Maricopa Strong, a recently-formed independent expenditure committee with a Phoenix address, has been sending anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio mailers to Republicans in Maricopa County over the last couple of weeks. According to sources with knowledge of the committee, Maricopa Strong is the creation of BerlinRosen a liberal political consulting firm with…
About 600 people gathered in the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the Arizona state capitol on Saturday afternoon to show support for those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), a controversial project intended to transport oil from North Dakota to a refinery in Illinois that critics say will threaten the…
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell is sending the results of the August 30 primary election for certification this morning, without first checking to see if she actually lost her job. In theory, a judge’s ruling on Friday in the lawsuit by Congressional District Five candidate Christine Jones could have meant…
Dear Stoner: Why does smoking weed make you hungry? Like, does science know why? Stewie Dear Stewie: The munchies are real, man. Although no one could definitively point to a brain reaction and say “There it is” for a long time, by 2015 marijuana’s ability to increase appetite was already…
Doubts as to whether the Democratic Party sincerely believes it has a strong future in Arizona – not just this November but in elections beyond – might be put to rest later today, when, New Times has learned, the national party will announce a new, long-term effort to strengthen its place in Arizona…
The lawsuit against the state by Arizona Congressional candidate Christine Jones has exposed a serious flaw in Maricopa County election policy, and more votes will be added to the total, a judge ruled on Friday. Jones, who is running in Congressional District 5, sued the state and county after last…
Third-party candidates rarely impact the outcome of a presidential election, yet in almost every political cycle, they’re typically cast as “spoilers,” and their supporters are chastised for “throwing away” their votes. But in a year like 2016 — a year that is anything but typical and one in which both…
A Chandler drug firm under investigation for its aggressive sales of a lethal painkiller claims that a large donation to a group opposing marijuana legalization was made to protect the public’s safety. Insys Therapeutics, which has made billions selling an opiate-based Fentanyl drug called Subsys, expects to soon launch a…
The Log Cabin Republicans are accusing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee of bullying their pal Sheriff Paul Babeu, and they want it to stop, like, right now. Yep, the nation’s pre-eminent gay GOP organization is seriously peeved that, the day after Babeu emerged victorious from the August 30 Republican primary…
A push earlier this year to allow concealed guns on college campuses ignited a firestorm at the capitol, before, following frantic pushback from the Arizona Board of Regents, ultimately falling short. Meanwhile, according to a new opinion from Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, it’s been legal to carry a concealed…
A ballot initiative that aims to give adults the freedom to use, possess, and grow marijuana in Arizona might pass if the vote were held today, a new poll shows. About 600,000 Arizonans 21 and older use cannabis, research from the State Legislature has shown. All face potential felony charges…
The 2,700 revelers who attended Arizona State University’s most recent staff barbecue cast aside more than 580 pounds of soda bottles, plastic cutlery, leftover food, and other assorted trash. But less than .03 percent of that, or what Mick Dalrymple, ASU’s director of sustainability practices, describes as “about half a bag,” was actually…
There are two portraits on display in Jennifer’s Mesa living room. Two little boys. Dark-eyed with chubby cheeks, impish grins, and thick, black hair. They look so alike in their striped shirts, it’s easy to mistake them for the same child. Even Jennifer’s toddler, Jacob, the subject of one of…
Some people were upset to see that late U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater’s name is no longer on the state Republican Party headquarters in central Phoenix. One concerned citizen went as far as to contact the Arizona Republic to investigate, curious if the missing moniker might be a political statement about…
Christine Jones, candidate for Arizona’s Congressional District Five, has no intention of going gently into the good night. Her loss by nine votes in the primary election last week to Republican competitor Andy Biggs is so close, it’ll trigger an automatic recount — but Jones is already on the offensive. Jones and…
Aaron Flannery could be forgiven if he believed a seven-term county politician whose job includes overseeing county elections managed to pull a fast one on him. Flannery was the first Republican in 28 years to challenge Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell. After 309,179 Republicans cast their ballots in last week’s…
Dear Stoner: Does marijuana help with depression? Searching Dear Searching: Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple yes or no. There’s such a wide range of studies on the subject that trying to wrap your head around it can make your hair fall out — or leave you more depressed…
Holding colorful posters with messages like “No Dolphin Prison” and “Thanks, but No Tanks,” at least 50 men, women, and children gathered at the four corners of a busy Scottsdale intersection Saturday evening to protest a swim-with-the-dolphins entertainment center under construction a few miles away on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian…
Back in November, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey publicly demanded that the federal government stop sending Syrian refugees to Arizona. But hundreds have arrived in the state since then — so many that Arizona now leads the nation in resettling the refugees. Millions of Syrians have been displaced from their homes since a brutal…
Donald Trump gave a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center the harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration they wanted to hear on Wednesday night. Forget any softening of the Republican presidential candidate’s message on the subject. Hours after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico…
Proposition 205, Arizona’s controversial recreational-marijuana initiative, was the subject of yet another lawsuit this week. Last week a judge threw out a suit filed by opponents of the initiative who alleged that the 100-word summary on the petition to get the measure on the November ballot was misleading and fraudulent. …
A ballot initiative to raise Arizona’s minimum wage has (once again) been cleared for a vote in November. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the validity of signatures gathered in support of the initiative, Proposition 206, which proposes to increase wages…
