Maricopa County’s jails continue to provide inadequate medical and mental-health care to pretrial detainees, a federal judge found yesterday. Judge Neil Wake, who placed the jails under supervision years ago after determining that they neglected detainees, ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails must remain under court supervision. “Those in charge…
A Border Patrol agent has been charged with aggravated assault against a minor in custody in Nogales, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency says. Aldo Arteaga, who has been with the agency since February of 2005, allegedly attacked a 15-year-old Mexican boy in January, a CBP press officer says…
The court-appointed monitor of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office shared results from his team’s first quarterly assessment of the MCSO last night at a community meeting in Guadalupe. But tensions ran high, especially given Arpaio’s contentious history with the town. Chief Robert Warshaw and his team have been charged with…
A Kingman couple is fighting to keep the children they adopted in 2012. “It’s a hot mess,” says Tracie Hirz, the children’s foster mother…
A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says this year’s influx of Central American migrants has begun to decline, but it calls on Congress for support in keeping the crisis in check…
Matt Bourne spent his spring break knocking over furniture. One day, he broke a dresser in his sister’s room and pulled down a flat-screen television. He punched himself in the face, hit his older sister, and hit his mom. The family dealt with it as they normally did, taking turns…
Latino leaders from across the state kicked off National Hispanic Heritage Month by announcing their support for marriage equality. The central Phoenix gathering was organized by Why Marriage Matters Arizona, a coalition founded a year ago by the ACLU of Arizona, Equality Arizona, Freedom to Marry, and the Human Rights…
Four protesters were arrested today in Phoenix at a rally focused on unionizing fast food workers and raising their wages. The two women and two men were charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing a thoroughfare, and failure to obey a police officer. All of the charges are misdemeanors…
Florence is the safest city in the state, a recent survey says…
Three former schools chiefs–including a Republican–have endorsed Democrat David Garcia in his bid for State Superintendent of Public Instruction…
After a spring marred by his controversial blog posts and accusations of racism, State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal lost his bid for reelection in last night’s Republican primary…
Incumbent State Superintendent of Public Education John Huppenthal lost his bid for reelection in tonight’s Republican primary. With almost 70 percent of precincts reporting, results show Huppenthal with about 41 percent of the vote and opponent Diane Douglas with about 57 percent…
The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised millions of dollars for the ALS Association, but some people question whether it’s safe. One local teacher/business owner has banned her employees from participating after one of her students experienced adverse health effects following the challenge…
Robert Ramirez carried a sign that said: “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.” He was among a throng of protesters gathered in Eastlake Park in Phoenix as part of the Nationwide Day of Rage, a nationally coordinated effort to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown and subsequent turmoil between police and…
Arizona schools chief John Huppenthal is asking the federal government to pay the costs associated with educating unaccompanied immigrant minors here in what Latino activists say is brazen political posturing. At a press conference, Huppenthal released a letter he penned to Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, asking for the…
A Glendale man has been arrested after yelling racial slurs and hitting a man over the head with a beer bottle. Joseph David Burgoyne, 28, was at Denim and Diamonds Bar in Mesa when he allegedly yelled “white power” and “nigger” at the victim. When the victim confronted Burgoyne, Burgoyne…
A 23-year-old Phoenix man was seriously injured last weekend after jumping from a moving golf cart, police say. The accident occurred in Scottsdale during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 10. The man, who is believed to have been intoxicated, sustained serious head injuries after jumping from the back…
They say you’re only as good as the company you keep. Action star Steven Seagal likes to keep company with some of the world’s so-called tough guys. His television show Steven Seagal: Lawman sprang from his friendships with two nationally famous sheriffs: Louisiana’s Harry Lee and our own blowhard, Sheriff…
State Superintendent of Public Education John Huppenthal has made mixed statements about his stance on Common Core. Today, the incumbent may have flip-flopped still again…
The experimental drug used to treat two American health care workers infected with the Ebola virus was developed in part by researchers right here at ASU. They hope that the special plant-based technology used to create the Ebola treatment might be an important path to treating other infectious diseases…
A coalition of immigrant rights groups held a press conference this morning to announce the launch of “Arizona Freedom Summer,” a campaign to get out the Latino vote in this fall’s elections…
Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox came to Phoenix to speak on behalf of Monica Jones, a transgender Phoenix student convicted on charges of manifesting prostitution in April. Cox, Jones, and Jones’ attorneys all claim that the Phoenix city ordinance under which Jones was arrested is unconstitutional and discriminatory. Jones’ attorneys filed…
