DUI task forces around the state arrested 582 people on DUI charges over Labor Day weekend. That’s an increase over the same weekend in 2013, when the task forces arrested 503 people on DUI charges…
The race to become Arizona’s next governor is tied, according to the second poll on the race released in the last week. The latest poll comes from Rasmussen Reports has Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat Fred Duval tied at 40 percent each, based on interviews with 850 likely Arizona voters…
People around Phoenix seem to generally have a different taste in vehicles than people in other parts of the country. That leads us to notice some trends in car-buying around here, and this list of 10 cars you’ll see way too often around Phoenix:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered. Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
It is a true irony that at a time of historically low violent-crime rates in America, so many Americans are critical of police nationally. According to a recent Pew Research Center/USA Today poll, Americans by a 2-to-1 margin say cops across the country “don’t do a good job in holding…
A story this week from the nonprofit investigative journalism outlets ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting explores how a Chinese national gained access to all kinds of sensitive records, such as the Arizona driver’s license database, before he disappeared. “[T]he people responsible for hiring [Lizhong] Fan say one thing…
Drunk driving is bad. With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we found some extraordinarily goofy…
While his father presides over Florence Town Council meetings, Thomas J. Rankin Jr. is accused of slinging drugs in town. Rankin Jr., known in his hometown as Tom Tom, was arrested this week by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force, several local news outlets have reported…
A new permit fee and restrictions for day hikers below the rim of Grand Canyon could “crush” travel plans for some Boy Scouts, a leader for the organization warned. On Thursday, the National Park Service published new rules for what it calls “extended day hiking” and rim-to-rim trips by non-commercial…
Officials from West Valley cities, including Peoria, Tolleson, Glendale, gathered with leaders from the Tohono O’odham inside a white air conditioned tent in the middle of a dusty, vacant field this morning. They were there to break ground on the West Valley Resort and Casino — a momentous ceremony taking…
Supporters of Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Ducey aren’t taking Democratic challenger Fred DuVal lightly. With the primary election barely over, Ducey supporters had a DuVal hit on TV, spending more than a half-million dollars to slam DuVal — a former member of the Arizona Board of Regents — for college…
Primary day 2014 was a beautiful day for moderation in Arizona politics. A perfect day? Hardly, but disappointments in the Republican field offer opportunities for Arizona Democrats in the general election. Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith’s second-place finish to state Treasurer Doug Ducey was anticipated, though the severity of the…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery brought together several Phoenix-area police chiefs yesterday to explain how the departments are handling encounters with mentally ill people. Of course, this comes on the heels of the shooting of Michelle Cusseaux, a 50-year-old mentally ill Phoenix resident who was fatally shot August 14 by…
I see lots of Mexican-Americans struggling in grade school and high school. Many Mexican-American activists claim it’s because they don’t speak English at home or the schools don’t teach them well. But I see lots of Asian-Americans in the same schools who do really well. Many of them also don’t…
On Election Night, Public Policy Polling released a survey of Arizona voters revealing that a general election race between Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Ducey and the Democrats’ Fred DuVal would be even matched — at least in the beginning. It gives hope to Democrats trying to gain leverage in a…
Phoenix Police Chief Daniel Garcia waxed eloquent during an unusual Saturday press conference, where he announced that the Arizona Department of Public Safety would be tasked with the criminal investigation of the shooting death of Michelle Cusseaux. Four police officers responded to Cusseaux’s West Phoenix apartment on August 14, ostensibly…
It’s been decades in the making, and tomorrow, the Tohono O’odham Nation is hosting a groundbreaking groundbreaking for its West Valley Resort and Casino. The private ceremony, which will include tribal and local government leaders, comes just weeks after the City of Glendale and the Nation reached a formal agreement…
After a spring marred by his controversial blog posts and accusations of racism, State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal lost his bid for reelection in last night’s Republican primary…
Ruben Gallego’s political star has ascended quickly in Arizona politics. Last night, the 34-year-old beat out a politically connected and well-known Democrat in a race for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District…
Four Arizona lawmakers appear to have lost their primary races. Three Democrats and one Republican are losing races in which all or nearly all of the voting precincts have reported their results, and each lawmaker facing a loss is doing so under different circumstances…
The morning after Arizona’s primary election, there’s still one race to be settled among the state’s nine congressional districts. Former Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin has a lead of just a couple hundred votes over Gary Kiehne in the battle to take the Republican nomination in Arizona Congressional District 1,…
