Comprehensive immigration reform dominated the candidate forum at South Mountain Community College last week — and no wonder, considering that voters in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District are overwhelmingly Democratic Latinos. And here’s a shocker: All of the candidates at the forum — a politician, a preacher, an attorney and a…
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 Attorney General Tom Horne’s chief deputy and office hatchet man Eric “Rick” Bistrow has farmed out an internal investigation into allegations made by ex-AG employee Sarah Beattie to two attorneys who have contributed to Horne’s campaign in the past. In a letter dated June 18, Bistrow formally appointed Republican…
Two shots were fired from a helicopter being operated in the U.S. by Mexican law enforcement yesterday morning.The helicopter crossed about 100 years into the United States, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
A plurality of Americans, 41 percent, think the levels of immigration should decrease, according to a Gallup poll.According to the poll, 33 percent say immigration should stay at its current level, and 22 percent say it should increase…
A community forum actually took place between employees of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and believers of “chemtrails.”The “chemtrail” believers are under the impression that the streams of vapor left behind by airplane engines are actually government poison sprays…
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 take a look at the…
Today in Found at the Border: Officers at the border in Nogales found 4.5 pounds of meth hidden inside an accordion.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an 18-year-old Mexican citizen attempted to take the accordion through a pedestrian gate on Monday…
Andrew Thomas, who infamously abused his power as Maricopa County Attorney and had his law license taken away, has qualified for $754,000 in public funds for his gubernatorial campaign. The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office confirmed on Thursday that a supplemental filing of 259 five-dollar contributions Thomas made on Tuesday…
Ruben Gallego and Mary Rose Wilcox — and their respective camps — have been firing nasty missives at each other over who is more in favor of ‘common sense gun laws’ or gun reform. They’re lobbing their attacks across all social media platforms, and why not? It’s cheaper than mailing…
Arizona voters will decide in November on giving state lawmakers a raise.Arizona’s Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers voted to propose a legislative pay of $35,000, an $11,000 increase over the current pay of $24,000. Thanks to the Arizona Constitution, voters have the final say on this proposal…
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal says he’s sorry for making offensive blog comments, but he’s not resigning.Huppenthal, a former Republican state lawmaker, was outed for writing comments under several pseudonyms saying things like people on food stamps are “lazy pigs,” and that Spanish should be banned from public…
Here’s a side-effect of Arizona’s perennially high rate of high-school dropouts — economic costs of $7.6 billion.That’s the estimate provided this week by a study from the Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable. Did we mention that’s just one year’s worth of dropouts?…
I think I might be Mexican — but there are some people who might disagree. Being that you are the source of all knowledge mexicano, I thought I might ask you. Here’s the deal: My ancestors left the United States in 1847 knowingly and entered recognized territorio mexicano. The U.S…
It was not as though Lulu lacked manners. However! It was Cinco de Mayo, and sometimes a girl just . . . loses all self-control. When the front door swung open, Lulu took one look at the chaos inside the home and threw herself into the party. She went straight…
A sort of moral sickness has gripped this country in the face of the unprecedented number of minors crossing the border in Texas, one that manifests itself in panic, falsehoods, sheer stupidity, and knee-jerk nativist hatred. In Lawrenceville, Virgina (population 1,300), residents recently pitched a fit when they found out…
It was not as though Lulu lacked manners. However! It was Cinco de Mayo, and sometimes a girl just . . . loses all self-control. When the front door swung open, Lulu took one look at the chaos inside the home and threw herself into the party. She went straight…
People keep driving the wrong way on Phoenix-area highways, and the Arizona Department of Transportation is going to see if signs do the trick.Just in the last two months, seven people have been killed by wrong-way drivers, and there were two more crashes caused by wrong-way drivers this week…
A sort of moral sickness has gripped this country in the face of the unprecedented number of minors crossing the border in Texas, one that manifests itself in panic, falsehoods, sheer stupidity, and knee-jerk nativist hatred. In Lawrenceville, Virginia (population 1,300), residents recently pitched a fit when they found out…
A Tucson-based company that plans to offer trips to near space announced that it successfully completed a test flight.World View, which plans to launch in 2016, says its balloon system went up 120,000 feet, or nearly 23 miles…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, who literally may end up in handcuffs this year depending on the outcomes of various criminal probes into his scummy activities, is using a photo of migrant children detained in Texas to raise money for his re-election campaign. In a mass e-mail sent out Tuesday…
Many residents of Yarnell who lost their homes in last year’s Yarnell Hill Fire have filed a lawsuit claiming the state’s forestry division was negligent in its handling of fire-fighting efforts.The lawsuit alleges that the Arizona State Forestry Division “unthinkingly and incompetently reacted to events.””It failed to devise and implement…
