Arpaio’s New DC Lawyers Ask Judge Snow to Recuse Himself for, Um, Talking to His Monitor
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has hired a D.C. firm to ask Judge G. Murray Snow to recuse himself based on a curious legal argument. Arpaio’s critics cry foul.
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Showing 5721 - 5742 of 32598The Millennial’s Dilemma: A Young Writer’s Search for Our Nuclear Future in Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Phoenix
The Nuclear Question, Part One: Walking Around Chernobyl After a cold and drizzly morning this past May, the sun is finally out in the Exclusion Zone, the heavily guarded area around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. The circular-shaped zone — which has a radius of 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) — is located about 60 miles north of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine, and about nine miles south of the border with Belarus…
Arizona Democratic Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Misusing Food Stamps
Arizona Democratic lawmaker Cecilia Velasquez pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one misdemeanor count of misusing food stamps, despite previous denials and accusations of a “political witch hunt.” Velasquez, one of two State Representatives for Legislative District 29 in Litchfield Park, originally pleaded not guilty back in June, when she was…
Prop 205 Chair Says Governor Ducey’s Drug-Abuse Bedroom Exhibit Is an Anti-Pot Campaign Hiding in Plain Sight
“Hidden in Plain Sight” is the title of a new substance-abuse-prevention effort by the office of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey that purports to teach people how drug-using teens hide their stash. The way the leader of the campaign to pass Proposition 205 sees it, the name could also describe what appears to…
Joe Arpaio Lashes Out at Obama and DOJ in New TV Ad, Calls Contempt Charge ‘Garbage’
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest campaign commercial offers the best evidence yet that his re-election effort may be foundering like that doomed fishing vessel in The Perfect Storm. Recent polls have shown Arpaio trailing his Democratic challenger Paul Penzone, sometimes by difficult-to-believe margins — as much as 15 points according to an Arizona…
Ask a Stoner: Is a Vaporizer or One-Hitter Better for Stretching Your Stash?
Dear Stoner: Some people say vaporizers will make your weed last longer, but others swear that the old “one-hitter” or “dugout” is the best way to stretch your stash. What are your thoughts on this? Eric Dear Eric: Size, quality, and temperature are the most important variables for vaporizers. I…
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Latino Activists Respond to Jan Brewer’s ‘They Don’t Vote’ Remark
Did Jan Brewer put her foot in her mouth this past Friday? A lot of Arizona Latinos think so. In an interview with the Boston Globe this past Friday, the former Arizona governor was asked whether she thinks Latinos will play a significant role in helping Hillary Clinton win Arizona, a…
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Joins Fight Against Arizona Marijuana Legalization
New campaign-finance records show that billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson forked over $500,000 last week to the group fighting Arizona’s marijuana-legalization measure, Prop 205. Adelson — CEO and founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation — has been using his money to challenge marijuana legalization across the country, and his gift…
Three Salt River Horses Shot, Foal Killed; MCSO Seeks Suspect
Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate a suspect who shot three wild Salt River horses on Friday evening, October 21.
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Ducey Appointee David Farca Sued for Fraud
When Governor Doug Ducey announced his appointment of David Farca to lead the Arizona-Mexico Commission last year, he attributed his choice to Farca’s “exceptional entrepreneurial experience.” But records in an ongoing lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against Farca and ToH Design Studio, his Scottsdale interior-design and furnishings company, put a negative…
“I Know What’s Really Obscene”: Mikel Weisser Takes Aim at CD 4 Incumbent Paul Gosar with Profanity and Poetry
“Warn the young and the innocent: I’m about to get obscene.” That’s the untraditional opening line in a new campaign video from the guy who might just be Arizona’s most untraditional candidate, Democrat Mikel Weisser. Often seen wearing a baseball cap and peace sign or Bernie Sanders’ buttons while stumping for…
How State Senator Katie Hobbs Is Working to Eliminate Arizona’s Backlog of Untested Rape Kits
Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, worked with victims of sexual violence as a social worker and knew there were rape kits that were going untested. “I knew it was an issue, but I didn’t know the extent of it,” she tells New Times in an interview this week. Hobbs learned…
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Joe Arpaio Is OK with Deputies Drinking on Duty (Audio)
If recent polls are to be believed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails Democratic challenger Paul Penzone by double digits, signalling the end may be near for the 84 year-old GOP icon, who recently was charged with criminal contempt of court by the U.S. Department of Justice for his obstreperous behavior in…
Best of Phoenix 2016: Pot Stuff!
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, making an argument for our status as a border town. Here’s our list of the best our town has to offer when the subject is weed. Best Cannabis Festival: The Errl Cup The Errl Cup was created by Jim…
When It Comes to Health Benchmarks for Children, Arizona Ranks … 49th
In a new study of health benchmarks for children, Arizona ranks nearly last. America’s Health Rankings, released last month, provides a comprehensive overview of how all 50 states and the District of Columbia compare with one another on a broad range of health measures, ranging from adequate health insurance to immunizations…
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Phoenix’s Wolfskin Ink Firebombed: Murdered Owner Subject of New Times Cover Story
Wolfskin Ink, a popular West Phoenix tattoo parlor whose late proprietor is the subject of this week’s New Times cover story, was firebombed early Wednesday morning by unknown persons wielding a Molotov cocktail. According to Wolfskin’s current owner Rayney Perkins, most of the damage done to the shop was due…
Restaurant Owner Gets One Year in Prison for Tax Fraud Involving Undocumented Workers
The owner of five Phoenix-area Mexican restaurants was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Monday for tax fraud related to her hiring of undocumented workers. Isamary Diaz, 56, began Armando’s Mexican Food restaurants with her husband in 1986, later running the businesses herself after their divorce. She began…
Five Places to Watch the Final Presidential Debate in Metro Phoenix
Take a deep breath. The end of what may be the strangest, most unpredictable election season in all of American history is in sight, people! Tonight marks one of the final milestones: the third presidential debate. Chris Wallace of Fox News will moderate, which should make for some very interesting…
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Phoenix New Times Seeks Part-Time Layout Editor
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a layout editor. This person will produce sophisticated and vibrant layouts for the print and online versions of the paper, produce and supervise interactive and multimedia features for www.phoenixnewtimes.com, organize and manage digital assets, and assist and support the art director. Applicants…
21st-Century Viking: The Life and Death of Ex-Con, Tattoo Artist, and Heathen Warrior Jubel Dean Perkins
Beneath a merciless Arizona sun on a Saturday in early September, a crowd of more than 300 waits at the edge of Bartlett Lake, about 50 miles northeast of downtown Phoenix, to watch a Viking ship, gliding silently atop the lake’s still waters, meet a fiery end. The seven-foot replica, painted scarlet and black, features a black mainsail etched…
Top 5 Highlights of the Second Annual Southwest Cannabis Conference + Expo
To put it blunt-ly (see what we did there?), the second annual Southwest Cannabis Conference + Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center this past weekend was a hit. Roughly 7,000 people blew through the vendor hall (packed with more than 200 exhibitors) and attended any number of the 37 panels…
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How Arizona’s Reliance on Local School Funding Hurts Students
Shrinking state funding for schools over the years has meant that local communities have been forced to pay an increasingly higher share of total funding, according to the Arizona School Boards Association. The situation has left schools in a precarious state, says the nonpartisan, nonprofit group, which represents school districts throughout…