If the Republican primary were held today, more than half of Arizona voters would cast a ballot for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, a new poll by the political consulting firm MBQF finds. While Arizona’s love affair with Trump should come as no surprise – he’s dominated polls here and…
It’s been an amazing season for the Arizona Cardinals. Not only did the team achieve its best regular-season record in its 118-year history at 13-3 (including a nine-game winning streak) and led the league in total offense, its players amassed hefty accomplishments in the process. Quarterback Carson Palmer had the…
Given all the right-wing bills introduced every year at the Arizona Legislature, it’s hard to imagine that there are any left-leaning elected officials in the state capital at all. But guess what? They do exist, and they introduce legislation, too. Here are 16 bills that probably won’t make it to…
After causing an outcry among animal lovers with a motion to hunt hundreds of wild burros in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to table the proposal temporarily. The vote came at the end of a long and passion-filled public…
The dream was vivid, like several she’d experienced after she was forced to quit cannabis cold turkey by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office: Her sister bursts into her room holding a burning spliff and yelling urgently, “Here, hit this!” And she reaches out . . . But this was what…
For years Arizona has been one of only a handful of states in the country that prohibits educators from discussing homosexuality during sex education classes, but an effort to change that is under way at the capital. Arizona Senator Martin Quezada recently filed a bill to eliminate what he and…
The First Amendment crusaders who got an Arizona law banning revenge porn shut down in 2014 aren’t endorsing the Legislature’s latest attempt to address the issue. But, Will Gona, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which sued the state over the law along with a coalition…
At least two of the Arizona-based militants currently occupying a federal building on the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon are reporting that the Arizona Department of Child Safety has “kidnapped” their children. Blaine Cooper and Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, two of the more outspoken and social media savvy of the…
An Arizona State University professor well-known for his work on African-American history and race relations has agreed to resign following accusations that he plagiarized parts of his latest book. Matthew Whitaker will step down as co-director of ASU’s Center for Race and Democracy immediately, but he will stay on the…
From girl scouts and college students to local elected officials and community leaders, thousands celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King jr. today in downtown Phoenix. The festivities began with a march from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church to Margaret T. Hance Park, during which men, women, and children…
The Arizona Cardinals’ thrilling 26-20 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers this past weekend at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale was an epic victory for the Red Birds and one helluva football game — but it certainly wasn’t for the faint of heart. The back-and-forth divisional round playoff…
Arizona State University will celebrate the centennial of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity on Friday. Meanwhile across the country, scientists are analyzing data attempting to prove the existence of gravitational waves, the last, most elusive prediction of Albert Einstein’s theories. Last week, ASU Professor Lawrence M. Krauss caused a…
A national debate about whether more guns on college campuses would help or hinder safety has become a hot topic in Arizona politics with state Representative Sonny Borrelli’s bill to allow concealed firearms on college campuses. House Bill 2072 states that “a person who possesses a certificate of firearms proficiency”…
Arizona Lottery Director Tony Bouie resigned two days after a New Times article covered accusations against him that were raised in a whistle-blower’s letter. The article about his illegal use of a state vehicle and other alleged improprieties apparently spurred Ducey to act. But as it turns out, the director’s…
A tentative agreement has been reached to end the Phoenix bus strike, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton says. The mayor announced the news early Friday morning in a tweet, adding that the striking union workers will vote on the agreement today so that regular bus service can resume by Saturday. No…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and his wife, Nicole, announced today that they are separating. “After 10 years of marriage that brought us tremendous joy and two beautiful children, we have decided to separate,” the Stantons announced through the mayor’s public Facebook page. “This is a difficult but amicable decision.” The…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has confirmed through his top flack Lisa Allen that the sheriff’s wife of 58 years, Ava, is sick. He did not identify her illness, but sources say it is serious. Nor did he deny persistent rumors that she is suffering from some form of cancer. “Sheriff Arpaio…
Turns out some rumors are true. New data shows that more than a thousand young women at Arizona State University will spend their college years living in luxury, receiving pretty little monthly allowances, and getting wined and dinned or taken on extravagant vacations by wealthy businessmen. Oh, and did we…
Shamelessness will get you far in life. Just ask Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his campaign money-man Chad Willems, who also is pimping the statewide legalize-pot initiative in this cycle. On Wednesday, Arpaio filed his first campaign finance report with Maricopa County Elections, showing him in possession of a $3.2 million…
With two weeks until payday, Shefik Tallmadge, then 29, used his last $5 in his pocket to purchase a lottery ticket at a Circle K in Yuma. When he checked his ticket the following day, he learned he’d won Arizona’s largest jackpot in the Pick lottery at the time —…
Okay, so we know the militiamen holed up in a federal building in eastern Oregon were not pleased with the “bag of dicks,” the dildos, or other generous gifts they received. Fair enough. After all, um, serious times call for serious measures. Come’on, people, just look at their wish list…
An Arizona State University junior attending college on scholarship committed suicide on the first day of the spring semester by jumping off the roof of a building on campus. Thomas Wagoner, a 20-year-old economics student, jumped from an unknown building on the Tempe campus at about 2 a.m. His body…
