the Arizona Department of Corrections kept him out of protective custody. Now the state might have to...
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Jailhouse Shock
Investigation into "reprehensible" sexual misconduct at state corrections facility leads to a guard's dismissal
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: May 21, 1998
The Arizona Department of Corrections has fired a sergeant at the Aspen facility in Phoenix after an investigation confirmed reports of misconduct with inmates. Ben Sanders...
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Cowboys and Indians
Scottsdale PD officers charge onto the reservation, spark grand jury investigation
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: May 14, 1998
When a Scottsdale police officer opened fire on a group of unarmed construction workers at a gas station on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation last September, no...
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The BOMEX Files
The Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners is failing to protect the public from potentially dangerous doctors
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: May 7, 1998
They say everyone deserves a second chance. At last count, Dr. Bipinchandra Jadav has had 15. The doctor, a general practitioner in Mesa, has had more than a dozen...
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All Abort!
Pro-life group battles city on bus ads
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: April 16, 1998
The legal skirmish between a local pro-life group and the City of Phoenix is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White...
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Custody Battle
Hundreds of inmates in state prisons need special protection from gang paybacks. When officials tried to mix them in with the general-prison population, they filed suit--and won.
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: April 2, 1998
You'd think the one place a person would be safe would be locked inside a prison cell. You'd be wrong. In 1996, a team of lawyers brought a class-action suit against the...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Family says teen was disoriented and suicidal three days before death at Boys Ranch
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: March 19, 1998
When Julie Vega got the call about her son at 10 minutes to 10 p.m. on March 2, she knew something was wrong. Virginia Avila, a California-based community services...
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Jailhouse Blues
State prison guard investigated for sexual misconduct
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: March 5, 1998
A sergeant at the Aspen Correctional Facility in Phoenix is under investigation by the Arizona Department of Corrections for possible sexual misconduct. At least four prisoners...
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System Failure
Two years later, Maricopa County's computerized inspection effort is still struggling to get online
By Chris Farnsworth
Published: February 19, 1998
In 1996, the Maricopa County Environmental Services Division launched a bold, new program to computerize its health inspection process. The aim was to provide on-the-spot...
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