Pet experts wanting to get a little free publicity share some Independence Day safety tips spent the last couple days flooding our inboxes with reminders on how to keep your dogs sane this holiday. Here are some of the hazards to avoid:…
Why Marriage Matters Arizona, a coalition of gay-rights advocates, is calling on state residents to urge Attorney General Tom Horne “to stop wasting taxpayer money defending our state’s harmful constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples.” The group calls on Horne to “respect all Arizona families,” which is ironic because…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey is praising the US Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case, calling it a “win for religious freedom,” even though he said just a few months ago that he would, as governor, veto an Arizona measure with the same underlying principles. We’ve got a…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu raised about $26,000 in the first five months of the year for his political action committee dubbed “Paul Babeu for Arizona.” You might wonder who’s donating to the border hawk Republican who derailed his own Congressional campaign by sending half-naked photos of himself and sexually…
In order to make up a $38 million budget deficit, the Phoenix City Council approved a new city services tax — $1.50 for most of the city’s residential water customers — that will take effect on July 19. (The tax is higher for commercial customers.) The water tax is expected…
Mary Rose Wilcox, a candidate seeking election in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District, says she is “dismayed to hear that President Obama still has no concrete plan to pass comprehensive immigration reform and stop the devastating deportation policy that breaks up families and breaks our hearts.” Her statement comes after President…
The United States Supreme Court sided today with Hobby Lobby and other privately owned corporations that argued they should not be required to provide access to contraceptives in employee health plans — as mandated by the Affordable Care Act — if doing so violates their closely held religious beliefs. The…
Comprehensive immigration reform dominated the candidate forum at South Mountain Community College last week — and no wonder, considering that voters in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District are overwhelmingly Democratic Latinos. And here’s a shocker: All of the candidates at the forum — a politician, a preacher, an attorney and a…
Ruben Gallego and Mary Rose Wilcox — and their respective camps — have been firing nasty missives at each other over who is more in favor of ‘common sense gun laws’ or gun reform. They’re lobbing their attacks across all social media platforms, and why not? It’s cheaper than mailing…
Florence officials continue to deny allegations of corruption and abuse of power leveled against the town by two former detectives — Walt Hunter and Jarris Varnrobinson. The two police officers, who worked as detectives with the Florence Police Department until they were fired in December 2012, filed a suit in…
A Glendale City Council decision to apply for nearly $800,000 from the Tohono O’odham Nation signals a major shift in the city’s relationship with the Indian community and reveals the city’s newfound perspective of the TON’s plans to build a resort-style casino in the West Valley. Council members of the…
Former Florence police detectives Jarris Varnrobinson and Walt Hunter filed a federal lawsuit today in U.S. District Court against the Town of Florence, the town’s mayor, its police chief, police lieutenant and past town managers over the pair’s firing in 2012. The lawsuit alleges that Florence officials, including Mayor Tom…
It was meant to deliver a blow to Ruben Gallego’s campaign for a seat in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, but it seems a complaint suggesting he was “misrepresenting” himself to voters by using various names has created an opportunity for the politician to talk about his hardscrabble life and the…
On the heels of a lawsuit filed to knock Cesar Chavez, a Republican turned Democrat formerly known Scott Fistler, off the 7th Congressional District ballot over his newly invented identity, comes another name-change complaint — also against a CD 7 candidate. This one is against Ruben Gallego in reference to…
Stephen Colbert devoted the opening segment of Monday’s nights show — The Colbert Report — to mocking an Arizona Republican who changed his name from Scott Fistler to Cesar Chavez in advance of a run for a seat in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. The one-time Republican, who most recently made…
Marie Lopez Rogers, Avondale’s former mayor, is running for a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors — and a unanimous decision today by board supervisors to appoint her temporarily to the board just gave her campaign a major boost. The seat on the board was left vacant by…
Twenty years ago, Arizona became the second state in the nation to allow charter schools to operate in the public education system. In honor of the anniversary, New Times is taking a hard look at charters in Arizona. The first story in the ongoing series examined how charter schools —…
Twenty years ago, Arizona became the second state in the nation to allow charter schools to operate in the public education system. In honor of the anniversary, New Times is taking a hard look at charters in Arizona. The first story in the ongoing series examined how charter schools —…
Chris Wilson sits quietly in a small, gray room. He’s slouched forward, his forearms resting on his lap, his wrists handcuffed. It’s August 7, 2012, almost 9 p.m. Wilson is tense, antsy. A Phoenix police detective walks in, greets him, and explains that he has been accused of engaging in…
Chris Wilson sits quietly in a small, gray room. He’s slouched forward, his forearms resting on his lap, his wrists handcuffed. It’s August 7, 2012, almost 9 p.m. Wilson is tense, antsy. A Phoenix police detective walks in, greets him, and explains that he has been accused of engaging in…
They’re called the Dream 9 — young men and women who were brought into the country when they were children but who returned to Mexico, their birthplace, and then attempted to re-enter the United States last summer. They didn’t cross under the cover of darkness. They didn’t hike for days…
They’re called the Dream 9 — young men and women who were brought into the country when they were children but who returned to Mexico, their birthplace, and then attempted to re-enter the United States last summer. They didn’t cross under the cover of darkness. They didn’t hike for days…
