State Rep. Mooney, ALEC: Alabama’s hospital crisis and the Medicaid expansion mirage
Rural hospitals, once the medical hubs of the Midwest, are struggling: Patient volumes are falling, the uninsured are rising and finding skilled medical staff is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Now, some are celebrating the expansion of Medicaid. Remedy Their financial woes are blamed on expansion, but a closer look at the […]
News Flash • Maricopa County, El Mirage, and Surprise Join F
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors at its Dec. 6, 2023, meeting approved an agreement to provide $67,500 in funding for support services that will benefit people experiencing homelessness in the Northwest Valley. The decision is the latest step in a broader effort by the county to work with the cities of El Mirage and […]
Arizona’s billion-dollar water investment may soon be a mirage
Is that the end of that multi-billion dollar investment? Lawmakers last year touted the funding behind efforts to find new water sources and conserve existing ones. They agreed to split $1 billion over three years, most of which was allocated to import water from somewhere else. And passed a bill that fundamentally strengthens the Arizona […]
MCSO: El Mirage man connected to double homicide in Kingman
Mojave County, Arizona — A man from El Mirage was recently revealed to be implicated in the killing of two people in Kingman last summer. Mojave County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel M. Avila, 25, is suspected of involvement in the deaths of Darren Van Houten, 50, and Retta Atkins, 73, who were found dead at the […]
‘Blue mirage’? Why Arizona’s 2022 election got closer overnight
ARIZONA, USA — The first batch of election results in Arizona showed Tuesday night an sweeping victory for the Democratic candidate. At about 9:00 p.m., Democratic candidates Mark Kelly, Katie Hobbs, and Adrian Fontes led the Republican nominee by more than 10 points. But Arizona people wake up Wednesday morning, Saw a closer election. This […]