Arizona’s controversial Clean Elections Law got a new lease on life when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling of the U.S. District Court in Phoenix, which found the law to be unconstitutional.The three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the law does not violate the Constitution and only presents…
Sedona’s received loads of negative ink over the last six months — thanks primarily to a certain snake-oil salesman who organized a “self-help,” sweat lodge event that left three people dead — but it’s still a hell of a place to take a drive through, according to a recent ranking of…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth addressed a group of Arizona Republicans over the weekend and lent some extra credibility to the survey that ranked him among the dumbest members of Congress. The dude says the U.S. never declared war on the Nazis during World War II. Hayworth was asked a question…
Judicial Watch made good on its pledge to slap Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon with a lawsuit because he and the city’s legal advisers refuse to release “documents related to [Gordon’s] taxpayer-funded security detail.”The government watchdog organization filed the suit on May 18, and also filed an “Application for Order to…
During the course of this year’s NBA playoffs, Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash has come away from several games looking more like a hockey player than a Canadian-born hoopster. Last night’s 118-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers was no exception. Nash banged his face — again — in a fourth-quarter collision…
Despite a rough 12-4 blowout on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Arizona Diamondbacks wrapped up their most impressive week of the 2010 season, winning two of the three against the slugging Jays and five out of their past seven. And what do you know? The bullpen got opposing…
The Phoenix Suns got a new lease on life last night, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 118-109 in game three of the Western Conference Finals. The Suns trailed the Lakers 2-0 in the series after dropping the first two games in La-La Land, and there was little hope Steve Nash and company could…
Kweli promotes the big May 29 march in this YouTube short(Please see update below on Kweli’s new anti-SB1070 track “Papers Please.”)Brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli, one of the most respected names in hip-hop, known for his collaborations with fellow master of the mic Mos Def in Black Star, has done a…
At least six activists were cited Friday after occupying Tucson’s Border Patrol headquarters at Davis-Monthan AirForce Base in an act of civil disobedience similar to that which occurred on April 20 at the Arizona state Capitol in Phoenix, and to the sit-down strike of DREAM activists on Monday at U.S…
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: Feathered Bastard: White Power “American Third Position” Party Seeks Toehold in Arizona Felipe Calderon Correct in His…
“Smart, effective” immigration enforcement under the Obama administration is taking place in part because of the good decisions as to which immigrants get targeted, says the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The use of “lawful discretion,” — that is, deciding whether to slap cuffs on someone or leave them…
Senator John McCain’s re-election campaign announced today that it has found a replacement for former campaign manager Shiree Verdone and it’s opted to go with a familiar face.Mark Buse, “The Maverick’s” former Senate chief of staff, and one-time intern when McCain was in the House of Representatives, will take over…
After dropping $7.25 million on signing Derek Anderson to play backup to Matt Leinart, the Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be in the beginning stages of making a run at signing former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger.The word on the street is that the Cardinals’ coaching staff hasn’t been…
An update on our August 2007 story entitled “Death Wish,” the bizarre tale of how a so-called “right to die” organization, the Final Exit Network, helped a mentally troubled Phoenix woman to commit suicide. Earlier this week, New Jersey resident Roberta Massey, who is one of the four criminal defendants…
Governor Jan Brewer’s posted a video on her Facebook page mocking lawmakers who have criticized Arizona’s controversial, new immigration law but haven’t actually read it — namely U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano.The video features a Kermit the Frog impostor in a Sesame Street-esque sing-a-long…
Phoenix Councilwoman Peggy Neely stopped short of saying she was running for mayor this morning at a press conference, announcing instead that she was forming an exploratory committee.Snooze. Seriously, after her inauguration speech in January, everyone knew that she was destined to enter the mayor’s race. She now joins Councilman…
A Prescott Valley man was arrested on Monday after stabbing a guinea pig to death following a fight with his girlfriend.He probably would have gotten away with it, too, had he not called the police on himself to report that he’d stabbed “someone.”…
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe filed a $4.75 million claim against the county for alleged abuse of power by former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As our post about Thomas and Donahoe from yesterday explained, the abuse appears to be quite real. Donahoe was…
Janet Napolitano reminded Arizona on Friday that the feds have the discretion not to accept immigrants busted under the state’s new law. The statement by the Homeland Security Secretary seems intended to prepare Americans for a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau policy that could restrict the consequences of the Arizona…
As much as the right-wing has fumed over Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s address to Congress yesterday, the statements right-wingers are fuming over are essentially correct.Indeed, Calderon’s address, which centered on cooperation with the U.S. and the building-up of the Mexican economy to retain migrants fleeing to America for jobs, offered…
Police are looking for a man they say robbed a Country Bank in Prescott Valley yesterday afternoon by basically walking into the bank and asking for cash.The FBI’s bandit-naming department hasn’t dreamed up some crappy “bandit” moniker for this guy yet — we checked. But the “I-can’t-believe-it’s-that-easy bandit” has a…
Fascist tool (and I mean that literally): William Johnson of the white supremacist American Third PositionIf you haven’t heard of the California-based American Third Position party, or A3P as it’s otherwise referred to, consider this a heads up. The racist, white nationalist organization would like to get on the Arizona…
