For being so buddy-buddy with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Republican Representative John Kavanagh actually has some pretty good jokes about the old man.Kavanagh dropped some funny lines during a roast of Arpaio, and despite Kavanagh still championing SB 1070 to this day, he mostly poked fun at Arpaio’s racial-profiling practices…
Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed Senate Bill 1062.The bill advertised as “religious freedom” legislation resulted in several protests, was denounced by many large businesses, and even some of the Republican lawmakers who voted for the bill have since come out against it…
Yet another “compassion club” in the Phoenix area has been raided by police.This time, it was a place called Delta 9, located in a strip mall at Broadway Road and Hardy Drive in Tempe…
In addition to protests at the state Capitol over Arizona’s Senate Bill 1062, activists have now taken to the office of the lobbying group that developed and pushed the bill, the Center for Arizona Policy.Citizens for a Better Arizona led a delegation of people to CAP’s Phoenix office today, to…
Three protesters with the local human-rights group Puente were arrested last night outside the Phoenix office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.A handful of people with family members in immigration detention facilities have been on hunger strike for more than nine days now, and others have been camping outside the ICE…
Pending legislation notwithstanding, Arizonans are generally a pretty happy bunch.At least, according to Gallup-Healthways’ “well-being index,” Arizonans are better off than the average American…
Based on an analysis of headlines from local news outlets, it would appear that everyone and their grandmother opposes Arizona’s Senate Bill 1062.By Monday afternoon, the Arizona Capitol Times counted 84 businesses and business groups in public opposition to the “religious freedom” bill, including Marriott, Apple, and American Airlines.That had…
The new head of Arizona’s Child Protective Services says that the agency had been trying to hide the degree to which caseworkers were failing to keep up with new reports of child abuse and neglect.Flanagan told the CPS oversight committee Monday that the coding of cases as “not investigated” –…
With all the hubbub over Arizona’s Senate Bill 1062, you might be saying to yourself, “Self, don’t these lawmakers have anything better to do?”The answer to that lies in the fact that the senate voted on, and approved, a bill yesterday to recognize gold and silver as legal tender in…
If you’ve got your undies in a bunch over the possible passage of Senate Bill 1062, then you should see what other bills the organization behind 1062 is pushing.That’s the Christian Right group Center for Arizona Policy. (You may have seen the organization’s president Cathi Herrod on CNN recently, doing…
The Iraqi refugee who’s accused of killing a man in Maricopa and planting a bomb at a Social Security Administration office in Casa Grande was sentenced to five years in prison on federal weapons charges.Abdullatif Aldosary still faces state charges related to the murder and the bombing…
A march at the state Capitol in protest of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1062 is taking place later today.There already have been protests against the “religious freedom” bill in Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Tucson, but several local groups have been trying to get people out to the Capitol today for a large…
If Arizona’s anti-immigrant law wasn’t enough to tarnish the state’s reputation, the state’s “religious freedom” bill already is causing plenty of damage.Despite a huge outpouring of opposition toward the bill from Arizona residents, business groups, and even Republican lawmakers not in the state Legislature, the state’s once again being painted…
Merriam-Webster tends to be bland sometimes, so we consulted the Urban Dictionary to define some Arizona-related things.Check out our top 10 finds (which doesn’t include any grotesque sexual acts!):…
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:…
Arizona legislators have proposed regulations for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, which would help legitimize their operations in the state.The system of using an app to find a ride from a private driver might sound like a taxi service, but these companies aren’t registered with the state as taxi…
A caseworker for Child Protective Services is accused of trying to buy heroin through a woman who was part of a CPS case.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 35-year-old Leyla Sadikovic was in charge of the CPS case the woman was involved in, yet she asked the woman…
The Arizona House of Representatives passed the anti-LGBT “religious freedom” bill, which now heads to Governor Jan Brewer for her approval.Despite House Democrats putting up a strong fight against the bill, just three of their colleagues on the other side of the aisle voted against the bill, which the rest…
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, all of our alleged offenders are…
The large plume of smoke over Phoenix is coming from a big fire in an industrial area downtown.The listed address, near the Interstate 10/Interstate 17 stack, is a distribution center for a company that sells electrical, welding, plumbing, and other industrial products…
The sponsor of Arizona’s controversial Senate Bill 1062, Republican Senator Steve Yarbrough, insists his bill is not a license for businesses to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.Through a bit of trolling, a pair of Democratic senators set out to prove the bill — which has since passed…
Ed Zuercher, a longtime city of Phoenix employee, has been selected as new city manager.Zuercher had been acting city manager since David Cavazos left the post to take the city manager’s position in Santa Ana, California, in October…
