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Poll seeks to get GOP lawmakers off fence
PHOENIX - Hoping to undermine the governor, foes of Medicaid expansion are putting the political heat on Republicans who might be inclined to support her plan.
Tim Steller: NRA's 2-faced stance on mental illness
In January 2011, after a wildly psychotic Jared Loughner shot 19 people in Tucson, the National Rifle Association still wanted to make it easier for people judged mentally ill to rearm themselves.
Painful as it is, nurse feels compelled to spread her message
There have been plenty of times over the last 22 months that Nancy Bowman has just wanted to move on from the horror of Jan. 8, but her friend Patricia Maisch always brings her around.
Josh Brodesky: Grieving victim: 'I chose to be compassionate'
Compassion saved Phyllis Rautenberg. Weeks after Jared Lee Loughner murdered her mother, Rautenberg found herself back at work. A music teacher in Southern California, she was standing before her middle school kids. She was back in a world where time is measured by the sound of the bell. In …
Pima court ensures incompetent no longer slip through the cracks
Since January 2010, 36 felony suspects, including two suspected murderers, had their charges dismissed because they were found mentally unfit for trial.
Brother, sister sentenced for cheating clients
A Tucson brother and sister told U.S. District Judge Raner Collins Monday that they have no idea what happened to more than $1.4 million they were supposed to use to pay the bills of nearly 800 elderly and disabled people.
Drug users, mentally ill find HOPE at jail
Sally Hueston with HOPE meets with a client at the Pima County jail. The program helps inmates who are mentally ill or have drug problems.
Drug users, mentally ill find HOPE at jail
This time last year, Capt. Greg Gearhart was seeing the same group of people being booked into the Pima County jail again and again. They would get arrested for a petty crime, get released, fall victim to their mental illness or substance abuse issues again, and get rearrested.
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