The forms have been filed, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ name will now official appear on the state’s Democratic primary election ballot. More than 100 of his local supporters gathered outside of Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan ‘s office Thursday morning as Jose Miranda, campaign coordinator for Arizona for Bernie Sanders,…
The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Arizona’s “racist and sexist abortion law” in federal appeals court this week, arguing that it is a gross violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. The law, officially the “Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011,” is supposed to…
Surprised to hear that when CBS News put together a list of the 30 most heavily armed states in the country Arizona didn’t make the cut? So were many gun advocates, some of whom are now calling out the network for releasing what they say is an inaccurate and misleading…
“Just when you think [Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does,” Arizona Senator Jeff Flake tweeted out after news of Trump’s call to block all Muslims from entering the U.S. made headlines. “Foolish,” is all Arizona Senator John McCain had to say about the statement. In…
After the recent mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado once again thrust the controversial debate about abortion politics into the national media spotlight, local resident Shamus Burns decided to take a stand against the anti-Planned Parenthood vitriol he saw around him by organizing a pro-Planned Parenthood rally…
California Governor Jerry Brown’s recent comment about Arizona’s gun laws being too loose not only constitutes an insult to each and every citizen of Arizona but is worthy of a public apology, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio declares. “I am offended, and every Arizonan should be as well,” Arpaio stated…
As of this week, citizens of Arizona can no longer keep monkeys, chimpanzees, or any other other non-human primates as pets, but they can have hedgehogs. Citing safety concerns and animal welfare issues, the Arizona Game and Fish Department recently updated a handful of its provisions regulating domestic and captive…
It wouldn’t be a corporate-funded convention for conservative state legislators if Greenpeace activists didn’t try to crash the party, and this week’s three-day meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in metro Phoenix is no exception. A few times a year, ALEC brings together corporate lobbyists and state legislators from…
In two new videos posted on Facebook, the leader of Arizona’s anti-Islamist movement, Jon Ritzheimer and his good friend, Blaine Cooper, mock a flurry of recent news reports alleging that the FBI “lost track” of Ritzheimer as he drove across the country and that it was “on a manhunt” for…
As a steady stream of taxi cabs, hotel shuttles, and cars with tinted windows chauffeured corporate officials and elected state legislators into the Phoenix Westin Kierland Resort and Spa for the kickoff of a secretive retreat this week, a theatrical group of protesters demonstrated outside with glittery signs, costumes, and…
Jane was certain the police officer was about to hurt or kill her. She sat handcuffed and sobbing in the back of his patrol car in a corner of a dark Walgreens parking lot in the middle of a hot night in June. Phoenix Police Officer Timothy Morris isn’t particularly…
The leader of Arizona’s grassroots anti-Islamist movement, Jon Ritzheimer, can’t seem to escape the attention of local and national law enforcement. He left Arizona about a week and a half ago to drive across the country with Tyler Zarr, a friend who was moving to New Hampshire, and having decided…
Sure the calendar might say it’s December, but as everyone in Phoenix knows, that’s not the best indication of the season. The 12th month is a funny time — one day the temperature’s in the 90s, and the next, the high is 65 degrees. Because the Christmas music has been…
Leaders of a Tempe mosque have decided that if congregant Sumayyah Dawud wants to continue attending prayers and other community functions at the Islamic Community Center, she must either dress and pray as a man or provide medical documentation proving she is anatomically female. Though Dawud was born male, she…
We’ve all done it: chugged our wine or whiskey during Thanksgiving dinner in an attempt to drown out the racist and political rambling of crazy uncle George. Dealing with family members often requires that the libations flow freely — we get it. But this year, if Uncle George goes on…
Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva is determined not to let the U.S. Department of Agriculture forget about Nosey, the 32-year-old African circus elephant he and other animal welfare advocates say has “reportedly undergone long-term abuse and has suffered serious, willful, and chronic violations of the Animal Welfare Act.” For months, Grijalva’s…
Two Arizona Congress members, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Matt Salmon have introduced federal legislation aimed at cracking down on what they say are security gaps in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program — the federal program that allows citizens from 38 countries “to travel to the United States without a…
In a public letter to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, the American Civil Liberties Union calls the governor’s new plan for an anti-drug-trafficking border Strike Force “seriously concerning” and potentially “devastating.” Ducey, who campaigned on a promise of mitigating cross-border human and drug trafficking, says he’s making good on this promise…
A new independent study from the economic consulting firm, BBC Research and Consulting, finds that if Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva’s Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument bill passes, it will bring in $51 million annually to the economy of Northern Arizona. The figure comes from the combined economic value of…
The Arizona Supreme Court decided today that people with a medical marijuana card are not automatically immune from DUI laws if they are pulled over and found to have “marijuana or its metabolite” in their systems. The ruling overturned an earlier decision by the court of appeals that, as David…
If the response to Arizona Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema’s vote to prevent the resettlement of any Syrian or Iraqi refugees until tighter vetting processes are implemented is any indication, the Democrat from District Nine just lost a lot of supporters. Sinema shocked many in Arizona by voting for the Security Against…
There’s been a lot of talk by politicians in the last year about passing federal legislation to address the woes of the thousands of Valley residents who woke up one September morning in 2014 and discovered they suddenly lived under the noisy Sky Harbor International Airport airplane flight paths. And…
