There’s no merit to the hysterical claim that unaccompanied children from Central America are posing a health risk upon their arrival to the U.S., according to Pima County’s health director.Pima County Health Department Director Francisco Garcia has been investigating the claims made by politicians and others that some sort of…
Today in Found at the Border: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found two assault rifles hidden inside the dashboard of a Mexican national’s car.The car was headed back into Mexico, through the Port of Lukeville, according to the agency. According to federal court documents obtained by New Times, 45-year-old…
Arizona’s medical-marijuana law is so vague, the state can’t prosecute patients who sell pot to other patients, a Pima County Superior Court judge has ruled. The offbeat July 2 ruling and dismissal of a criminal case by Judge Richard Fields has the potential to open up all sorts of entrepreneurial…
UPDATE July 22: The Supreme Court has lifted the stay of execution. Read the latest at the bottom of this post.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily halted the execution of an Arizona death-row inmate as he attempts to get information about the state’s new lethal-injection method.The state plans…
You gotta love one thing about Republicans: With them, there’s always blood in the water. With erstwhile Go Daddy exec Christine Jones hard on his heels in the GOP primary for governor, and an awesome anti-Ducey ad by a pro-Jones I.E. in circulation, Ducey has fired back beginning today with…
The percentage of Arizona kindergartners not getting vaccinated went up yet again this year.The Arizona Department of Health Services released its annual report on how many children aren’t getting vaccinated due to a parent’s “personal belief” exemption, a rate that’s up to 4.7 percent for kindergarten children…
Another wildfire has broken out near Sedona, after a single-engine plane crashed, killing four people.According to a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, hikers reported the downed plane and fire around 4 p.m. yesterday, although it took another two hours to actually find the plane in Fay Canyon…
Now that there’s a plan to slice up California into six states, it’s time to unveil our plan to divide Arizona into multiple states.Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the 10 states of Arizona:…
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:…
Here’s something you probably don’t hear every day: Phoenix is a great place for small-business opportunities.Good economic news seems rare around Phoenix in the aftermath of the recession, but the National Federation of Independent Business says Phoenix is one of the top cities “opening their doors to entrepreneurs.”…
Republican congressional candidate Adam Kwasman has become the latest in a long line of Arizona politicians to be the butt of Stephen Colbert’s jokes on the Colbert Report.His appearance results from his confusing of a bus full of kids from the YMCA as a bus full of migrant children getting…
Of more than 500,000 young immigrants who have been given relief from deportation by the Obama Administration, less than 4 percent live in Arizona.A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services report on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shows only about 19,000 of the 500,000 immigrants approved for the…
Christine Jones puts the goober into gubernatorial. Indeed, the former GoDaddy pimp-ess and GOP candidate for governor’s rhetoric on the issue of “border security” is proving increasingly delusional. Jones has zero experience in politics, and it shows. Anyone proud to have the endorsement of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, aka,…
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’ve got a real cast of…
Congressman Luis Gutierrez is expected to attend an immigration rally in support of Mary Rose Wilcox’s campaign for a seat in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. And Gutiérrez’s staff turned to the U.S. Capitol Police for advice after being made aware of a letter written by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
Disbarred former Maricopa County Attorney and current Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Thomas has released a very Andrew Thomas-y campaign ad.By “Andrew Thomas-y,” we mean there’s a crossed-out Mexican flag, and Thomas claiming to stand up to the “gay lobby.”…
A college student working in a job-placement program at a Phoenix elementary school was arrested on child-porn charges.Travis Kinkaid-Mata, 27, worked in the library at Phoenix’s Longview Elementary School, near 12th Street and Indian School Road, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
Members of the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe say they refused a “bribe” from the Washington Redskins organization, which tribal members say offered a blank check to build a skate park in their community.One of the tribal members who’s trying to secure funding for the skate park gave his account of…
We’re still a month away from the primary election, but Arizona’s politicians already have managed to turn campaign season into a full-blown circus.Here are the worst missteps, mistakes, and bone-headed moves from candidates already this year:…
I have some questions and observations. During George W. Bush’s administration, there was a lot of talk for and against comprehensive immigration reform (amnesty to some). One remark that I recall was stated by a Mexican that went something like, “Go back to Europe!” Aren’t Mexicans of European descent also?…
More than a year has passed since former Minuteman leader Chris Simcox was arrested on charges that he molested three minors, including one of his own daughters. Simcox has refused a generous plea deal from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, and so he bides his time in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
Darlin Adonay Peña has a headache. On a Wednesday afternoon in May, he takes a break from his job flipping burgers at a McDonald’s on Central Avenue in Phoenix to sit down and talk, sipping a frozen caramel coffee drink and rubbing his almond eyes. A brown rosary peeks from…
