Local black leaders are wondering why they haven’t heard a peep out of Senator Jeff Flake after his son’s racist comments, including his use of the handle “N1ggerKiller” in an online game.After African-American activist Jarrett Maupin II told New Times Flake’s apology was “half-assed,” more black leaders have joined Maupin’s…
Despite the outcry from the state’s far-right-wingers, Governor Jan Brewer’s plan for Medicaid expansion plan now only requires her signature to become law.While it certainly seemed odd that Brewer would embrace a part of “Obamacare,” months after shoving her finger in President Obama’s face, she was able to focus more…
Major League Baseball announced its lopsided punishments for the brawl involving the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers.Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy is suspended for 10 games for throwing a pitch at Zack Greinke’s head, and the D-backs’ Eric Hinske was suspended for five games for “aggressive actions” — which apparently…
Arizona may become the next state where the voters can decide to legalize the personal use of marijuana.On Wednesday, a group calling itself “Safer Arizona” filed its paperwork for the marijuana-legalizing amendment to the Arizona Constitution with the Secretary of State’s office. The group will need 259,213 signatures by July…
Like mother always said, nothing good ever comes of handing a bag of meth to a stripper at 2 a.m. on a Thursday.Friends Vernon Henry and Michael Clawson did not heed this advice while at Cheetahs Gentleman’s Club in Phoenix last week, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
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, our alleged offenders are all dressed…
A fellow running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts said what everyone else is thinking had a word or two to say about Arizona Republican Congressman Trent Franks, after Franks’ bone-headed comment about rape not resulting in that many pregnancies.”I think that he’s a moron and he proves…
The Phoenix City Council adopted on Tuesday what officials are saying is one of the “toughest ethics policies in the nation,” a set of rules that guide how elected representatives conduct themselves in office. Although some of the details are still being worked out, policy provisions will require elected officials…
He’s raped public coffers, cost taxpayers tens of millions to pay for the lawsuits resulting from his malfeasance, swiped $100 million from voter protected funds for his pet projects, and now he wants the county to fork over more millions to appeal a federal judge’s finding that his office has…
Phoenix African-American activist Revered Jarrett Maupin II wants Senator Jeff Flake to do more than issue a “half-assed” apology for his teenage son’s racist comments on the Internet.As you can imagine, Maupin was not at all pleased to hear that Flake’s son used the handle “N1ggerKiller” in an online game,…
Despite the fact that Arizona has a medical-marijuana law, that law does not turn a neighborhood weed dealer into a bona fide medical-marijuana salesman.This apparently comes as news to several Phoenix residents, as a New Times review of superior court filings shows that police have busted several dealers over the…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced yesterday that sex-abuse charges won’t be filed against former University of Utah swim coach Greg Winslow.Winslow, who was just recently let go from his post in Utah, was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl while he was the coach of a high-school-age swim…
An admitted meth user’s 5-year-old daughter tested positive for meth, after the girl complained about her mother sticking her with needles, police say.Jacqueline Trousdale, a 30-year-old Phoenix resident, was the subject of “several” ongoing Child Protective Services investigations, according to court documents obtained by New Times, which isn’t exactly hard…
The Arizona Diamondbacks once again found themselves fighting against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday — albeit more in the metaphorical sense instead of the sort of mortal combat that ensued earlier this week — as they battled against their NL West rivals at Chavez Ravine into the 12th inning…
The family of a man whose suicide was broadcast live on national television on Fox News last year is suing Fox’s parent company, claiming emotional distress.According to the lawsuit filed in Maricopa County court by the mother of three of JoDon Romero’s five kids, two of the kids heard at…
DRIVE-THRU by Katie Johnson “Welcome to McDonald’s. May I take your order?” I’m 7 years old and I’m kneeling behind a low wooden chest in my parent’s cookie-cutter home in Ahwatukee. My stepfather, Jim, is on the floor with me. Hunched over in wilted work clothes, he studies a nonexistent…
Would you trust Joe Arpaio and his underlings to police themselves in the wake of U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow’s May 24 order, which found that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engaged in a pattern and practice of racial profiling and ordered it to cease? Put another way, would…
In Philadelphia, where I live, there are three Spanish-language stations on regular broadcast television. None of them offer English subtitles. I bet plenty of people of all heritages would like to check out Spanish language television, or the news from Central America or whatever, if we could get subtitles. I…
In an overt act of intimidation reminiscent of his predecessor — disbarred, disgraced political pariah Andy Thomas — Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has moved to silence county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox in all matters concerning Melendres v. Arpaio before the Board of Supervisors. See Also: Arizona Republic’s Lame, Naive…
A new approach to evidence in domestic-violence strangulation cases has quadrupled prosecutions for the crimes and garnered an award for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Last year, County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s office partnered with local law enforcement agencies and Scottsdale Healthcare to make sure victims were properly examined after an…
Does the Arizona Republic give a flip about these victims of Arpaio and Montgomery? Their loved ones were nabbed in a work site raid, not a sweep The gaggle of physics professors over at the Arizona Republic’s editorial board have outdone themselves, this time with a solution to Sheriff Joe…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks thinks the number of rapes that result in pregnancies is “very low.”Franks’ comments are now going viral across the county, although it’s not surprising for us back home, who have heard Franks belittle Black people, Jews, and women in general, to make points about his hatred…
