Plan to limit welfare to two children in Arizona draws fire
A state proposal to cap Aid to Families with Dependent Children payments at two children faces opposition from advocacy groups. Rep. Pat Blake chairs the House panel considering the bill to curb welfare incentives for larger families, a move critics say harms many families and won’t reduce out-of-wedlock births.
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Arizona
Pat Blake
Rmesa
House
Human Services Committee
Blake
Janet Regner
Arizona Community Action Association
Edward Ryle
Arizona Catholic Conference
Democrats propose alternative budget with education focus
Democrats unveil an alternative state budget heavy on education and family programs. It would provide a $30 tax rebate to every state income taxpayer, fund public schooling, open enrollment, vouchers, and career ladder incentives while preserving a rainy day fund and sustaining health and early childhood programs.
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House
Democrats
Fife Symington
Legislative Budget Committee
Symington
Budget Committee
Trivia on Cabinets and Fer de Lance Snakes
A note asserts no constitutional provision creates a presidential Cabinet. It then describes the fer de lance as a large venomous snake of brown and gray markings with a yellow throat, reaching up to eight feet in length. Found from tropical Mexico to the Amazon, it preys on birds and small animals, with brood counts over 60 and venomous young with ready fangs.
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Western Hemisphere
Mexico
Amazon Basin
Arizona lawmakers urged to fund statewide poison hotline
Petitions signed by more than 21 000 Arizonans were presented to legislators Wednesday urging more than 1 million dollars to support a statewide poison information center. The alliance notes 32 000 expected calls after the Valley’s major line closes, with 70 000 calls last year and an anticipated 110 000 next year. Dr Ed Ahrens lauds the line’s life saving reach across urban and rural areas.
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Samaritan Health Services Inc
Valley
Hellen
Samaritan
State Poison Information Center
Tucson
University of Arizona Medical School
Phoenix
Alliance
Ed Ahrens
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