Janet Napolitano, U.S. Homeland Security Security, announced today that federal contractors must use the E-Verify program to help weed out illegal immigrants.Arizona law already requires use of the federal program for any business making a new hire and in state government contract work. About a third of businesses reportedly use…
We heard back from Scottsdale lawyer Jordan Rose following our blog post about her column on solar energy in Saturday’s Arizona Republic. Rose says she did disclose her connection to the industry.With her e-mail, she included what she says is the text she submitted to the newspaper. There, at the…
It sounds like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has really turned up the heat on illegal immigrants. We did a double-take this morning after reading the following stat online. But then we saw the statement that Arpaio handed out yesterday at a news conference, which had the same figure:The sheriff’s…
The 911 hang-up call from Glendale came in just after four in the morning on Monday. Someone answered the phone each of the three times police operators called back. The first time: No response, noise in background. Second time: Woman screaming in background. Third time: A man answers, tells police…
The class of 2009 had Obama, but Arizona State University’s class of 2010 is recruiting the leader of a different sort of nation to deliver their commencement address: The Colbert Nation. More than 3,000 ASU students have joined a group on Facebook with the goal of landing Stephen Colbert and…
Don’t look now, but the Arizona Diamondbacks, the second-worst team in Major League Baseball, currently have the hottest win streak going in the bigs. Yes, you read that right. Our lovable hometown zeroes have triumphed in their last four games, including last night’s 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres,…
The Scottsdale city council voted to terminate the contract of City Attorney Deborah Robberson, effective Friday. Robberson became City Attorney in 2005, after serving as the city’s deputy attorney for five years…Two wildfires are burning in the Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona, but firefighters say the fires are good…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: Update on The Edge 103.9’s “Format Modification:” Less New Music, More 90s Hits…
Sean Noble [above], a local right-wing political consultant and former chief-of-staff for John Shadegg, is in the hospital after a one-car accident on Friday. Greg Patterson’s Espresso Pundit blog reported yesterday that Noble, who also writes a so-so political blog called Noble Thinking, “lost control of his car while driving down…
Cops figured Mesa cardiologist Richard Lewis had fondled more than just the two women they knew about when he was arrested in June. Now, Mesa police say an investigation has uncovered 16 more victims, thanks in part to widespread media coverage. Police didn’t release details of the new cases…
Solar power will be the “new economic engine for Arizona,” writes local lawyer Jordan Rose in Saturday’s “My Turn” column in the Arizona Republic. Whether that’s true or not, it’s already an economic engine for Rose, [pictured]. She’s the lawyer for SolarCity, a California company planning to install solar panels…
An employee at the McClintock High School bookstore embezzled about $192,000 from the store in a two-year period, Tempe police say. Rebecca Sue Soto, 49, [above], was arrested this morning at her Tempe home following a lengthy investigation by police. According to cops, someone saw Soto leave the school…
A recent headline reported that there are now 25,000 homeless children in the Arizona public school system. We wondered — after reading in the Arizona Republic that this number of homeless kids is equivalent to the population of Fountain Hills — shouldn’t Child Protective Services step in? Apparently not. Even…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge threw cold water on Captain Joel Fox’s already tepid arguments for keeping secret the names behind a large Republican Party donation. At the hearing requested by Fox to stave off an impending order to cough up the names of the mysterious “SCA” donors…
How many Arizona legislators does it take to change a budget? All of them; as long as they’re locked in a room together, not getting paid, and not allowed to go home until they do it. The Arizona State Legislature unanimously passed a budget package Monday that would restore funding…
This building on Broadway Road used to house Hustler Hollywood Tempe. It couldn’t find customers, and now it’s becoming — a preschool. What is the world coming to? …
If they weren’t born here, 96.5 percent of Arizona high school students would not qualify to be United States citizens, according to a study released last week by the Goldwater Institute. The “Freedom From Responsibility” survey shows that only 3.5 percent of Arizona high school students would pass a basic…
In the top half of the eighth inning at Chase Field last night, the boo birds came a-calling once again on the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks. The pesky San Diego Padres had just padded their lead after a throwing error by catcher Miguel Montero, who was trying to prevent Everth Cabrera…
A company in Luxembourg is funding research for Valley company T-gen. The research will involve testing and storing blood and tissue samples.T-gen doctor Jeffrey Trent called the Luxembourg contract big news for the Arizona bio-research community…Police are still investigating a possible case of sexual assault aboard a school bus in…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven…
July may not seem like the time to start the ever-daunting college application process. But College Depot is waiting for you anyway. Calling all students, their families, the out-of-work and the starting-over: The Depot serves as a college counselor, computer network, bilingual information hub/hangout and support system for anyone looking…
These uber right wing Tea Parties continue to be a magnet for extremists and crazy folk of all stripes. Though I wasn’t able to make the recent hate-Obama rally that took place July 4 at the Arizona state Capitol, I have since discovered from info provided from some pals that…
