It’s been said that the most important demographic group for the success of Obamacare is the “young invincibles” — healthy young adults.And there’s no state with a smaller proportion of young people buying health insurance through the Obamacare exchange than Arizona…
Jerry Sheridan, chief deputy under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is a reasonable guy compared to the corrupt man he replaced — but he sure sucks at math. In a column that ran in the Arizona Republic’s opinion section on Monday, Sheridan claims that “Sheriff Arpaio is a fiscally responsible…
A Phoenix resident is petitioning the City Council to allow members of the public to speak during the council’s formal meetings instead of making them wait until the sometimes lengthy public sessions are over. Dianne Barker, who first raised the issue in November, also would like to see the current…
Among the first bills submitted this legislative session is a proposal from a trio of Republicans to create a drug-testing program for people seeking unemployment insurance.Perhaps the most important part of the legislation from Representatives Phil Lovas and David Livingston and Senator Judy Burges is that it wouldn’t apply to…
Governor Jan Brewer says she has signed an executive order that “abolishes [Child Protective Services] as we know it.”UPDATE: Brewer’s office has provided information about how this new system’s supposed to work. Click here for details.Brewer made the announcement Monday afternoon in her final State of the State speech…
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of a decision on Arizona’s ban on abortions past 20 weeks of gestation, which was found by a lower court to be unconstitutional.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had blocked the law from taking effect…
Catherine Miranda was the top choice for a panel of Maricopa County Community College representatives narrowing down potential appointees for a vacant seat for the College’s governing board. Miranda, a state representative who is now running for a seat in the Senate, was married to Ben Miranda, who served on…
The Maricopa County Republican Committee voted to censure Senator John McCain.In other words, with a 1,150-351 vote, the county GOP passed a resolution that says it doesn’t like McCain anymore…
Carmen Figueroa, the Arizona Department of Public Safety detective who had to resign after discovering that she wasn’t in the country legally, had a near-perfect record as a police officer.Figueroa’s resignation became a national story last month, as Figueroa had believed what her parents told her since she was young…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a few creeps had court dates: a sex offender got his sentence for killing a man looking to buy pot, the alleged snatcher of a little girl pleads not-guilty, and more:…
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:…
Not long after Peoria police made public a bust of an unlicensed medical-marijuana facility, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was touting a similar bust by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Avondale.In both cases, police allege the businesses were illegally selling the pot to medical-marijuana patients by using a fitness or wellness…
The number-one story on the CBS 5 website at the time of this post is a report of a man who claims he has a Bigfoot corpse.This, of course, comes from the local news station that claims to be “telling it like it is” — with a history of reports…
Like many retirees, former Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger has come to Arizona for his later years.Bulger’s not exactly moving to Sun City, though — he’s been transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary in Tucson…
Our ethics-challenged Attorney General, Tom Horne, received an unwanted gift over the holidays from his bete noir, the Arizona Public Integrity Alliance, the conservative nonprofit that he hit with a short-lived defamation suit last year. The folks at AZPIA tell me that around 60,000 mailers critical of Horne went out…
Four individuals with extensive records of serving as community leaders will be honored on January 17 at the 28th annual MLK Awards Breakfast, “Stand Up for Justice.” The breakfast kicks off at 7 a.m. at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 340 North Third Street…
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 hottest ladies…
In 1981, a lawsuit was filed alleging that the state health department and Maricopa County had not put together a comprehensive mental-health system, as required by a law a couple of years earlier.That lawsuit was settled. Yesterday…
Former Phoenix City Manager David Cavazos is under fire in Santa Ana, California, for raking in a nearly $800,000 salary on the backs of taxpayers in California and Arizona. And when a local television reporter for a CBS affiliate tried to interview him about his outrageous income, which includes perks…
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted this week to shut down all 11 speed cameras in the county.”Reviews of the program by the Pima County Department of Transportation and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department found no conclusive evidence that fixed stand-alone cameras effectively and consistently reduce speeds or crashes…
Interviews are underway at the Maricopa County Community College District as officials there work to fill a seat on the governing board left empty when Ben Miranda passed away in November. The three finalists, out of nine applicants, are Catherine Miranda, Carlos Galindo-Elvira and Alfredo Gutierrez…
Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, a Republican, announced that he’s entering the race for governor.Unlike several others who have threatened to run for governor, including a B-list actor and a disbarred attorney, Smith actually has a solid chance of becoming Arizona’s governor in 2014…
