If the response to Arizona Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema’s vote to prevent the resettlement of any Syrian or Iraqi refugees until tighter vetting processes are implemented is any indication, the Democrat from District Nine just lost a lot of supporters. Sinema shocked many in Arizona by voting for the Security Against…
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson recently promised Arizonans during a tele-town hall that, if elected, he could get a double-fenced, 2,000 mile wall built on the U.S.-Mexico border within a year. One of his rivals for the GOP nomination, billionaire Donald Trump, would like a wall, too, and he also…
There’s been a lot of talk by politicians in the last year about passing federal legislation to address the woes of the thousands of Valley residents who woke up one September morning in 2014 and discovered they suddenly lived under the noisy Sky Harbor International Airport airplane flight paths. And…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks got a little frustrated with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during this week’s House Judiciary Committee meeting. During their exchange, Franks asked her about Planned Parenthood, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and, of course, “born-alive abortion survivors.” Franks has made a name for himself as a tireless…
It seems all those years on the bottom of the education-funding heap are finally paying off; Arizona now is the 10th stupidest state in the country. This flattering fact is brought to you by Donald Trump, who, after discovering Iowa polls showed Ben Carson had nearly tied him in the…
Despite Governor Doug Ducey’s intended ban on Syrian refugees, Arizona’s actually been one of the friendliest states to refugees in the United States for the last 40 years. Since 1975, 74,453 refugees arrived in Arizona, according to the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program. A 2010 article in the New York Times…
In a shocking, hateful rant, an extremist Tempe pastor attacked the victims of the Paris attack, blaming them for their own senseless murders because they were “devil worshipers.” Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe also denounced France as a “sinful nation” in a Sunday sermon and…
Jon Ritzheimer, the de facto leader of Arizona’s anti-Islam movement, says he has a new plan to stop Syrian refugees and Islamic terrorists from attacking Americans: he’s asking people to sling a rifle over their shoulder and carry it with them at all times. “Terrorists are cowards; they are weak,”…
Phoenix photographer Andrew Pielage went to Paris expecting to fill his memory card with beautiful shots of sparkling stained-glass windows, magnificently manicured gardens, and the Eiffel Tower. But when terrorists shot up a sports stadium, a rock concert, and a string of cafes and bars Friday, killing at least 129…
Acting on an anonymous tip, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says it busted a puppy mill near 348th Avenue and Van Buren Street in Tonopah, Arizona and rescued 130 dogs. Officials say there was dog feces everywhere, and that the animals appeared to have little food or water. The dogs…
Rosa Robles Loreto packed one pair of pajamas, one pair of shoes, two pairs of pants, and four blouses into a small, black suitcase. She decided she could do without her hair dryer and the bulky pot of face cream she usually slathered on before bed as she eyed the…
A crowd of Phoenicians chanting “We reject racism!” descended on Governor Doug Ducey’s office today after he pledged to resist President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle thousands of refugees in Arizona over the next year. “We can not sit idly in our offices safe and sound while xenophobia and racism…
Following attacks in Paris that left at least 129 people dead, Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain is calling for an international coalition — which includes at least 10,000 American troops — to fight the Islamic State on the ground in the Middle East. “We can win, we should win, and…
Discovering a huge lack of understanding about the needs of undocumented college students, two Arizona State University students formed a program three years ago to educate campus leaders, staff, and faculty about such challenges and about ways to help. Jesus Cisneros and Davier Rodriguez formed DREAMzone in 2012 with the…
With drones becoming increasingly popular, metro Phoenix cities are scrambling to figure out how to regulate the unmanned aerial vehicles. Phoenix, Glendale, and Paradise Valley all are considering drone laws that would limit the use of aerial recordings and restrict flights over certain parts of their individual cities. But because drone…
As new information continues to surface about the six coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris last Friday, Governor Doug Ducey joined a growing group of state leaders in announcing that he was calling for a temporary stop to all refugee placements in Arizona. In a…
Congressman Ruben Gallego is Arizona’s latest elected official to throw his weight behind a presidential candidate — he announced this morning that he officially endorses former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president. Citing “a sea change in how Americans view progressive issues,” and a desire to continue the…
Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous Seattle investigation begin with a billionaire intent on revenge against his ex-wife? And was this wealthy individual drawn to Arpaio as part of the paranoid atmosphere that swirled around Arpaio’s investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate? To judge from audio files recently entered into…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has launched a new cell phone app aimed at helping average civilians record inappropriate law enforcement activity and then safely and properly disseminate it to experts at the ACLU. The Mobile Justice AZ app has three major features: record, witness, and report. The…
As testimony in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt trial wrapped up Friday morning in federal court, Judge G. Murray Snow offered an ominous warning for those not named as defendants in the civil case. Arpaio, his Chief Deputy and three other current and former Arpaio henchmen face allegations of civil contempt…
Grand Canyon University announced today that it is reversing a long-standing policy and will now extend equal health and employment benefits to its same-sex married employees. The decision comes after months of public and media scrutiny, and a promise by GCU president Brian Mueller to revisit the official policy. In…
When Tempe City Councilman Kolby Granville posted a note on his Facebook wall lamenting the fact that Bikini Beans Espresso —the coffeeshop staffed with attractive bikini-clad women — was opening a location in Tempe, he had no idea his comment was controversial, let alone that would inspire an overwhelming backlash…
