Anti-union sentiments among Arizona’s conservative politicos aren’t letting up. Four anti-union bills aimed at thwarting unions’ existence in the public sector sailed out of the Senate’s Government Reform committee on Wednesday…
Nothing like a bad economy to get people to line up for those lottery tickets. State lottery officials say ticket sales in Arizona totaled $293 million between July 2011 to December 2011, nearly 9 percent over the same mid-term sales figures last year. Arizona lottery officials parceled out the $293…
Tyson Langley, the 15-year-old accused of murdering two people at a Peoria smoke shop last month, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.Despite his young age, Langley’s being charged as an adult.Langley’s accused of murdering Melinda Bowen, 38,…
Fox News host/Governor Jan Brewer’s BFF Greta Van Susteren broadcasted a photo last night of the governor sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu.Brewer’s bestie even hams it up, noting that the governor is an “equal opportunity pointer.”The photo of Babeu, as you can…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is one step closer to completing his team of advisors with the appointment of Phoenix College faculty member Trino Sandoval as Senior Policy Advisor on Education. Sandoval, who is “on loan” from Phoenix College, will take the lead on the Mayor’s education agenda, which includes strengthening…
Steve Nash is pushing 38, and he’s been taking a particularly brutal physical beat-down this year on what is a lousy Phoenix Suns team. Still, he’s one of the all-time gamers, and rather than rest his aching leg against a truly pathetic New Orleans Hornets team, Nash played 29 wildly effective…
State Representative Matt Heinz announced Tuesday that he’s running for the Congressional seat previously held by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.Giffords, as you probably know, resigned from the seat last week so she can focus on her recovery after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage in Tucson. Heinz…
My cousin had put a picture on Facebook that said, “I will not be forced to learn a foreign language to accommodate illegals in my country.” He’s Mexican-American. Our family is from La Luz, Zacatecas, and its surrounding villages. His dad (my uncle) was born here in El Paso, Texas…
To get on the bad side of Hall of Fame rocker Alice Cooper, Mexican boxing idol Julio Cesar Chavez, and a man who scaled Mount Everest takes some doing. But Brian Weymouth, a veteran Valley restaurant manager/sports-entertainment agent who has hobnobbed and done business with those men, succeeded in doing…
Indianapolis is bracing for war. It’s Super Bowl week, after all. Time for the Annual Invasion of the Hookers, which promises to be as harrowing as the Ottoman Empire’s advance on Crete in 1647, though with considerably more nudity. Yes, one of America’s great urban legends is again being trotted…
GET OUT THE VOTE Thanks for the hope and inspiration: Great piece! As an old student activist (and former member of the Maricopa County Community College District governing board), I’m proud to see that the movement lives on in the hearts and minds of these outstanding young people (“Brown Wave,”…
Denise Lewis, 27, had apparently had enough of her girlfriend’s heroin use — during an argument over the matter, Lewis shot her in the face, killing her.According to court records obtained by New Times, Glendale police were called to an apartment in the 6800 block of North 67th Avenue about…
We happened by the Old Courthouse on West Washington Street early this afternoon to pick up some documents, and were greeted at the front steps by a horde of black-robed Maricopa County Superior Court judges having a group photo taken. What a crew! Judge Michael Ryan hated this photo of…
Charles Thomspson, 53, admitted to Phoenix police that he molested two young girls on multiple occasions — but only because he was using a lot of cocaine at the time.According to court records obtained by New Times, Thompson was arrested on Monday after the two daughters of a woman he’d…
Grant Goodman, a Phoenix (now suspended) attorney who had his 15 minutes of fame a few years ago as an alleged champion of local folks being abused by their legal guardians/conservators and by the Maricopa County Probate Court, has lost yet another case–his own. In a memorandum decision…
The Phoenix City Council has yet again postponed making a decision on whether to give Veolia Transportation, a company that operates city buses, a pass on fines assessed for poor performance. Vice Mayor Michael Johnson made a motion to withdraw the item, and the council agreed 8 to 1. Councilman…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apparently didn’t get the memo — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio only racially profiles people from south of the border…Nevertheless, the RCMP confirms to New Times that it has canceled plans to have several mounties train with MCSO deputies because of the scathing Department of…
The Paradise Valley Police Department held a press conference moments ago, during which they released more details about the apparent murders of a couple found dead in their burning home on Monday.The PVCC says the man and woman were found bound in the master bedroom of their home near 40th…
The mysterious deaths of a Paradise Valley couple who were found in their burning home on Monday is now a homicide/arson investigation.The couple, believed to be Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro (the Paradise Valley Police Department hasn’t officially identified the couple, but family members have), were found dead in their home…
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords resigned from her seat in Congress last week in an emotional farewell speech read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.State Representative Matt Heinz, an openly gay Tucson Democrat, announced yesterday that he wants to be Giffords’ replacement.”It is with deep respect for Congresswoman…
Activist Randy Parraz led a disruptive walkout on Tuesday at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in protest of board policy and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As they left noisily, Parraz and his supporters claimed that they’d been promised a chance to speak after each segment of the meeting and…
Followers of the highs and lows of Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act should enjoy the newly released transcript of the federal court hearing that ended Governor Jan Brewer’s anti-pot lawsuit.The January 4 dismissal of Brewer’s lawsuit, which was clearly intended to thwart a new medical marijuana law, came after a December…
