Arizona Horizon Archives - Eight, Arizona PBS

Tech & Innovation: Hardened Computer Chips | Video
- Tucson-area company Ridgetop has won two $1 million contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop special computer chips hardened by radioactivity. The analog-to-digital signal processor chips will be used in particle accelerators. Doug Goodman, Ridgetop’s Founder and CEO, will discuss his company’s chips.

Intel | Video
- Intel is opening up a new chip-manufacturing plant in Chandler. The $5 billion plant will be the most advanced, high volume semi-conductor manufacturing facility in the world. Jason Bagley, Intel's Government Affairs Manager, talks about the plant.

Intel Investment in Arizona | Video
- This week, Intel announced it will be making a 6 to 8 billion dollar investment to expand and build the next generation of computer chip fabrication facilities in Arizona and Oregon. The plan includes upgrading two facilities the company currently operates in Chandler. Intel Government Relations Director Jason Bagley provides additional details.

s-CHIP
- Congress approved legislation to add 4 million children to a popular health-care-coverage program�S-CHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) also known as KidsCare in Arizona�but the bill was vetoed by President Bush. Some say the expansion pushes the program beyond its original intent. Supporters of the expansion say it is needed to cover uninsured children of poor working families. Congress is poised to vote on a possible override of the Bush veto. We discuss both sides of the issue.

Fuel Mileage
- since 1996, nine of the 13 major car manufacturers selling cars in the United States have actually had a decrease in the average gas mileage of the vehicles they sell. Phyllis Rowe of the Arizona Consumer Council will talk about a grassroots effort to increase fuel mileage of vehicles.
Immigration Author
- Recently, acclaimed Author Luis Alberto Urrea was in the Valley to talk about his book �The Devil�s Highway: A True Story�, which explores the fate of twenty six Mexican men who attempted to cross the border into southern Arizona through a stretch of desert known as �The Devil's Highway.� We'll talk to the author on Horizon.
Arizona Town Hall
- Every two years, more than 100 of Arizona�s most influential Arizona leaders gather to hammer out solutions to the state's problems. The latest Town Hall dealt with growth and how the state will handle it. HORIZON examines the solutions leaders discussed.

Journalists Roundtable
- Don�t miss HORIZON�s weekly roundtable where local reporters get a chance to review the week�s top stories.

Journalists Roundtable
- Don�t miss HORIZON�s weekly roundtable where local reporters get a chance to review the week�s top stories.

Journalists Roundtable
- HORIZON�s weekly roundtable where local reporters get a chance to review the week�s top stories.

AZ Legislature: A to Z "Legislative Leaders"
- Throughout this week we'll be examining the effect of term limits on the legislature, the influence of lobbyists and show how a private citizen can get a bill passed. Tonight we start the series with a look at the new leadership of both houses and how the dynamics are expected to play out between the House, the Senate and the Governor's office.
The Buckleys
- He has been called the father of conservative thought in America. William F. Buckley, Jr., was the guest of the Goldwater Institute last month to talk about the history of American conservatism. Buckley founded "The National Review" and is a best selling author. Accompanying him was his son, noted author, editor, humorist, Christopher Buckley.

Journalists Roundtable
- The Journalists' Roundtable discusses the first regular session of the 47th session of the Arizona legislature convening Monday, Governor Napolitano appearing before a joint session of the legislature to deliver her annual state of the state address and the push for a ban on same sex marriage that took a new turn this week as supporters decided to go the initiative route.