California Governor Jerry Brown’s recent comment about Arizona’s gun laws being too loose not only constitutes an insult to each and every citizen of Arizona but is worthy of a public apology, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio declares. “I am offended, and every Arizonan should be as well,” Arpaio stated…
Thousands of streets crisscross metro Phoenix, and every one has a name. Some are self-explanatory or location-oriented (Central Avenue, Baseline Road), while others honor historical figures both locally and nationally (Washington Street, Winfield Scott Plaza, Thomas Road) or are tied to various landmarks (Camelback Road, Bethany Home Road, Indian School…
About one-third of the top positions for Arizona state agencies received a boost in pay for 2015, with many of Governor Doug Ducey’s new hires now getting paid substantially more than their predecessors. Arizona state employees received no general base-pay increase for 2015, and nationally, Americans saw wages increase by…
As of this week, citizens of Arizona can no longer keep monkeys, chimpanzees, or any other other non-human primates as pets, but they can have hedgehogs. Citing safety concerns and animal welfare issues, the Arizona Game and Fish Department recently updated a handful of its provisions regulating domestic and captive…
There have been 15 mass shootings in Arizona since 2013. This is according to Mass Shooting Tracker, a crowd-sourced database that media heavy-hitters like Vox and the Washington Post have cited since a heavily armed couple opened fire Wednesday at a service center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California,…
The Arizona Diamondbacks shocked the baseball world on Friday by signing ace pitcher Zack Greinke to a massive contract worth more than $206 million over the next six years. It was the greatest moment in Arizona sports history when the D-backs beat the New York Yankees in the 2001 World…
Under the gleam of an electronic billboard, family and friends gathered in a circle, holding candles and saying prayers. Looking down on them was the image of two smiling 27-year-old women captioned with a question: “Who killed Melissa Mason and Nicole Glass?” It was the fifth year family and friends…
It wouldn’t be a corporate-funded convention for conservative state legislators if Greenpeace activists didn’t try to crash the party, and this week’s three-day meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in metro Phoenix is no exception. A few times a year, ALEC brings together corporate lobbyists and state legislators from…
Detective Sean Pearce has been disciplined following an internal investigation for his role in an on-the-job crash that killed a citizen, but the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office refuses to elaborate further on the action. Brandon Jones, a spokesman for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, says details may be released when Pearce —…
If former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is the Democratic alternative to Sheriff Joe in 2016, I will vote for Arpaio. Laughable? Of course, I would never do that. But any vote for “Sheriff Phil” also would be ridiculous. Gordon for sheriff ain’t gonna happen. No way, no how, regardless…
In two new videos posted on Facebook, the leader of Arizona’s anti-Islamist movement, Jon Ritzheimer and his good friend, Blaine Cooper, mock a flurry of recent news reports alleging that the FBI “lost track” of Ritzheimer as he drove across the country and that it was “on a manhunt” for…
Less than two years after a court ordered Phoenix to allow gun-rights activists to plaster city bus shelters with the slogan “Guns Save Lives,” officials have once again attempted to censor advertisements containing the emotionally charged phrase. The new ads, much like the signs that sparked a four-year legal battle…
Check yourself before you start cursing at that out-of-town driver. Arizona drivers are among the worst in the nation, according to a new analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics conducted by the website CarInsuranceComparison.com. The state ranked sixth for most-dangerous drivers in 2015 after Montana, South Carolina, New…
As a steady stream of taxi cabs, hotel shuttles, and cars with tinted windows chauffeured corporate officials and elected state legislators into the Phoenix Westin Kierland Resort and Spa for the kickoff of a secretive retreat this week, a theatrical group of protesters demonstrated outside with glittery signs, costumes, and…
With the Arizona Supreme Court refusing to intervene in the case, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jose Padilla on Wednesday set a start date of April 4 for the trial of former minuteman and accused child molester Chris Simcox. “We need to get this to trial,” Padilla said during a…
Abengoa, the Spanish company that built the expansive $2 billion concentrated solar plant near Gila Bend, is broke and headed toward a possible bankruptcy filing. It’s the latest solar scandal for the Obama administration, which picked Abengoa for billions in lucrative loan guarantees. This week, Abengoa filed in Spain for…
State Senator Martin Quezada plans to introduce legislation early next year targeting fraudsters who deceive undocumented immigrants by falsely claiming they’re authorized to provide legal advice or services concerning immigration. Quezada said he’s taking action because he’s tired of seeing immigrants getting scammed by “notarios” who pose as attorneys. Typically,…
Jane was certain the police officer was about to hurt or kill her. She sat handcuffed and sobbing in the back of his patrol car in a corner of a dark Walgreens parking lot in the middle of a hot night in June. Phoenix Police Officer Timothy Morris isn’t particularly…
Arizona voters are split nearly 50-50 on adult-use marijuana legalization, according to a new poll showing the need for supporters to work together if they want to end pot prohibition next year. Overall, 49 percent of voters support and 51 percent oppose the idea of “recreational” marijuana legalization, says the poll…
The leader of Arizona’s grassroots anti-Islamist movement, Jon Ritzheimer, can’t seem to escape the attention of local and national law enforcement. He left Arizona about a week and a half ago to drive across the country with Tyler Zarr, a friend who was moving to New Hampshire, and having decided…
A Democratic “dark-money” group finally registered with the state as a political committee to avoid getting slapped with a contempt charge, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office announced today. Problems for the group, the Committee for Justice and Fairness, began when it ran TV ads in 2010 attacking then-Attorney General…
Elizabeth Ferszt, an Arizona State University English instructor, writes in a recent blog post how a small dose of THC edibles reduced to her to babbling, convulsing mess one afternoon a few weeks ago in Los Angeles. The short, dramatic narrative is peppered with information she researched afterward and concoudes…
