Bob Grossfeld

The Mormon Dilemma: What About Mormon Latinos?

Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do?

Robert Meza, State Senator, Uses Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton's Family Photo on Campaign Flier Without Permission

See also: Local Latino Activists Target Unlikely Politician See also: Meza Accused of Threatening DREAMer With Defamation Lawsuit See also: Meza Files Election Complaint Against Team Awesome See also: How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix's City Council Campaign fliers sent out by Senat ... More >>

Arizona Guardian Political News Site Bites the Dust

The Arizona Guardian, a local political news site once held up as a possible model for a declining news industry, has gone belly-up. As of today, the Guardian's site is off the air, sounding the death knell that it has been "terminated." The site launched in January of 2009, backed financially by ... More >>

KJZZ's "Here and Now" Features Sarah Fenske This Morning

New Times columnist Sarah Fenske explained her concerns about the Arizona Clean Elections System this morning on the local NPR affiliate's Here and Now, hosted by Steve Goldstein on KJZZ 91.5 FM.  Fenske's appearance on the program comes two months after the publication of ... More >>

Arizona Guardian News Site Wants Readers to Pay for Content; Concept is Wishful Thinking Among News Outlets

The Arizona Guardian online news outfit that we told you about after its launch last month has gone to a sort of pay-per-view format and now wants up to $150 a month from subscribers. For that lofty price, four former East Valley Tribune staffers (with help from their sponso ... More >>

Laid-Off Workers From East Valley Tribune Hope to Earn Livings With Online News Sites

It's easy to admire the entrepreneurial spirit: Four laid-off East Valley Tribune workers -- three writers and an editor -- have started their own Web-based news site to cover the happenings at the Arizona Legislature.  Their product, The Arizona Guardian, launched today with a ... More >>

Citizen initiatives have been kicked off the ballot this year in record numbers, and the problems could go much deeper than invalid signatures

Sign Wars

One man fights Scottsdale for the right to twirl signs

Send in the Clowns

Don't bother, they're here. After a decade of voter-mandated reform, the Arizona Legislature is as out of touch as ever

The Invisible Man

Phil Gordon will be the next mayor of Phoenix. Why doesn't anybody care?

Reefer Mainstream

Thousands of Arizonans smoke marijuana. Get over it.

Janet Clams Up

AG Napolitano turns down her 60 Minutes of fame

Posse Galore

Staking out Maricopa County's wildest political race -- to unseat Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Autograph Hound

Derrick Lee is the most powerful political figure you've never heard of

The Phantom Report

Lost in the euphoria over approval of the Los Arcos redevelopment: a key financial document that somebody is lying about

Flashes

The Pampered Politician

Arizona Senator John McCain is ready for a presidential run — if the national press corps has anything to say about it

IT'S THE ETYMOLOGY, STUPID

NO MERE MR. NICE GUY

GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL EDDIE BASHA IS KNOWN AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND A CRUSADER FOR EDUCATION. WHAT HE'S NOT KNOW AS IS A DEMOCRAT

PIERCING THE CLASS CEILING