Arizona lawmakers have backed off a controversial plan to prohibit pregnant women from consuming medical marijuana — instead they want dispensaries to warn them of alleged pot risks. The original proposal, House Bill 2061, was replaced this week with a strike-all amendment that forms the basis for a new bill…
After Senator John McCain chimed in on whether President Barack Obama should be allowed to appoint a Supreme Court justice in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death this past weekend, social-media users shot back with vengeance. “I believe we should wait until after the next election and let the…
The other day, Tiffany Diba’s 5-month-old dog, Colby, followed her command to “sit” and “stay” in a busy store for the first time. The curly-haired shepherd-labrador-retriever mix perked up his ears as she slowly backed away — 5 feet, 10 feet, 15 feet. He squirmed with the urge to bound…
A mother and her lawyer are hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court shows more common sense than Arizona courts have so far in the case of accused child molester Chris Simcox, who is bound and determined to personally cross-examine his child victims, two girls, ages 8 and 9. Phoenix attorney…
Many questions remain in last week’s tragic murder-suicide at Glendale’s Independence High School that left two 15-year-old girls dead, including who pulled the trigger. The bodies of Dorothy Dutiel and May Kieu were found near an administration building on Friday morning, prompting a security lockdown and early release. Glendale police…
After a drug overdose, minutes matter. But, often, witnesses hesitate to call for paramedics because they, too, are hopped up and are afraid of arrest. State Representative Randall Friese wants to change that so he’s proposed a bill that would prohibit authorities from pressing drug use or possession charges against…
Tom Horne, John Huppenthal and two other Republican former Arizona Superintendents of Public Instruction came out strongly against marijuana legalization in a Sunday column that fails the take full account of the issues. Horne, Huppenthal, Jaime Molera and Lisa Graham Keegan claim in the op-ed published in the Arizona Republic that…
Ever wondered what the Spanish-language street names in the Phoenix area actually mean in English? (Particularly if your Spanish game isn’t quite up to par, and you don’t recognize half the words on the Filiberto’s menu.) We’re here to help, as we’ve made very literal translations of some of greater…
Two teenage girls were found shot to death at Glendale’s Independence High School today in what police called an “isolated” incident. Police said the shooting occurred about 9 a.m. and released few details, saying only that the bodies of the two 15-year-old girls were found near an administration building and…
If last night’s Democratic Presidential debate was any indication, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders are in a tight race for the party nomination. Whether you paint the rivalry as a choice between the establishment v. anti-establishment candidate or the progressive v. the “real”…
Some members of the Arizona Legislature apparently think the people of the state can’t handle the responsibility of direct democracy, especially when it comes to legalizing marijuana. Four new measures, authored primarily by Republican state representatives Bob Thorpe and J.D. Mesnard, chisel away at the power of the people to…
Video evidence of former Arizona Lottery Director Tony Bouie’s misuse of a state vehicle was released by the state, along with records that detail the extravagant renovation he had done on his office area. Bouie, a businessman and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers professional football player, was appointed to his post…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he wants to meet Pope Francis while the pontiff is in Mexico for the next five days. Initially, he told the press that what he wanted to speak to the pope about was “confidential.” A day later, he grew a little bolder, telling local media…
Well, folks, after 41 days it appears the occupation of a federal building on a wildlife refuge near Burns, Oregon is finally over. Not only did the FBI arrest the final four holdouts holed up in the building today, but they nabbed seven others affiliated with the occupation — including…
An Ohio man who claims he was stealing to feed his family is accused of holding up 36 Phoenix-area convenience stores and gas stations in the past seven weeks. From December 20 to February 9, federal court records show, Anthony Wayne Hamilton, who’s 25 or 26, threatened victims repeatedly in…
If Arizona voters approve adult-use marijuana legalization this year, it won’t hurt tourism, using Colorado’s experience as an example. Tourism could even improve because of legalization, especially while cannabis freedom still is a novelty in most of the country. Yet the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, (AzLTA), an influential group…
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has confirmed that former state Lottery Director Tony Bouie is under investigation, but Mark Brnovich people won’t give out won’t divulge details. Meanwhile, New Times has uncovered more information about Bouie’s use of a state vehicle — which seems to prove that Bouie misrepresented the…
On the heels of Phoenix’s eliminating the opening prayer at City Council meetings rather than cave to Satanists, a member of the Satanic Temple now it scheduled to give the invocation at a Scottsdale City Council meeting in April. “The Satanic Temple requested to deliver an invocation at a City…
A former priest suspected of killing a second-grade school teacher in 1960 has been arrested in Scottsdale and officially charged with murder. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department’s Criminal Apprehension and Surveillance Team, coordinating with two Texas agencies, the Texas Rangers and the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office, detained John Feit…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s favorite deputy, Brian Mackiewicz, has returned to work, dogged by allegations of spiking his overtime and, according to sources, sleeping with a crime victim during an MCSO investigation. Formerly assigned to Arpaio’s threats management unit, the detective was on paid administrative leave for several months last year…
The legislators behind a proposal to allow guns at Arizona universities argue it will make students safer. But the bill has many who live, study, and work on campus feeling fearful. Since state Representative Sonny Borrelli (R-Bullhead City) filed House Bill 2072, which, if passed, would permit anyone who obtains…
Seated in the waiting room of his empty Phoenix office, defense attorney Kirk Nurmi appears beaten and battle weary. Since gaining notoriety defending convicted murderer Jodi Arias, Nurmi has lost 75 pounds, and his clothing drapes loosely on his deflated frame. Yet, at 6-foot-2 and still rotund, he remains an…
