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A Different Breed: Deputy Ray Cook Started His Career Long Before Sheriff Joe Arpaio Was Invented

Jarrett Maupin II Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agent; Resignation From School Board Part of Plea Deal

Image: Jeff Newton Jarrett Maupin II pleaded guilty today to a felony count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent. Prosecutors are recommending probation for the former candidate for Phoenix mayor; his sentencing is scheduled for late July. U.S. District Court Judge Da ... More >>

Jarrett Maupin II, Phoenix High School Governing Board Member, Indicted by Feds

Jarrett Maupin II, one of seven members of the Phoenix Union High School governing board, has been indictedby a federal grand jury of one count of lying to the FBI.If you'll recall, Maupin was arrested in November for the same alleged crime by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and charged w ... More >>

This Time, Joe Arpaio's Office Wants to Talk to New Times About What it Didn't Write

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is knocking on New Times’ door again. Investigators from the MCSO’s Special Victims Unit contacted staff writer Stephen Lemons following Thursday's arrest of activist Jarrett Maupin II. The detectives asked that Lemons come to MCSO offices for questionin ... More >>

Matt's Big Hassle

Three years ago, Mayor-elect Phil Gordon promised to make it easier for small businesses to renovate old buildings. But the problems faced by one indie restaurateur show that, if anything, it's harder than ever

Creative Movement

Historic preservation effort displaces charter arts school

Junkyard God

Professional pack rat Gus Brethauer turns trash into treasure at the state's strangest museum

Saving History

Proposition could rescue school buildings, castle

O Children, Where Art Thou?

Museum peace unlikely as a proposed family center in Phoenix fights critics over right to life.

The Devil and Mr. Hernandez

A man possessed, plumber turned amateur exorcist Paul Hernandez wants to get the Hell out of Phoenix.

Grandstanding

Everyone wants a football stadium in his 'hood. Downtown is a late entry, but don't bet against it.

Staying Power

During his 79 years, Vic Kramer has watched downtown Phoenix morph from a bucolic village into a seething metropolis. His vantage point: the only home he has ever known.

Convention Hysteria

In 1998, the Phoenix Civic Plaza lost $20 million. City officials don't mind. They made up the loss with your tax money, just as they do every year.

Jim Kaufman's Bottom Line

The cryptic savior of historic downtown structures says he'll raze his classic PUHS buildings before he'll lose his investment

Plain-Spoken Ethel

The widow of business magnate Kemper Marley provided writer his favorite interview

Hayden High School Had a Farm, E-I-E-I-O

The Center for Agribusiness and Equine Science was supposed to help desegregate the Phoenix Union High School District. Now the same lawsuit that created it is shutting it down.

Grave Consequences

Phoenix's rush to demolish mortuary is a heartless undertaking, funeral company claims

The Governor and the Lawyer

Document supporting indictment suggests senior partner at Snell & Wilmer aided governor in alleged bank fraud

True Detective Story

Mariano Albano--a caring iconoclast and a first-rate cop--retires after 20 years

DOES NOT WORK TO CAPACITY

PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

UNCHARTERED WATERSFEDERAL DESEGREGATION RULES BLOCK ENROLLMENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

VOUCHING FOR ALSTON

PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

SEPARATE BUT MAS QUE IGUAL

NEARLY HALF OF ARIZONA'S HISPANIC CHILDREN DROP OUT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. SOME PARENTS THINK THE SOLUTION IS HISPANIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.