Politics & Government

Apparently, Gosar and other local elected officials aren’t too interested in listening to criticism.

Governor Doug Ducey announced his choice this week for a new state Department of Economic Security director, hoping to move past one of the biggest debacles his administration has experienced. Michael Trailor, current director of the Arizona Department of Housing, will fill the position left by former DES Director Tim Jeffries.

Blame it on the Muslim ban: Pew Research Center report released this morning says nearly every state in the country saw the number of refugee arrivals drop

Silent Witness is offering $1,000 reward for information leading to recovery of a stolen $35,000, 4,500-square-foot inflatable obstacle course.

More pro-firearms bills could have passed this year, but Governor Doug Ducey and several GOP lawmakers helped keep them down, a spokesman for a local gun-rights group said.

Blame Donald Trump if you want, but the country’s current problems lie at the feet, uh, make that the zipper, of one man.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy rules records detailing case against Serial Street Shooter suspect should be made public. Names of minors and witnesses to be kept secret, he ruled.

The popular bike-sharing program has overlooked less affluent neighborhoods.

Arizona politicians react to reports that the president shared sensitive intelligence with Russian offiicials.

The Arizona legislature is a place where many good bills go to die. Here’s this year’s list of casualties.

The University of Arizona is preparing to change the title of its new “social-justice advocate” student jobs following an outcry in right-wing media.

A spokeswoman for a local politician told New Times last week that “nobody” at the politician’s office knew anything about a police-training seminar that rights groups consider “Islamophobic.” This week, the interim Mesa police chief revealed in a letter to one of those groups which Maricopa County agency is funding the event.

We’re not going “birther” conspiracy here, but we do wonder how President 45 would perform on the naturalization test required by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Suspect says he’s innocent at court hearing; Maricopa County Attorney told reporters that he would not rule out seeking the death penalty.

The well-known group Human Rights Watch claims that the unsolved problem of “subpar” medical care in federal immigrant detention centers is about to get a whole lot worse under President Trump.

The Arizona Legislature passed a $9.8 billion budget Friday, with much of the attention going toward education. What else was in it?

Bad bills, bizarre insults, and more!

A group headed by two former Arizona politicians will soon begin collecting signatures for ballot measures that would overturn changes made by the Arizona Legislature this year that make it tougher to put citizens initiatives on the ballot.

Arizona’s junior senator is feeling the heat for his vote against broadband privacy.

A probe is still ongoing as to whether dozens of guns and 80,000 rounds of ammunition found at the Arizona Department of Economic Security in November were improperly obtained or stored, despite an official statement previously that the investigation was complete.