Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Brewer Flips Off 600,000 Military Vets in Arizona by Axing Colonel Joey Strickland

Goldwater Institute "Lends" $1.9 Million to Rich Guy on Its Board

The eyebrow-raising part of the newly-released "Reporter's Guide to the Goldwater Institute," isn't that GI's executives make lavish six-figure salaries working for a non-profit 501c3, or that the Goldwater Institute is, according to the report, a tool of the Koch bothers and the American Legislativ ... More >>

"Pastor" Michael Salman Guilty of Felonies in Health Care Fraud Case

Former gang member/"Pastor" Michael Salman -- who falsely cried persecution to any media outlet that would buy his story last year -- is once again a convicted felon.Salman pleaded guilty to felony theft and felony forgery last week, as Salman, his wife, and his brother admitted to defrauding AHCCCS ... More >>

Chad Campbell's "Safer Schools, Safer Communities Plan": Yay or Nay?

Arizona House Minority Leader, Democrat Chad Campbell, has offered up some legislative proposals that are supposed to target gun violence -- one of the few plans we've heard of around here that doesn't include more guns.As a whole, his plan's chance of becoming law is zero percent, but let's get an ... More >>

Chad Campbell, House Democrat, Releases Plan for Schools, Guns, and Mentally Ill

To the credit of the Arizona House Minority Leader, Democrat Chad Campbell, he unveiled a pretty wide-ranging plan to change laws related to school safety, mental health, and guns.Unfortunately for Campbell, he's in the blood-red legislature in Arizona, so let's just say it's the thought that counts ... More >>

Phoenix City Council Creates Code Exemption for Handing Out Water, Which Still Has Nothing to Do With Religion

After a woman complained that the City of Phoenix was trampling on her religious rights by not letting her hand out free water without a permit, the city council has decided to create an exemption for water.Dana Crow-Smith complained after she, along with some of her Christian friends, gathered at o ... More >>

"Pastor" Michael Salman Accused of Fraud -- Anyone Surprised?

See also: Michael Salman Indicted for AHCCCS Fraud, Faces Multiple Felony ChargesEx-gang member/Pastor Michael Salman and his wife are accused of defrauding AHCCCS -- the state's Medicaid program -- to the tune of $73,000.Salman -- the one-time party headliner for Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- was indicted ... More >>

"Pastor" Michael Salman Indicted for AHCCCS Fraud, Faces Multiple Felony Charges

See also: Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard See also: Michael Salman is not in jail for having Bible studies in his home See also: Michael Salman claims his "right to hold Bible studies in jail" was violated See also: Joe Arpaio and Michael Salman keep inmates bored to death at ... More >>

AHCCCS Administrator Denies Services to Severely Disabled Child, Strikes the Word "Unfortunately" from Judge's Ruling

Earlier this month, the director of the state's public health care system upheld a decison denying services to Rocky Cruz, a severely developmentally disabled child. Her parents say they're pursuing legal options through the Arizona Center for Disability Law. Rocky, the 5-year-old daughter of Mann ... More >>

State: Severely Disabled Kid Not Close to Qualifying for Aid

Russell Pearce's Nemesis Randy Parraz and Fellow CBA Members Blast Pearce's Personal $260K Welfare Plan

If the plot to give 12 point-loser and former state Senate President Russell Pearce $260,000 is squashed (and I'm not convinced that it has been), it will be because of the efforts of Randy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona, the folks that made the Pearce recall a reality in 2011.Sure, before ... More >>

Cafe 54 in Tucson Is the Real Face of Mental Illness in Arizona, Not Jared Loughner

Feds: Alleged Doctor Feel-Good Used Fraudulent AHCCCS Cash to Buy Arabian Horse

WikipediaThe feds say Dr. Angelo Chirban and his ex-wife used money they scammed from the state health care program to buy an Arabian horse like the one pictured above.​A federal grand jury returned an indictment this morning alleging that a Queen Creek pain management doctor billed the state heal ... More >>

