A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the state from enforcing rules that prevent participants in the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from receiving driver’s licenses.Governor Jan Brewer had implemented that policy by executive order in 2012, and it wasn’t long before it drew a lawsuit…
DUI task forces around the state arrested 389 people on DUI charges over Independence Day weekend.That’s pretty much on-par with the DUI enforcement over the same weekend last year, when 361 people were arrested on DUI charges, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety…
Listen, money doesn’t grow on trees. Nor does it grow on cacti.If you want more ways to save a buck or two around Phoenix, we’ve got 10 methods to do so:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Two shots were fired from a helicopter being operated in the U.S. by Mexican law enforcement yesterday morning.The helicopter crossed about 100 years into the United States, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
A plurality of Americans, 41 percent, think the levels of immigration should decrease, according to a Gallup poll.According to the poll, 33 percent say immigration should stay at its current level, and 22 percent say it should increase…
A community forum actually took place between employees of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and believers of “chemtrails.”The “chemtrail” believers are under the impression that the streams of vapor left behind by airplane engines are actually government poison sprays…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we take a look at the…
Today in Found at the Border: Officers at the border in Nogales found 4.5 pounds of meth hidden inside an accordion.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an 18-year-old Mexican citizen attempted to take the accordion through a pedestrian gate on Monday…
Arizona voters will decide in November on giving state lawmakers a raise.Arizona’s Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers voted to propose a legislative pay of $35,000, an $11,000 increase over the current pay of $24,000. Thanks to the Arizona Constitution, voters have the final say on this proposal…
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal says he’s sorry for making offensive blog comments, but he’s not resigning.Huppenthal, a former Republican state lawmaker, was outed for writing comments under several pseudonyms saying things like people on food stamps are “lazy pigs,” and that Spanish should be banned from public…
Here’s a side-effect of Arizona’s perennially high rate of high-school dropouts — economic costs of $7.6 billion.That’s the estimate provided this week by a study from the Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable. Did we mention that’s just one year’s worth of dropouts?…
People keep driving the wrong way on Phoenix-area highways, and the Arizona Department of Transportation is going to see if signs do the trick.Just in the last two months, seven people have been killed by wrong-way drivers, and there were two more crashes caused by wrong-way drivers this week…
A Tucson-based company that plans to offer trips to near space announced that it successfully completed a test flight.World View, which plans to launch in 2016, says its balloon system went up 120,000 feet, or nearly 23 miles…
Many residents of Yarnell who lost their homes in last year’s Yarnell Hill Fire have filed a lawsuit claiming the state’s forestry division was negligent in its handling of fire-fighting efforts.The lawsuit alleges that the Arizona State Forestry Division “unthinkingly and incompetently reacted to events.””It failed to devise and implement…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has released photographs of the Green Acres Boarding Facility, where 20 dogs died late last week.The dogs supposedly died from a lack of air conditioning, and several of the photos show the dead dogs arranged in a shed on the property…
More anonymous Internet comments made by state schools superintendent John Huppenthal have surfaced, and they aren’t pretty.Not that the previous comments were pretty, which included an explanation of how Franklin D. Roosevelt was responsible for the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler, and how food stamps recipients are “lazy…
An American Civil Liberties Union report on the militarization of police forces across the country spotlights “massive military-grade weapons caches” across police agencies in Arizona.”Arizona law enforcement, designed to serve and protect communities, is instead equipped to wage a war,” the report titled “War Comes Home” says…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the explanation given by the caretakers and owners of a Gilbert dog-boarding facility where 20 dogs died over the weekend “seems unreasonable.”The Sheriff’s Office initially described the dogs’ deaths at the Green Acres Boarding Facility as an accident, wherein a dog chewed through electrical wiring, killing…
For just $20, you can get a photo with Cesar Chavez.No, not the labor leader known for the “sí, se puede” tagline. We’re talking about former Republican Scott Fistler, who changed his name to Cesar Chavez as he attempts to run for Congress as a Democrat in Arizona’s 7th Congressional…
There are now six Republicans vying to be Arizona’s next governor, as Senator Al Melvin says he’s dropping out.Melvin released a statement saying he wasn’t going to be able to collect the 4,500 contributions of $5 needed to qualify for Clean Elections funding, a sum of $750,000…
The Phoenix Coyotes will officially become the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, more than 10 years after the team left Phoenix.The name-change comes along with the new owners, and the change will take place as the Coyotes select their first-round draft pick on Friday, with the 12th overall pick…
