A 51-year-old inmate at Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Tent City jail died last week, the Sheriff’s Office announced. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to New Times’ request for more information outside of a statement provided to the media…
Arizona has a lot of transplants — only a couple of states have higher percentages of their population from another state. Can you guess which ones? Below, we have the top 10 states where Arizona residents were born, as of 2012:…
A ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use in Arizona is going to be filed this afternoon. The campaign, backed by the Marijuana Policy Project, needs to gather about 150,000 signatures by June 2016 to get the issue on the ballot in November 2016…
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 look into the hobbies…
A man who fatally shot a tenant on his father’s property in Mesa this weekend was arrested Wednesday after recanting his story about shooting the man in self-defense. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Scott Stradling initially told deputies that he had tased and shot Bill Harrison, who’d…
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey yesterday held a ceremonial bill signing for legislation that provides a new tax break for certain religious groups. Ducey had previously been quiet on the controversial legislation that he signed in late March. The bill, backed by the Center for Arizona Policy, was vetoed by Governor…
Arizona lawmakers this year proposed a lot of changes to the state’s driving laws, though only a few of them actually made the cut. Below, check out seven changes to Arizona’s driving laws that could affect you:…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is celebrating Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails. Of course, PETA’s not celebrating the jails for its treatment of human beings, but for how Arpaio’s compassionate to animals for implementing a vegan diet at the jails. Never mind the photo at…
Arizona cities and towns will not be able to ban or tax plastic bags. Governor Doug Ducey has signed Senate Bill 1241, which declares that regulation of plastic bags is a matter of statewide concern and thus not subject to regulation by local authorities. Some states and cities around the…
Republican Senator John McCain again may face a primary challenge from the right. State Senator Kelli Ward of Lake Havasu City sent an e-mail to supporters saying she’s going to “test the waters” to see if she can drum up enough support to be a viable challenger to McCain. “As…
Raul Castro, Arizona’s first and only Hispanic governor, died last week at the age of 98. Several years ago, New Times’ Stephen Lemons went down to Nogales to interview the former governor and U.S. diplomat at his home. The video above is essentially the highlight reel of that interview, as…
Three people were shot early this morning in a drive-by shooting in Phoenix. According to Phoenix police, the three adults shot were hospitalized, but are expected to survive. Though police haven’t tracked down the shooter, Phoenix Police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times the victims know him…
There’s been no shortage of police brutality videos in Arizona over the years. We’ve compiled some of the most memorable police brutality videos below:…
Arizona lawmakers yesterday approved a bill that would prevent the state’s cities and towns from banning or taxing plastic bags. Some states and cities have implemented bans and taxes on the bags to mitigate the waste or other environmental impacts, and it’s been reported recently that such bans are being…
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 find a whole range…
A Phoenix cop won’t be charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man late last year. Rumain Brisbon was fatally shot at an apartment complex on December 2 after a scuffle with Phoenix Police Officer Mark Rine. Police said the officer thought Brisbon was reaching for a gun…
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has vetoed a bill that would have banned police departments from setting quotas for traffic tickets. Though there have been reports of ticket quotas across the country, the same reports haven’t been coming out of Arizona, which Ducey mentions in his veto explanation. “While quotas for…
It was one of those phone calls that, even before you pick it up, you know will bring bad news. Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Daniel Hudson woke up to that call from the team doctor in early June 2013. Hudson was nearing the end of a yearlong rehabilitation process for…
Thousands upon thousands of votes aren’t counted every election year in Arizona, according to a new report. The Arizona Advocacy Network, which is run by a onetime Democratic politician, released a report detailing how Arizona’s election laws affect voter turnout, and it doesn’t look good — through public records and…
The girlfriend of a highly touted Arizona State University football recruit publicly recanted claims yesterday that her boyfriend assaulted her. Davon Durant, a junior college transfer ranked by multiple recruiting services as the nation’s top junior college linebacker, was suspended indefinitely from the team last month after his arrest on…
Another attempt to ban the Common Core standards in Arizona schools has been voted down by state lawmakers. The Arizona Senate yesterday voted 16-13 to defeat a bill that would have banned the standards from being used in schools, thanks to a few Republican senators who joined the Democrats in…
Governor Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that opponents say would have significantly weakened the state’s animal-cruelty laws. After much outcry from many animal-rights groups and their supporters, Ducey vetoed House Bill 2150 on Monday, Ducey’s first veto in office. “I know we all agree that animal cruelty is inexcusable, unacceptable,…
