COMMENTARYDoug Ducey's one of those guys who could make a living selling Bermuda shorts to Alaskan bush people. So it's no surprise that he snookered Wall Street Journal writer Jason Riley, who recently traveled to Tucson to meet with the Republican gubernatorial wannabe as he campaigned in the Old Pueblo...
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Arizona Senator Steve Gallardo is leading former Phoenix Councilman Michael Johnson in the race fo ther Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. "The night is still early and not all the polling places have reported," says a cautiously optimistic Gallardo. "However, we feel very confident that our lead will continue to...
A YouTube video with more than 400,000 views purporting to show "ballot box stuffing" in Arizona actually shows a completely legal practice. A.J. LaFaro, the chairman of the Maricopa County GOP, has been drumming up controversy by implying he witnessed voter fraud when an activist for the group Citizens for...
Cherrie Moraga's The Hungry Woman debuted on the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts' mainstage last weekend. The play, set in a post-Revolutionary, futuristic Phoenix, is a modernized retelling of the tragedy of Medea. Native and Mexican themes and folklore are integrated into the story, which also explores...
When we first meet the title character in Olive Kitteridge, she considers the revolver in her hands and looks up at the cloudless sky above the woods one last time. The 25-year journey (and the accumulation of mistakes and bad luck therein) that leads the elderly Olive to that moment...
Every month Kathy Cano-Murillo, a.k.a. The Crafty Chica, dishes crafty tips and tricks in La Vida Crafty on Jackalope Ranch. In my world, anything that adds or removes color is game for a DIY project. In this case, I'm using old-school bleach to make a cool design on a boring...
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It hardly seems that 14 years have passed since Canada's New Pornographers dropped their debut full-length, Mass Romantic, upon a whole lot of virgin ears. To say that the indie power-pop band's initial offering was well-received is an understatement. Critics went cuckoo for it, and the recording found its way...
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Attorney General Tom Horne is under investigation.The Secretary of State's Office found probable cause that Horne violated several campaign-finance laws, as a result of former Horne staffer Sarah Beattie's complaint, which essentially alleged that Horne had employees doing his campaign work on...
John Hauskins, the award-winning transportation chief for Maricopa County, has been ousted from his job following a series of wide-ranging misconduct allegations. Hauskins, also the county engineer, submitted a letter of intent to retire from his position on October 9, two days after he was put on paid administrative leave...
When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that...
A family get-together at Tempe's Kiwanis Park on the Fourth of July ended with a man murdering his step-brother, police say.According to police, 37-year-old Thomas Woods shot his step-brother, 33-year-old Martin Woods, as a result of an escalating fight between the two at the park, near Mill Avenue and Baseline...
Ebola may have the nation on high alert, but the deadly virus hasn't yet made its way to Arizona. With the late summer's heavy flooding, locals should be more concerned about mosquito-borne diseases, officials say, especially the West Nile virus. "West Nile virus is here; we know it's here, and...
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The Valley is about to get quite a bit more interesting now that the winners of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's Good 'N Plenty award have been announced. Ticket holding guests who attended the Friday, August 29, event and judged the live presentations of all six finalists cast their votes...
Need some new ear candy? Here are four tracks brought to you by locals to get you grooving...
Arizona voters won't be deciding on whether to legalize marijuana this year.It's not the most surprising result, but the group that had been gathering petition signatures, Safer Arizona, released a statement on its Facebook page marking the end of the group's effort...
It looks like the graduating class of 2017 may be the last for the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's board of trustees has decided not to pursue independent incorporation for the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, which, thanks to a recent 2012 policy...
Arizona's legalization of same-sex marriage last Friday has led to a drastic increase in the number of marriage licenses issued, but one conservative group argues that clerks opposed to same-sex marriage shouldn't have to take part in issuing them. In the Maricopa County Superior Court Clerk's Office, 292 marriage licenses...
The big news: In its first half, before it bottoms out with the rankest feel-goodery, Theodore Melfi's too-familiar ain't-he-irascible comedy-drama St. Vincent features scene after scene of Bill Murray actually trying to make you laugh. How long has it been? He plays Vincent, a drunk-driving Brooklynite whose look suggests science...
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The First Amendment Coalition of Arizona filed an amended complaint on Thursday to join a lawsuit by Federal Public Defenders seeking information about execution drugs. The public defenders filed their lawsuit on June 26 on behalf of Arizona's condemned prisoners, hoping to find out more about the drug Midazolam and...
By Dennis Romero The Clark County (Nevada) Coroner is investigating the death of a 24-year-old who collapsed Saturday morning outside Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. An autopsy was being conducted this weekend, but results aren't yet available to the media, an official at the coroner's office told us. If...
If you do the math, you will understand why the mood at the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix last night, where activists gathered to watch President Barack Obama's historic immigration speech, was one of resignation, and for some, sadness. The White House estimates that Obama's much-anticipated executive action will cover...
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