A woman was either trying to kill herself or was testing her ability to dodge moving vehicles on a Valley highway this morning. Either way, she failed — she was hit by a tractor-trailer and lived.According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the woman pulled her car to the…
The effort by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne to steamroll voters in their attempted quashing of the new medical marijuana law won’t work — not entirely, anyway. Qualified patients can possess up to two-and-a-half ounces of weed legally in Arizona since the passage of Prop 203 –…
In a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has sustained Arizona’s employer sanctions law.The law forces employers to check the immigration status of employees, and allows the state to penalize businesses that hire illegal immigrants…
Marion scored a season-high 26 points in the intensely fought game, and did a terrific job defensively on one of the world’s best players, the taller and younger Kevin Durant.Dallas surely wouldn’t have won the game if Marion hadn’t been so good on both ends of the floor…
Conspiracy theorist whack-job Ed Chiarini claims that the January 8, Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and several injured — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — was a hoax.Chiarini is the man behind the website wellaware1.com, which claims the horrific ordeal was a drill staged by law enforcement agencies, with…
The State of Arizona put murderer Donald Beaty to death last night in Florence, ending a 27-year legal battle that began with the maintenance man’s arrest for raping and killing a little Tempe girl. Predictably, the politicians who bemoaned the interminable wait between Beaty’s conviction a quarter-century ago and his…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne have both actively campaigned to keep the federal government out of Arizona — until it comes to voter-approved medical marijuana.Brewer and Horne are about to ask a federal court to make a ruling on the legality of Arizona’s medical-pot program,…
Phoenix New Times won 14 first-place awards in the state Press Club’s 2010 Best Journalism in Arizona contest — including for the paper’s comprehensive national immigration series, “Amongst U.S.” The newspaper received more than 40 awards overall for work during 2010. Sarah Fenske, a former New Times staff writer and…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a Clubs Editor to handle our nightlife listings online and in print. The ideal candidate will be an outgoing, organized professional who is adept at both writing and data entry. Going out to nightclubs, bars, and other music venues is an integral…
PUTTING UP DUKES New hope for boxing in AZ: Your story is just another example of how [Arizona Senate Bill] 1070 is killing our economy. That and all the other redneck legislation that make Latinos of every stripe want to stay (or get) the hell out of our state (“Raging…
Nonchalant menace. That’s the aura that oozed from neo-Nazi Travis Ricci as he was led into Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Connie Contes’ courtroom for a recent sentencing hearing. Powerfully built, with wide shoulders and a reputation for explosive violence, the 29-year-old racist skinhead seemed oblivious to his leg irons…
Soon after becoming head of the Maricopa Anti-Corruption Enforcement team under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Bill Knight became aware of severe ethical problems with the unit. A career cop who’d been in narcotics, homicide, and other divisions at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Chief Knight suddenly found himself in the…
I’m a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I’ve also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read your most recent column regarding the promotion of the learning and practicing of English by Latinos in the United States. Generally, I agree with your view. But my question is why…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to take it on the chin for various acts of mismanagement and corruption within his department — which now includes Mexican drug cartels infiltrating the MCSO — the man who wants his job has some suggestions for the aging sheriff.Click here for the…
Connecticut will become the 13th state to charge undocumented students in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Their senate passed a bill yesterday to that effect, which the governor has said he will sign, in stark contrast to Arizona education policies. Proposition 300, a 2006 law mandating that anyone…
wakemag.org Party poopers. Next time you’re partying at Arizona State University, consider Noah Frochtzwajg, ASU student and aspiring golfer. He was enjoying the company of friends at 2 a.m. on Sunday August 29, 2010, when Tempe police came knocking at his apartment. Frochtzwaig saw two officers and opened the door to…
Governor Jan Brewer ought to just come out and admit it: She’s thwarting the will of voters who approved Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act in November. Her frontal assault on the law, announced yesterday, is buttressed by her bias against the concept of medical marijuana — an opinion she made clear before voters narrowly approved Proposition 203. As we reported…
Game on.The Arizona Supreme Court has lifted a stay on the execution of kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty.Beaty was scheduled to die at 10 a.m. today, but the court issued a last-minute stay of the execution last night as his attorneys objected to the substitution of the sedative pentobarbital in place…
Duty calls, and I have been employed on a project by my masters, which is now monopolizing most of my free time. And no, it has nothing to do with Arpaio, thankfully.As a consequence, there will be extremely light blogging, FB-wise, for the remainder of the week. I will resume…
[jump] In the middle of the hearing, with his head down and face inches from the table in front of him, Loughner reportedly said “thank you for the freak show. She died in front of me.”He was removed from the courtroom.When he was brought back in, Loughner was given the…
Qikai “Ben” Chen, a former math teacher at Scottsdale’s Basis Charter School, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge of child abuse. The arraignment comes after a second arrest for Chen following an indictment, and also after his former employer gave the alleged child-beater the boot. Chen, if…
