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Some people writing emails to Republican state Representative Terri Proud about their concerns over Arizona’s “fetal pain” bill got some interesting emails in return.Proud’s response was essentially that she’s in favor of the abortion bills up for considering, but would like to take it a step — or many steps…

I was born in los estados unidos, my father Tamaulipas, and my mother is a third-generation Chicana. Being married to a mexicano, we recently vacationed in his hometown of Apatzingan, Michoacán. It was my first time meeting my in-laws and everyone from his colonia. It seems I got the evil…

BABEU’S WORLD Former DeSisto student won’t go quietly: I am not into politics or confrontation. However, I felt I had to speak up when I found out that [Pinal County Sheriff] Paul Babeu denied knowing what was going on at DeSisto School in Massachusetts (“Babeu’s Suspicious Past,” March 8; also…

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is a practiced political chameleon, a public shape-shifter who changes allegiances and beliefs like most men change socks. His best-known transformation was into an immigration hard-liner and Fox News pinup boy, a switch from his days as the head of the Chandler Police Union, when…

It’s hard to miss: a giant, neon-trimmed steer’s head, towering over Van Buren Street and slugged with the goofball legend, “Let’s Eat!” Bill Johnson’s Big Apple is one of only a few notable restaurants that have stuck around long enough to become part of our town’s history (see main story…

It isn’t easy running a Valley landmark — especially when it’s a restaurant. The task of preserving a building’s heritage while making updates for a new generation of diners — whether the changes regard the restaurant’s atmosphere, menu, or otherwise — is akin to a taste-making (or -breaking) tightrope walk…

An interview with PAOLA EMBRY, CEO of The Wrigley Mansion (See accompanying feature story.) When I was asked to run the Wrigley by Jamie Hormel, I was flattered and thought it was a great opportunity, but it’s a team effort, and I have a great team. The story goes that…

An interview with TIM SMITH, owner of The Pink Pony (See accompanying feature story.) The day I made my first communion, my parents brought me to the Pony to celebrate and I thought, “Wow, this place is so cool.” Buying the Pink Pony was a sentimental thing. We couldn’t help…

An interview with MICHAEL MONTI, owner of Monti’s La Casa Vieja (See accompanying feature story.) In the ’70s we had the market cornered, and people would wait two hours or more to get in. That was a different time, before the saturation of restaurants began. Focaccia bread was too hip…

The news first surfaced in the Hollywood trade press last month: The Lifetime cable network is developing a miniseries about the 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Based on a best-selling book about the tragedy, the project involves a team of heavyweight producers whose collective film…