Moviegoers who see “Cesar Chavez” when it opens today can expect a feel-good flick that portrays the Yuma-born legend as almost saintly. The movie doesn’t enlighten viewers about Chavez’s intense opposition to “illegals” and “wets,” as he called undocumented immigrants. You may have heard that Chavez preached against illegal immigration,…
When it comes to the ACLU’s big civil rights case Melendres v. Arpaio, the MCSO clown car, as driven by geriatric joker Sheriff Joe Arpaio, just keeps on rollin’, despite U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow’s best efforts. In fact, Snow has called a status conference for April 3,…
Revenues from Arizona tribal casinos went up in 2012, although the number of slot machines and gaming tables has decreased, according to a gaming industry report.Casino City’s recently-released Indian Gaming Industry Report studied gaming revenue in 2012, both nationally and in individual states. The report says that Arizona’s 22 casinos…
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 found a gang of inmates…
Supporters of the pro-immigrant group Puente plan to make the 60-mile walk from Phoenix to Eloy in their latest stunt to protest deportations.The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which is behind the national “Not One More Deportation” project, is having a day of action on April 5 to demand the…
The number of Arizonans who had to spend at least one night in the hospital as a result of dog bites has more than doubled over the last five years.As the story of Mickey, the pit bull who mauled 4-year-old Kevin Vicente, grabbed headlines around Phoenix, the state health department…
State legislators are proposing a law that says the state isn’t liable for state employees fulfilling its duties on state land.Fighting wildfires happens to fall under the scope of that law, and the proposal is no coincidence, as precursors to lawsuits have been filed against the state in recent months…
Although Mickey the pit bull mauled 4-year-old Kevin Vicente, a judge decided this week to spare Mickey’s life, amid outcry from many people who wanted to have the dog killed.Many of the people who called for Mickey’s head are misinformed or just plain wrong about the situation surrounding Mickey. Read…
Can you help me unravel the citrus dilemma? When I am in Mexico or a Mexican restaurant or market, I am unable to find lemons (yellow, egg-size, tart fruits). Whenever I ask, I get green-colored fruit, which looks and tastes to me like limes (green, smaller than egg-size, tart fruits)…
It’s not difficult to imagine that Bronson Arroyo lives life like a rock star. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ new pitcher has long blond hair, makes millions of dollars, likes to party, and actually has a rock album that reached Billboard charts. The reality is quite different. In the clubhouse at the…
Arizona lawmakers love to fight the federal government — to an extent.By one measure, there are only nine states that are more dependent on the federal government than Arizona…
Mike White’s eyelids are half-shut. His breathing is slow, heavy. Two days ago, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. He’s still taking drugs to combat the illness and he blames the medicine for sapping his energy. Despite his weariness, White rolls up in his $45,000 motorized wheelchair to Pilgrim Rest Baptist…
The Arizona Department of Corrections will be using a new mix of drugs to carry out its lethal injections — a mixture of drugs first used to execute an inmate in this country just two months ago.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that two drugs, medazolam and hydromorphone, will…
Arizona spends the fewest dollars per student on education than any other state in the country, according to an estimate.People often mention that Arizona’s per-pupil spending rate is the third- or fourth-lowest in the nation, based on census information that is usually about two years old by the time it’s…
It’s not exactly shocking that those with higher educations generally earn more money. But a paper published through the National Bureau of Economic Research also finds that those with a higher education are generally healthier as well.Researchers from ASU, the University of Chicago, and the University of Maryland measured levels…
It’s not difficult to imagine that Bronson Arroyo lives life like a rock star. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ new pitcher has long blond hair, makes millions of dollars, likes to party, and actually has a rock album that reached Billboard charts. The reality is quite different. In the clubhouse at the…
You can’t buy a Tesla in Arizona, but you can get it charged here.Despite Arizona’s law preventing Tesla from using its sales model in the state, the company is opening its latest “supercharger” tomorrow in Flagstaff…
Following Monday’s hearing before federal Judge G. Murray Snow, where Snow meted out a verbal shellacking to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, Arpaio briefly appeared outside the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse, reminding reporters that Snow’s ruling against him in Melendres v. Arpaio was under appeal…
Carmen Fischer, a criminal-defense attorney in Phoenix, has been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes related to helping her husband, a leader of the New Mexican Mafia prison gang.Fischer was arrested last year and charged in Pinal County, accused of helping her husband Angel Garcia, also known as…
A 14-year-old girl was killed in an apartment fire in Phoenix over the weekend, and police believe someone set fire to the apartment.However, Phoenix detectives’ “person of interest” since has been released from custody…
The Southern Poverty Law Center has updated its register of hate groups, and also provided maps of the locations for said hate groups.This year, Arizona clocked in with 20 such groups; not much has changed since 19 were identified back in 2009…
Mike White’s eyelids are half-shut. His breathing is slow, heavy. Two days ago, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. He’s still taking drugs to combat the illness and he blames the medicine for sapping his energy. Despite his weariness, White rolls up in his $45,000 motorized wheelchair to Pilgrim Rest Baptist…