Phoenix's Most At-Risk Homeless Find Their Way, Thanks to a Team of "Navigators"

Jan Brewer's Top Sycophant, SRP Lobbyist Russell Smoldon, and ResistALEC's "Sleeping Dragon"

AzResistALECDemonstrators form an anti-ALEC "sleeping dragon" at SRPOne unfortunate aspect of the occupation of the Salt River Project's Tempe headquarters last week was that the activists involved were not able to pull off a similar action at the Westin Kierland Resort, where corporate interests an ... More >>

Andy Biggs' Bull Outed by Arizona Eagletarian Blogger Steve Muratore

Biggs: "a certain bovine excrement type of swear word..."Could the Arizona Republican Party be any more obvious in its desire to quash the efforts of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, mainly because of that one word, "Independent"?What the heck are they afraid of? It's unlikely the G ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Supporters in LD 19 Outed as Olivia Cortes Petition Gatherers, while LD 18 Stays Neutral

Dennis GilmanFormer LD 19 chair Pat Oldroyd, Cortes petition-gatherer and supporter of Russell PearceOn Thursday, while state Senate President Russell Pearce was in one part of Mesa, denying that he knows or has ever met Olivia Cortes, the candidate meant to "dilute" the vote in the upcoming Legisla ... More >>

A Kafka-esque Catch 22 Keeps Kini Seawright Off the AHCCCS Rolls, Thanks to Governor Brewer and the State Legislature

Healthcare Cuts for Arizona's Poor Upheld by Judge

​Hundreds of thousands of impoverished Arizonans with health problems apparently will have to tough it out following a court ruling today that upholds healthcare cuts.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark Brain ruled that a group of people suing the state can't forced Arizona law ... More >>

Russell Pearce Slammed for Opposing Unemployment Extension

Uriel GarciaRandy Parraz at a press conference explaining that Senator Russell Pearce should be recalled because he has not shown leadership for the unemployed people of Arizona.​​A few women at the state Capitol invited Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce into their daily lives to show him ... More >>

Russell Pearce Is On the Ropes, Even if the Horizon Brain Trust Can't See It

J.D. Hayworth Blames Arizona's Medicaid Shortfall on Illegal Immigrants

J.D. Hayworth's rumored to be considering another Senate run. Let the brown-bashing commence.​Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona's medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is because it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Ari ... More >>

Andy Biggs, the $10 Million Chairman, and His Tuesday Night Massacre

Senator Biggs: Thanking God every day for Ed McMahon It's apropos that state Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Andy Biggs, the man primarily responsible for a bill that will drive a Ryder Truck full of nitro through the state's Medicaid program, is himself a very wealthy man.He's not ric ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Hate Humanity Tuesday" Targets AHCCCS, ABOR, and the Undocumented (Natch)

Beelzebubba Pearce's Day of Hate, on its way...To twist a line from the Bible's Book of Amos, "Let the hatred roll down like water, and stupidity like a mighty stream." This, because "justice" and "righteousness" are sorely absent in Sand Land.So shall it be in the state Senate Appropriations Commit ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Medicaid Cuts Copacetic, Claim Feds

azgovernor.govThe Obama administration hands Brewer a victory Governor Jan Brewer seems to have scored a "win," if you can call it that, in her effort to cut hundreds of thousands of childless adults from the state's Medicaid program, otherwise known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Syste ... More >>

Kyrsten Sinema Wipes the Floor with John Kavanagh Re: Jan Brewer's Budget

I've been critical of uber-lefty state Senator Kyrsten Sinema on different issues, like the anti-Westboro Baptist Church legislation she recently sponsored in the legislature.And I think it's a big mistake to think that Dems can work across the aisle with crocodiles such as state Senate Presid ... More >>

"Danger to Children"

Why did Kelly Blake douse her kids with gas and set them on fire? She's seriously mentally ill -- and she was deserted by the system charged with protecting her and her family.