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  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Ralph Moreno, Unemployed Ex-Con on Food Stamps, Fights to Keep $76,000 in Cash Seized in Home by FBI

    Ralph Moreno, an unemployed ex-con on food stamps, is fighting with the federal government to keep $76,000 in cash seized at his west Phoenix home by FBI agents.State records show that Moreno and his wife, Wilma, of 6629 West Coronado Road in Phoenix, haven't earned wages for at least 10 years, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Ask A Mexican on Harvesting Cactus Leaves and Wasting Away

    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 >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Sidebar: Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Arizona Food Stamp Recipients Tops One Million

    www.theoracularopinion.com​The number of food stamp recipients in Arizona has increased drastically in the past year, to the point that now more than one million people are eating government funded meals.That means about one in every six Arizonans is on food stamps.KTAR spoke with Steve Meissner f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Ray Stevens' Dumb, Anti-Immigrant Song "Come To the U.S.A."

    Nearly two million views and growing, Stevens' redneck anthem "Come To the U.S.A."I'm sure everyone under the age of 45 is scratching their heads, going, "Ray, who?" But Ray Stevens was actually popular in the '70s for a second, crooning silly comedy songs about streaking and one called, believe it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Health Director Heads to Washington to Get Junk Food Off Food Stamp Program; Looks Like No More Free Cookies for Our Most Destitute Fatties

    www.demotivateus.com​The idea of fat poor people doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. If they're so poor, where do they get the funds to continually grow fatter and fatter?The answer, if you ask interim Health Services Director Will Humble, is Food stamps.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Hot Links: Inmate Escapes, Food Stamps, and Teen Pimps

    ​An inmate escaped from the State Prison Complex in Florence Sunday morning, after cutting a hole in a fence. Police are still searching for the escapee, Yelson Moreno, 20, a Mexican national who was serving a 30-month sentence for theft...Transportation officials at the Maricopa Association of Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Hot Links: Palin Backs Gay Marriage Ban, Suns Blister Bobcats, Dinosaur Disco Discovered.

    ​An inmate escaped from the State Prison Complex in Florence Sunday morning, after cutting a hole in a fence. Police are still searching for the escapee, Yelson Moreno, 20, a Mexican national who was serving a 30-month sentence for theft...Transportation officials at the Maricopa Association of Go ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    The Price of Welfare Reform

    ​An inmate escaped from the State Prison Complex in Florence Sunday morning, after cutting a hole in a fence. Police are still searching for the escapee, Yelson Moreno, 20, a Mexican national who was serving a 30-month sentence for theft...Transportation officials at the Maricopa Association of Go ... More >>

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Decease and Exist

    State letter to dead woman cancels her food-stamp benefits, suggests she reapply

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Flashes

    State letter to dead woman cancels her food-stamp benefits, suggests she reapply

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    The Health-Care Mirage

    GOP boosters say Arizona's medical system for the poor should be a model for national health-care reform. But three federal investigations question whether Arizona's system is any less expensive than traditional Medicaid plans.

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    When Revolution Meets Reality

    Governor Symington says his massive tax cuts have brought prosperity to Arizona. Actually, they are bringing on a fiscal train wreck that could damage the state for decades.

  • News

    August 24, 1995

    THE WELFARE REFORM TRAP

    Governor Symington says his massive tax cuts have brought prosperity to Arizona. Actually, they are bringing on a fiscal train wreck that could damage the state for decades.

  • Dining

    April 20, 1995

    SECOND HELPINGS

    Governor Symington says his massive tax cuts have brought prosperity to Arizona. Actually, they are bringing on a fiscal train wreck that could damage the state for decades.

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    WHEN HARD WORK DOESN'T PAYTHIS SINGLE MOTHER'S CASE SHOWS WHY IT'S EASIER TO BE ON WELFARE

    Governor Symington says his massive tax cuts have brought prosperity to Arizona. Actually, they are bringing on a fiscal train wreck that could damage the state for decades.

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