U.S. Government Accountability Office

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

"Spillover" Violence From Mexico Not Really Happening, According to Border Cops

According to most of the people running law-enforcement agencies along the U.S./Mexico border, so-called "spillover" violence from Mexico isn't really happening.Some grandstanding politicians would swear otherwise, but a Government Accountability Office report says officials from 31 of 37 state and ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Tosses Armed Militia into the Mix of Poorly Training Border Patrol Agents With Use of Force Issues

A recipe for disaster: U.S Customs and Border Patrol's lax policies over the use of lethal force. Inadequately trained agents sent to patrol rough desert terrain blanketed with fear and tension that's fueled by potential danger. A border-hawk sheriff putting weapons in the hands of unpaid civilia ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Culeros and Sexual Deviancy

David Schweikert's Plan for Dollar Coins: Yay or Nay?

Arizona Republican Congressman David Schweikert's trying to phase out the dollar bill, and replace it with a dollar coin through his "COINS" Act.According to a poll commissioned by a pro-dollar bill advocacy group, Schweikert's own Republican constituents and base voters aren't too hip to the idea b ... More >>

Jan Brewer Says She Won't Attend Senate Hearing to Answer Questions on SB 1070; Writes Letter Answering Questions on SB 1070

​New York Senator Charles Schumer has been trying to get Governor Jan Brewer to show up to his Senate subcommittee hearing on immigration in April, and gave the governor a few general questions that would be asked.The governor's spokesman has said on a few occasions that Brewer isn't planning on a ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now Shills Old Canards for Cash

Twelve-point loser, radio lip-flapper and second vice chair of the Arizona GOP Russell Pearce owes his entire political existence, such as it is, to illegal immigrants and the racist lies he spews about them on a regular basis.Former Arizona GOP executive director Sean McCaffrey has given the marble ... More >>

Mexican Smugglers Exploit the Corrupt Reputation of U.S. Border Officers

A Shortage of Mexican Laborers Threatens Arizona Farming

Congressman Ben Quayle Introduces Bill That Gives Border Agents Unrestricted Access to All Federal Borderlands

James King Congressman Ben Quayle​Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle introduced a bill this morning that would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents unrestricted access to federal lands in the southwestern borderlands region.The bill has been co-sponsored by Congressman Peter King, cha ... More >>

Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program

E.J. Montini, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's New Best Bud

Maybe E.J. Montini should ask Maria del Carmen Garcia Martinez (left) if she feels the MCSO violated her civil rights?Why do I bother with a middlebrow muttonhead like the Republic's E.J. Montini? After all, this smug little scribbler is known for his milquetoasty opinions, his aversion to rocking t ... More >>

Minor Violations? Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g)-Trained Deputies Sometimes Bust Mexicans Who Commit No Violations

The Government Accountability Office's report on a program that gives local cops federal immigration powers tells Valley residents something they already knew: Some local law enforcement departments are using their 287(g) powers to bust illegal immigrants suspected of minor infractions instead ... More >>

Wanted: A Positive Story About Light Rail in Phoenix

Thomas' TV Propaganda Cites a Drug Statistic Even the DEA Says Is Wrong

AZ ADL calls on U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bogus "crime suppression sweeps."

New York Times slams Sheriff Joe Arpaio, demands Congress hold hearings, subpoena Joe.

The Bird covers the waterfront on Sheriff Arpaio’s racial profiling patrols and demands freedom for First Friday bohos

Spineless! Governor Janet Napolitano wussies out on employer sanction bill for lack of political cover.

Heard Mentality

From jeer to depravity

Not So Slick, Rick

Congressman Renzi's big land-swap fibs are finally catching up to him

McCain Shame

The political parrot previews a copy of Dennis DeConcini's new book, in which John McCain's portrayed as a backstabbin' scalawag

Desert Storm

Thousands of Katrina evacuees landed in Phoenix. How long should they get assistance?

For the Birds

Are 18 birds in the nest worth 21 billion gallons of water down the drain?

Snake in the Grass

An elder-care advocate was eliminated instead of viper Connie Thompson

Hope I Die Before I Get Old

Arizona has the power to make nursing homes provide good care. Too bad it doesn't use it

Letters

Letters from the week of October 28, 2004

How to drink and drive and get away with it

- and just in time for Labor Day weekend

Blast From the Past

Here are the chilling and embarrassing details from Connie Thompson's life that she didn't want state officials to know

Welcome Back Warrior

The government was supposed to take care of mentally disabled Marine combat veteran Brian Callan. It didn't.

Arizona's Worst Neighbor

People are sick and animals are dying near TRW's air-bag plant in Mesa.

American High

With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war

Business Az Usual

A gruesome death has cost Arizona's multimillion-dollar teen rehabilitation industry a bundle. But it's not because the state is determined to stop the abuse.

Inspectors Can Do Little to Stem Tide of Smuggling

One for Me, None for You

State Department of Administration gives own accountants $5,500 raises, stiffs other bean counters

The Health-Care Mirage

GOP boosters say Arizona's medical system for the poor should be a model for national health-care reform. But three federal investigations question whether Arizona's system is any less expensive than traditional Medicaid plans.

A Three-Pronged Probe

State's AHCCCS program under investigation by trio of federal agencies

STAR GATE

WHISTLE-BLOWERS' CHARGE: RTC TOOK A DIVE

MOTOROLA THE STORY SO FAR

UNANSWERED PRAYERS AND QUESTIONS

RESIDENTS NEAR THE MOTOROLA SUPERFUND SITES CONDUCT UNSOPHISTICATED HEALTH STUDIES BECAUSE THEY DONT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. NEITHER DO THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN SCIENTISTS.

THE COST OF TOXIC SPILLSHERE'S HOW YOU'LL PAY FOR MOTOROLA'S CONTAMINATION

THE GOVERNOR'S 800-POUND GORILLA

PROJECT FAT

TOUGH TIMES? NO MONEY FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION? YOU'D BETTER SIT DOWN BEFORE YOU READ THIS.

The Governor's Leckie