It’s unlikely that anyone even remotely following the presidential campaign learned anything new about Republican candidate Ted Cruz at the rally hosted by his Super Pac, Keep the Promise, in Phoenix, but that didn’t stop the group from trying to ban certain media outlets it thought might write “a hit…
Tempe police are on alert for possible trouble on Saturday at a theater where Hells Angels’ members are scheduled to screen a movie about the club. The 1983 film “Hells Angels Forever” will be shown at noon at Pollack Tempe Cinemas, theater representatives confirm. Police have taken notice and will…
A new climatology report shows that the much-heralded El Niño weather pattern this year already is winding down, having failed to soak Arizona with snow and rain. In January, the Pacific Ocean-driven weather phenomenon spurred the state’s mini-snowpocalypse in January with flurries north and south and lots of rain in metro…
When the Bernie Sanders campaign says Arizona is a must-win state, it’s no joke. The beloved U.S. Senator from Vermont just announced another yoooooge campaign rally in Phoenix this Saturday afternoon — his fourth event in Arizona this week. The event will be in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and doors open at…
The list of famous politicians campaigning their way through Arizona ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote just keeps growing and growing. The Hillary Clinton campaign announced this morning that former President Bill Clinton will be holding rallies on behalf of his wife in Phoenix and Tucson this Sunday. (The location and…
As cannabis advocates debate whether a proposed Arizona legalization law allows counties or towns to ban home growing, attempts to regulate home cultivation of medical marijuana have failed. The inability of counties to control home cultivation by qualified medical-marijuana patients gives insight into how the planned legalization measure may work…
A Taiwanese national has been indicted in Arizona for buying and possessing more than 17,000 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition last month at a Phoenix gun show. Jian Kia Chen was stopped on Interstate 10 on February 20 after buying the rounds at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at…
The Bernie Sanders campaign just announced that in addition to his rally in Flagstaff tonight, he’ll be holding an event tomorrow evening in Tucson. The event will be in the Tucson Convention Center, and doors open at 4:30 p.m. (RSVP for free tickets here.) Arizona is a must-win state for…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be in Phoenix Monday afternoon to rally support for her campaign ahead of Arizona’s presidential preference vote on Tuesday. The campaign just announced her visit, but has yet to release time and location details — we’ll update this story when those details become available. …
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each released their first Spanish-language television ad in Arizona as they try to appeal to Latino voters ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday. Clinton’s ad casts the former secretary of state as a friend of the Latino community. It touts her record…
The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States has declined substantially for the first time in decades, a new study finds. The study by the Guttmacher Institute finds that the rate of unintended pregnancies among women and girls between the ages of 15 and 44 dropped from 54 percent…
If you missed Bernie Sanders’ rally in Phoenix Tuesday night, just know one thing: the crowd could not stop applauding and cheering for their candidate. Sanders talked for more than an hour, touching on all of his favorite topics like income inequality, reforming the criminal justice and immigration systems, and…
One day after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won primary elections in five states, she’s turning some attention to Arizona, which holds its presidential preference vote Tuesday. New Times got an exclusive look at a new ad set to air later today that draws attention to the abysmal state of…
Republican Arizona legislators want to send voters a strong message this year: You don’t know what you’re doing! You need to leave it to us. Which is why an anti-voter resolution cleared a key Arizona Senate committee this week, bringing the state a step closer to destroying democracy here as…
Dear Republicans: Let me get this straight. You want to take back Donald Trump. You want to take Trump off the table. But you want to give us Ted Cruz instead.I know you’re not totally insane. Your problem is that many of you are not from Texas. You don’t really…
Simone Netherlands’ voice is shaking. She’s naturally a nervous public speaker so it’s almost imperceptible. But she’s angry as she takes the lectern in hearing room 5 of the Arizona House of Representatives, neat and elegant in a gray blazer, blonde hair swept back to showcase her high cheekbones. Just…
The system for disciplining corrupt Border Patrol agents is so “broken” that it has become a “national security threat,” according to an independent task force commissioned by the federal government to investigate the agency’s approach to criminal misconduct in its ranks. In a 49-page report delivered to Homeland Security Secretary…
If the excitement of teenage girls at their first Justin Bieber concert were combined with the enthusiasm of fans at a college football championship, it might begin to match the energy and exhilaration of the crowd at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ rally in downtown Phoenix tonight. More than 7,000…
After Bernie Sanders’ wife took a tour of Maricopa County’s Tent City Jail with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, critics today accused her of acting as a “prop” in the spread of racist propaganda. Among the naysayers was U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego, who, in a Facebook post, advised Jane Sanders “to take…
A new bill landed on Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s desk that, if signed, will bar state and local governments from doing business with companies or groups boycotting Israel. House Bill 2617, is part of a national backlash against the “BDS movement” — BDS stands for boycott, divestment, and sanctions –…
What’s better than dressing like a leprechaun, using your (terrible) Irish accent, and drinking Guinness, green beer, or Jameson with your friends on St. Patrick’s Day? Not getting busted for drunk driving, that’s what! But jokes aside, Arizona, in the age of Uber and Lyft, there’s no excuse for being…
Jane Sanders, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, dropped by Maricopa County’s infamous Tent City Jail on Monday with lots of questions. But even though Sheriff Joe Arpaio himself came down to run the tour (he wouldn’t miss an opportunity to parade in front of TV cameras), the only…
