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…
The big-time political news just keeps coming, folks! Earlier today we learned Republican front runner Donald Trump is coming to Arizona again, and New Times can now report that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is also coming back. Sanders will hold a large rally tomorrow night in Phoenix. According to…
Get ready, Arizona: Donald Trump is coming baaaack! The Republican front running is planning another large rally ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential preference vote, the Arizona Republic is reporting — the event is tentatively scheduled for this Saturday, though no time or location has been secured yet. Arizona has received quite…
Ryan Miller was a strong math student in high school. So when it came time to pick electives for his economics degree at Arizona State University, he felt pretty confident signing up for physics. It was hard. He got a bad grade. He wishes someone had warned him. So he,…
The scamsters behind a sophisticated solar-power fraud scheme exposed by Phoenix New Times finally have been held accountable in a U.S. court. Last month, Arizona U.S. District Judge David Bury handed down a $3.1 million judgment against the men behind Matinee Energy — a group of swindlers who include a former…
A Cave Creek horse-rescue organization is drowning in adoption applications after a Facebook post soliciting homes for 20 adorably fluffy miniature donkeys was shared more than 86,000 times. In response to the high interest, Michele Schafer, community outreach director for the all-volunteer-run Triple R Horse Rescue, said the group agreed…
Free tampons, menstrual pads, and condoms in university restrooms — and free testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Faculty race quotas in place by 2020. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, in new funding for building renovations, access to free computers, paid tutors, reduced-price or free healthy food, and…
Latinos, blacks, Native American, and other minority students still struggle to achieve academic success in Arizona, a situation that limits their future work potential, a new state report shows. White students are doing better, but also face problems in a state with a below-average median income, higher-than-average poverty rate, and…
Hours after a video of Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski making homophobic remarks exploded on the Internet, the LGBTQ community of Phoenix publicly called on the councilman to resign. In the video, which was captured on a cell phone last month, Nowakowski can be heard telling a room of clergy: “I…
Donald Trump is well on his way to beating Ted Cruz and the three other remaining presidential candidates for Arizona’s Republican preference election, a new poll shows. The survey of 751 “high efficacy primary Republican voters” in Arizona conducted on Tuesday by MBQF, a public affairs firm, showed that nearly…
Former Olympic figure skater and huge Hillary Clinton supporter, Michelle Kwan, stopped in Phoenix this week to help launch a local chapter of Arizona Asian American and Pacific Islanders for Hillary. Kwan says she first got to know Clinton a few years ago while working as a diplomatic envoy for…
Blatant housing discrimination is alive and well in Yuma, Arizona, according to a federal complaint filed this week by the Southwest Fair Housing Council. The SWFHC accuses a Yuma apartment-building owner of shunning Hispanics by having a representative claim falsely that there were no rooms available, and that rent was…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office released gritty body-camera footage showing a deputy shooting and killing a dog. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who’s made public-relations hay over the years with his animal-protection antics, told reporters that the video proves the shooting was “justified.” The dog was “in the wrong place at the wrong…
