In an interview with New Times, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton talked about his recent visit to Mexico, emphasizing that a Trump presidency will not change Phoenix’s commitment to strengthen ties with the United States’ southern neighbor.
A new scientific study from the Center for American Progress finds that creating the Grand Canyon monument would help preserve some of the most ecologically significant land in the western U.S.
On July 11, a 911 operator turned down a woman’s request for police to come to her home after she reported hearing multiple gunshots that police believe were fired by the Serial Street Shooter. Police say the suspect is responsible for seven homicides, two woundings, and the near miss on…
In an interview with New Times, Joe Arpaio said one of his “failures” as Maricopa County sheriff was not being able to have a better relationship with the Latino community. His critics are not quick to forget or forgive.
Environmentalists in the West are shaking their heads after learning that one of Arizona’s most prominent anti-public-lands and climate-change-denying politicians, U.S. Representative Paul Gosar, was just elected chairman of the U.S. Congressional Western Caucus. “Congressman Paul Gosar has built a career carrying water for industrial interests while working against America’s…
Christmas spirit beat out wilderness-area ethics in the fight to keep a Christmas tree at the summit of Phoenix’s iconic Camelback Mountain. City officials reversed course on Wednesday afternoon, deciding to allow a undecorated tree after saying previously that all trees would be removed. Rangers removed a large tree from…
At ground level, signs of Christmas are everywhere — from stores and homes to the wreath-adorned automobiles on freeways. You might think hiking in one of Phoenix’s mountain parks, where the goal has long been to keep things in as natural a state is possible, would be one way to…
Lucid Motors, a would-be electric-car company based in Silicon Valley, announced plans on Tuesday to build a $700 million car plant in Casa Grande that would have parts supplied by firms in Sonora, Mexico. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey led a gathering of dignitaries from Arizona and Mexico on the State…
Congressman Ruben Gallego believes it’s time for a new House Democratic leader and is backing Tim Ryan’s bid to unseat Nancy Pelosi.
A Phoenix woman’s story of teen girls making “swastika cupcakes” at a birthday party has gone viral, making headlines in Jewish news outlets and other news sites on Monday. The Phoenix mom, a Jewish public-relations specialist who asked that her name not be published in this story (even though she…
Public-safety officials from around the state will kick off an annual DUI campaign at the State Capitol on Tuesday in hopes of reducing carnage on the roads this holiday season. Led by Alberto Gutier, director of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, officials scheduled to appear on the Capitol Mall…
It hasn’t even been three weeks since Proposition 205 went down to defeat on election day, but advocates for cannabis-law reform in Arizona already have three new proposals to consider. Here is a roundup of the three proposals: 1. Last week, the Arizona Marijuana Patient Society — a creation of the operators…
Amid concerns about the future of a program protecting undocumented youth from deportation, Arizona State University President Michael Crow said the university’s commitment to undocumented students “remains unchanged.”
A left-wing group is running ads attacking Arizona U.S. Senator Jeff Flake for not denouncing Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
After John McCain tweeted his support of a federal judge’s decision to block a new overtime-pay rule, the Arizona senator’s Twitter followers carved into him like a freshly roasted Butterball.
On Wednesday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey fired Tim Jeffries, the man he’d appointed as director of the state’s Department of Economic Security. The grounds for dismissal: Jeffries’ mass firings of workers, which were first reported last year by Phoenix New Times. Jeffries, who received an annual salary of $215,250, had served…
David Farca, head of the quasi-governmental Arizona-Mexico Commission, has been fired from the presidency of Arizona’s professional soccer team. Last year, Governor Doug Ducey appointed Farca to a non-salaried post running the Arizona-Mexico Commission, a nonprofit that works to enhance the state’s business relationship with Mexico. As president, Farca is the primary…
Far-right advocacy group Judicial Watch files suit on behalf of Russell Pearce against Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich for public records that Brnovich’s office was about to release.
Kirk Nurmi, the former lead defense attorney in the Jodi Arias murder trial, has lost his law license for writing a tell-all book about Arias that broke the wall of attorney-client privilege. It’s the latest instance of how Arias, who viciously attacked, mutilated, and killed her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in…
The display cabinet behind the desk of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been cleaned out. The walls of his expansive office on the third floor of the sheriff’s space-agey headquarters at 550 West Jackson Street are bare; photographs and framed awards overlap on the floor, ready to be boxed…
Weeks before the election, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was making plans to resign from office if he were to be reelected — possibly depending on an appointment from Donald Trump or maybe because of his legal problems, New Times has learned. In an interview yesterday, Arpaio denied this. But a…
A group of professors is calling on Arizona’s public colleges and universities to protect undocumented students who may face deportation under President-elect Donald Trump.
