State Rep. Stringer Gives Up Committee Chairmanship Following Racist Comments
Stringer had said that African Americans “don’t blend in.”
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Report: County Assessor Paul Petersen Runs ‘Black Market’ Adoption Agency
Petersen regularly arranges for pregnant women to fly from the Marshall Islands to the United States.
In Latest Racist Remarks, Rep. David Stringer Says Black People Don’t ‘Blend In’
David Stringer also says Somali American students don’t look like “every other kid.”
In the Nick of Time, Arizona Drought Talks Take Tentative Step Forward
The plan is not assured, but stakeholders and observers are far more optimistic than they were even two weeks ago.
Paul Gosar Defends Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theories as ‘Open Discussion’
The Arizona congressman is the only GOP member so far to publicly comment on an Islamophobic conspiracy theorist’s talk at a local Republican meeting.
Arizona GOP Group Hosts Conspiracy Theorist Who Warns of ‘Creeping Sharia’
GOP leaders declined to comment on a speaker who claimed that Muslims want to take over the U.S.
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Parks and Wreckage: Meet the Archaeologist Who Brought Down Parks Boss Sue Black
Asked if she wanted to lead the National Park Service one day. Black responded, “Actually, I’d like to be Secretary of the Interior.”
Underachieving Solana Solar Plant Keeps Polluting Arizona’s Air
“Solana has not yet achieved its technical capacity on a continuous basis,” said the SEC.
Former Nowakowski Staffer Threatened to Sue Phoenix Urbanist for Defamation
The campaign to recall councilmember Michael Nowakowski keeps drawing fire.
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From MMA to MMJ: Ex-Fighter Finds Second Wind in Medical Marijuana Industry
Former MMA fighter George Roop’s second career as a medical marijuana cultivator in Arizona grows with the help of a rich uncle from Florida.
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Urged Governor to Tap Bill Montgomery for Senate
“I hope you will consider Bill Montgomery, one of the few who could fill Sen. McCain’s shoes,” Justice Clint Bolick wrote in a text message.
New Times Is Searching for a Social Media Editor
It’s a full-time job with benefits.
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City Spider: How Black Widows Thrive in a Warmer, Urbanized Environment
Black widows that have adapted to the warm concrete of Phoenix are very different from their cousins in the desert, ASU scientists are finding.
Phoenix Paid Firefighters Union Boss $68K for Plan to Tax Medical Pot Businesses
A proposal to fund police and fire ended up being led by the head of the Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona from within the mayor’s office.
The Death of Sanaa Cunningham: Murder or Medical Tragedy?
Who failed this 7-year-old girl: Her father, her stepmother, police, DCS, or all of the above?
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Phoenix Activist: I Faced Intimidation at Job From Councilman Michael Nowakowski
Sean Sweat believes that Michael Nowakowski is using the “dirty tactic” of putting pressure on his employer as a way of intimidating him.
Here’s Where Metro Phoenix Cops Will Be Waiting for You During the Holidays
They’re more than ready to screw up the holiday season for impaired drivers, in hopes of preventing tragedies.
Trans Activist Says MCSO Put Her in Solitary Confinement for Being Trans
“I just want them to have policies in place to address transgender and non-conforming people.”
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GOP State Senator Kate Brophy McGee Wins Re-Election
She won by 267 votes.
How Katie Hobbs Plans to Fix the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office
The Democratic secretary-elect is inheriting one of the most notoriously problem-riddled offices in the state.
Katie Hobbs Wins Race for Arizona Secretary of State
“We have said all along that this race was the most competitive statewide,” Hobbs said in an interview the day before Election Day.
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How Five More Senators Could Serve Arizona by 2025
McCain, Flake, Kyl, Sinema … who’s next?