Twelve adults and three minors were arrested inside of a west Phoenix Walmart Friday night after approximately twenty protesters took their anti-police brutality message into the crowded store. The group entered the building around 8:30 p.m. while chanting “stop police brutality” and “cops, pigs, murderers,” and were followed by a…
According to a letter sent by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and 15 other state AGs to the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal agency has until 1 p.m. PST today to respond to a request for a stay on a section of the finalized Clean Power Plan it released earlier…
About 40 men and women from the local Latino community gathered in the Mi Familia Vota Phoenix headquarters last night to watch the first Republican Presidential debate, concluding at the end of the night, as one young woman so succinctly put it, that “none of the candidates are ready to…
Whether you’re a Jeb Bush supporter, a Donald Trump enthusiast, a die-hard Marco Rubio fan, or none of the above, tonight’s Republican presidential primary debate is bound to be full of surprises. Unlike in some election seasons, no one quite knows what to expect from the candidate lineup — will…
Last week, local resident Aaron Borders portrayed himself online and to the media as the Arizona State Director for the Donald J. Trump presidential campaign, and he said he was traveling to Cleveland to help the Trump crew with the first Republican presidential debate. But according to campaign officials and…
Using the popular hashtags #SayHerName and #BlackLivesMatter, people across the country are expected to take to the streets this weekend and demand accountability for, and attention to, the all-to-frequent instances of police violence against black Americans. Rallies will be held in many cities all weekend as citizens demand a response…
Arizona Senator John McCain was an outspoken critic of the 16-day October 2013 federal-government shutdown, vowing after it was over that it wouldn’t happen again. Seems he’s had a change of heart: he told NPR that he would support holding the 2016 federal-spending bill hostage over this funding issue. “I don’t…
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey formally unveiled his plan to “modernize” Arizona’s Medicaid System so it becomes a “bridge to independence” this week. A press release from his office states that the plan is all about “increasing personal responsibility, encouraging wellness, expanding health technology, protecting taxpayers, and promoting quality health care at an…
Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that Donald Trump is killin’ it in national polls. With that in mind, here are 10 reasons we think Donald Trump should be — brace yourself — president. 10. He’d go down in history as the prez with the most unflattering and memorable…
U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently appointed 30-year-old Aaron Borders, Second Vice Chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Party, to lead his official ground campaign in Arizona. Borders, who moved to Arizona from Ohio in 2009 and says he’s been around political campaigns his whole life, will even be traveling…
Last night, in 3,500 locations across the country, about 100,000 people tuned in all at once to watch Bernie Sanders speak, and to learn how they could help volunteer for his 2016 presidential campaign. Hundreds in the greater-Phoenix area spent the night talking politics and strategizing ways to spread, as…
A new report on child welfare in Arizona reveals some startling statistics that help explain why the state’s child welfare system is overwhelmed, and why an unprecedented number of children are in foster care or group homes. This report, technically a supplement to the independent audit conducted by the University…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. Jail gives you a lot of time to ponder…
Hundreds of people in the greater-Phoenix area will join tens of thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters across the country tonight to participate in the first official nationwide grassroots organizing meeting for the Sanders presidential campaign. In an event the campaign is calling “unprecedented,” people will gather in homes, coffee shops,…
A Phoenix anti-puppy-mill pet-store ordinance upheld in U.S. District Court this week punishes the wrong people, critics declare. While the court ruled that the city of Phoenix can keep its ordinance — which the Humane Society of the United States celebrated as a “landmark” victory for the animal-rights world and a blow…
The Republican Party of Maricopa County is calling on four Democratic Arizona politicians to “return every penny” of the cumulative $45,000 in campaign contributions they received from Planned Parenthood in the last few years, and to “publicly rebuke their fellow Democrats” for asking the Department of Justice to investigate The…
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 2003 death-penalty decision for Homer Ray Roseberry, an Arizona resident convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Fred Fottler. (In October, 2000, Roseberry agreed to transport about 1000 pounds of marijuana in his motor home for a drug cartel, secretly planning to steal…
From the files of “terrible, illegal, or otherwise futile ideas,” we present a list of bizarre things you could theoretically try to hunt in Phoenix — but probably shouldn’t. ***Note: New Times does not necessarily encourage or endorse any of the following activities. 10. Africanized Bees If you’re looking for…
The prominent Muslim civil liberties organization, the Council on American and Islamic Relations, has been keeping tabs on Islamophobia throughout the country for decades. But in the last few months, leaders tell New Times, it’s maintained an extra-close eye on Jon Ritzheimer, the local ex-Marine and face of the anti-Islam…
A recent poll found that more Republican voters have a favorable view of presidential candidate Donald Trump than they do of Arizona Senator John McCain. The telephone survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports polled 1,000 people between July 20-21, and revealed that at least 52 percent of likely Republican voters reported…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week: Tyra’s always telling us to be fierce…
At 5 a.m. Monday morning, Chandler police finally nabbed a guy they’d been looking for since May. Jose Salvador Rodriguez, the 19-year-old serial online dating app burglar, was caught shortly after robbing a Circle K in Chandler. Police had been looking for a young guy who was known to contact…
