The number of Arizona parents choosing to not have their children vaccinated is increasing.Back in 2003, only 1.6 percent of kindergartners weren’t vaccinated due to a personal-belief or religious exemption. As of last school year, a decade later, that rate more than doubled, to 3.9 percent…
Social-media websites like Facebook and Twitter may make it easier to connect with people, but they also make it easier to make an ass out of yourself in front of everyone.Here are 10 people who did just that, in what we’re calling the 10 worst social-media posts in Arizona history:…
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:…
Of the 10 most-dangerous suburbs in America, two of them are suburbs of Phoenix.That’s according to the real estate website Movoto, which ranked Glendale as the seventh-most dangerous, and Tempe the eighth-most, based on FBI crime data…
The woman who chucked a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a speech in Las Vegas has been identified as a Phoenix resident.Police say 36-year-old Alison Michelle Ernst was the one who threw the shoe at Clinton, although Clinton was able to dodge it…
More people have been bringing their pets to Phoenix-area animal hospitals to treat marijuana ingestion, according to a local chain of animal clinics.According to the Emergency Animal Clinic — which owns five hospitals across Phoenix, the East Valley, and West Valley — there’s been a pretty sharp increase in such…
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.With this week’s offenders, you may want to…
The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill that would allow the state health department to search abortion clinics without an administrative warrant.The legislation, House Bill 2284, passed the House in March and got approval from the Senate yesterday by a 17-13 vote…
A person who flew into Phoenix last week brought measles with them.Maricopa County’s health department issued a warning saying people were probably exposed to the highly contagious disease…
Tomorrow is Arizona’s Tax Freedom Day, one of the most depressing ways to look at how much money you’re forking over to the government every year.Tax Freedom Day, developed by the Tax Foundation think tank, illustrates how long it takes Americans to earn enough money to pay a year’s worth…
Arizona still has the third-highest rate of uninsured children in the nation.However, that rate is dropping, and a report released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides some insight into what type of kids are getting insured…
Some bus drivers and curbside “ambassadors” at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport have gone on strike.The workers are employed by a transportation company called Veolia, which is under contract with the city for the airport service. Amalgamated Transit Union officials say the contract dispute revolves around about 10 issues, including health…
The National Football League announced today that the 2015 Pro Bowl will be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.Super Bowl XLIX will be held in Glendale a week later…
Arizona’s newest abortion regulations won’t go into effect while adversaries of the new rules challenge a ruling from a lower court.The regulations, which impose new restrictions on medicated abortions in the state, have been the subject of a court battle just as the rules were set to take effect on…
Yesterday was “Equal Pay Day,” the day that symbolizes how far into 2014 women have to work to earn the same amount as men did in 2013, as far as the gender pay gap is concerned.To mark the occasion, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Councilwoman Kate Gallego announced an effort…
A University of Arizona student who’s well-known on that campus for street preaching with a “You Deserve Rape” sign took his act to Tempe.Dean Saxton, who calls himself “Brother Dean,” enjoys telling women that they deserve rape, as you can see in the video below, taken at Arizona State University…
Seven parents were arrested this weekend on felony child-abuse charges in the Phoenix area, which is an unusually high number of arrests.Based on county booking records, there were 13 child-abuse arrests in the entire month of February, and 18 in March, an average of roughly one child-abuse arrest every other…
Arizona lawmakers approved a $9.2 billion budget yesterday.The budget, which still needs Governor Jan Brewer’s approval, shaved off roughly $25 million from Brewer’s proposal for Child Protective Services spending for next year. Between the scandal of thousands of cases getting ignored at CPS, and the growing foster-care system, Brewer’s made…
No surprise here: Phoenix isn’t exactly one of the safest cities in Arizona.Read on to find the 10 safest cities in Arizona, where you might die of boredom but probably not as a result of a violent crime:…
Depending on where you are in your career, this might be good news or bad news: Phoenix is one of the top cities for entry-level jobs.This is according to Indeed, the job-hunting website, which scanned its own listings for this result…
People from the Phoenix chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) are going to try to force a recall of Republican Senator Kimberly Yee.Yee, who’s been one of the biggest opponents of Arizona’s voter-approved medical-marijuana law, is being targeted after blocking funding of a study…
The parents of a 1-year-old Phoenix girl have been arrested after police discovered the girl’s father allegedly had bitten her and ripped out her hair.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the girl’s father, 18-year-old Abiezer Zuniga, “began to laugh” while describing to police how he bit the girl…
