The Chandler Police Department has released the surveillance footage of a shooting at a 7-Eleven store last week.Two customers pulled guns on each other inside the store, and one man got a shot off, hitting the other man in the face. The injury wasn’t life threatening…
One of the two Phoenix police detectives who was shot earlier this week has been released from the hospital.Detective John Hobbs, 43, died on Monday after being shot by 28-year-old William Thornton. Police Chief Daniel Garcia announced today that the other detective who was shot, 37-year-old Albert Casados, has been…
Yet another new Arizona abortion law has resulted in a lawsuit.The latest lawsuit, filed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Center for Reproductive Rights, alleges a new regulation that restricts how medicated abortions are administered is unconstitutional.David Brown, a staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, says…
The Arizona Democratic Party is publicly calling for state Treasurer Doug Ducey to fire lobbyist Cathi Herrod as a policy adviser for Ducey’s gubernatorial campaign.Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, has become a popular target for local lefties recently because of her push for passage of controversial Senate…
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to allow the state health department to conduct warrantless searches of abortion clinics, among other things.This comes less than a week after Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, pointing out that it had nothing to do with her legislative priorities,…
The Chandler Police Department has released the surveillance video from a fatal shooting that took place inside a Walmart two weeks ago.Kriston Belinte-Chee, 36, was shot and killed by 25-year-old Cyle Quadlin on February 16 after the two got into an argument at the service counter that escalated into a…
For the second month in a row, pollsters have found that Arizonans don’t really know who they’d like to see as their next governor.In results released today, Public Policy Polling found the leader in the GOP primary to be “undecided,” at 34 percent. The leading GOP candidate is Secretary of…
The National Parks Service estimates that communities near Arizona’s national parks lost out on about $27 million in visitor spending when the federal government entered a shutdown in October.The NPS report estimates that $17 million of the lost visitor spending in Arizona was a result of the Grand Canyon’s closure…
One week, the majority of the Arizona House of Representatives demands greater religious protections, even if it means allowing potential discrimination against others.The next week, an atheist leads the House in prayer…
Two Phoenix police detectives were shot while chasing a fugitive, authorities say.The shooter was killed at the scene, near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road…
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a “small tornado” touched down in Mesa over the weekend.According to the NWS, the tornado took a hot tub about a mile west of downtown Mesa, and several people reported watching the hot tub spinning over an apartment complex before it landed upside…
The percentage of money that Arizona school districts are spending on actual classroom instruction hit a new low in 2013.The Arizona Auditor General has been monitoring this figure only since 2001, but Arizona districts spent less than 54 percent of their available operating dollars in the classroom in 2013 –…
A 1-year-old boy spent Friday night in a stranger’s backyard after apparently being abandoned there by his mother, according to police.The residents of the home, near 57th Avenue and Indian School Road, thought there was a stray cat making noise in their backyard all night, police say. When they took…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
On Wednesday evening, Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, pointing out that it had nothing to do with her legislative priorities, like passing a budget and fixing Child Protective Services.By Thursday afternoon, members of the Arizona House of Representatives were back to discussing and advancing bills pushed by the…
Governor Jan Brewer signed the repeal of last year’s House Bill 2305, a bill that made several controversial changes to the elections process in Arizona.After a coalition of non-Republican groups quickly gathered enough signatures to put the issue to voters after the bill’s passage last year, the Republican majority decided…
Senate Bill 1062 is gone, but certainly not forgotten.For the second day in a row, activists from Citizens for a Better Arizona protested the connection between lawmakers and the lobbying group behind SB 1062, the Center for Arizona Policy…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we bring you the museum of…
Democratic Congressman Ed Pastor announced today that this will be his last term in Congress.Pastor will have spent 23 full years in Congress when this term expires. He was first elected via special election in 1991, to replace Mo Udall, who retired for health reasons…
There’s more to the UFO community than tales of lights in the sky and little green men.In this week’s New Times cover story, Jason P. Woodbury examines the parts that make up the International UFO Congress, which is held outside Phoenix…
One man shot another man in the face inside a 7-Eleven store in Chandler Wednesday night, according to police.The man’s injury isn’t life-threatening, but this is the second time in less than two weeks that a customer of a Chandler business shot another customer inside the store…
The Arizona Legislature has proved incapable of sneaking craziness past the Daily Show.Although Governor Jan Brewer announced Wednesday evening that she had vetoed SB 1062, the so-called “religious freedom” bill, the Daily Show and host Jon Stewart already had their smackdown of Arizona ready to go…
