10 Most Underrated Aspects of Living in Phoenix
Sometimes, it can be easy to lose sight of why living in Phoenix is better than living in so many other cities.With that, check out our picks for the 10 most underrated aspects of living in Phoenix:…
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Showing 8207 - 8228 of 32232Top Five Most-Read Phoenix News Stories of the Week
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Congressional Candidate Ruben Gallego Collects $160K in Campaign Contributions for D7 Race
Ruben Gallego isn’t wasting any time amassing a campaign war chest, announcing earlier this week that he already has $160,000 in campaign contributions from more than 800 donors. Gallego is facing competition from Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and state Senator Steve Gallardo for the open seat in Arizona’s…
Poll: 57 Percent of Arizona Residents Trust the State Government
Surprise of the day: More than half of Arizonans actually trust the state government.According to a Gallup poll, 57 percent of Arizona residents trust the state government, which seems extraordinarily high, given the circumstances…
ACLU Claims Sixth Constitutional Abuse Due to SB 1070’s “Papers Please” Provision
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona claims to have documented a sixth instance of constitutional violations thanks to the “papers please” provision of SB 1070.The ACLU is taking legal action in the latest incident, marking the second time the organization has taken legal action on these grounds since the…
Tempe Police Planning “Heavy Enforcement” of Drinking Laws After ASU Student’s Death
Heads up to those spending any part of their weekend in Tempe: Police are planning “heavy enforcement” of alcohol-related laws.Police say this is a response to the death of 18-year-old Arizona State University student Naomi McClendon, who died last weekend after falling 10 stories from the balcony of an apartment…
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Marriage Proposals at Diamondbacks, Suns, Cardinals, and Coyotes Games, Ranked
Anyone who has ever been to a live game has probably seen some sort of marriage proposal.Love ’em or hate ’em, game proposals can actually cost quite a bit of money depending on the stadium. So in case you’re thinking of popping the question at your favorite team’s home turf,…
Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: Bad Style
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders have…
Charles Keating Was “the Scum of the Earth,” Says Porn Titan Larry Flynt
Savings and loan swindler Charles Keating, who died Monday in Phoenix at age 90, hated pornography. Or so he claimed. The devout Roman Catholic made a name for himself in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, and beyond, as a scourge of smut, founding an influential anti-porn organization that eventually became…
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Tempe Man Accused of Stealing $25,000 Diamond as April Fools’ Day “Prank”
Some people seem to misunderstand the concept of April Fools’ Day.One such person is 27-year-old Phuoc Tran, who police say stole a $25,000 diamond as his April Fools’ Day “prank.”…
Phoenix Police Shootings the Subject of Hearing Before Lawmakers
After 31 officer-involved shootings in Phoenix in 2013, and another eight so far in 2014, an Arizona House committee held a hearing yesterday to try to find the reasons why there have been so many shootings.Two Phoenix councilmen plus a sergeant from the Phoenix Police Department gave various explanations for…
Arizona Bill To Legalize Fantasy Sports Fails
The bipartisan Senate bill that would have legalized fantasy sports in Arizona failed before reaching the floor.Although Senate Bill 1468 originally started with a considerate amount of bipartisan support, Republican senator and primary sponsor Adam Driggs believes the bill failed because of a possible conflict with the Arizona’s Indian Gaming…
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Sheriff Arpaio to Visit Posse in Sun City to Discuss Vehicle-Insurance Problem
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will reportedly discuss the snafu over vehicle insurance for posse vehicles in Sun City today. Meanwhile, we found out that a third posse unit has parked its vehicles, contradicting information put out previously by the Sheriff’s Office (which didn’t respond to our inquiries about the…
Gay Couple From Paradise Valley Wins “Illegal Wedding” From ACLU
A Paradise Valley couple is getting $5,000 from the American Civil Liberties Union to get married in another state.The ACLU says the idea behind the “My Big Gay (Il)legal Wedding” contest was “to raise awareness regarding inequality in states where same-sex marriage is not yet legal.”…
Arizona’s New Abortion Rules Temporarily Halted by Appeals Court
Just like that, Arizona’s new abortion regulations are not in effect.Earlier this week, a federal judge decided not to grant a temporary injunction against Arizona’s new regulations that cut down on the use of medicated abortions. The law went into effect on Tuesday, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
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Charles Keating Stiffed Me on a Nearly $1,000 Restaurant Bill: A Reader’s Remembrance
Of course, I had heard of Charles Keating. The man became famous as an anti-porn crusader in Cincinnati back in the ’70s, hustling his version of morality against Hustler’s version of what the Founding Fathers meant in the First Amendment. My knowledge of Mr. Keating didn’t end there, however. I…
Charles Keating’s Techniques Were Replicated by Those Who Helped Trigger the 2008 Financial Collapse
Charles H Keating Jr. is remembered not only as the most notorious figure of the savings & loan crisis that swept the nation in the late 1980s – and as the namesake of the infamous Keating Five political scandal – but also as the fraudster whose techniques were replicated by…
Ask a Mexican on Mexicans Hating Mexicans and Cesar Chavez
I’m a second-generation Orange County-raised pocho. Both sides of my family have been civil rights activists since the 1940s. My mother’s family took part in the landmark case Mendez, et al vs. Westminster, et al. in 1946. My father was a Chicano activist in the 1960s and 1970s. From the…
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Smoking Concentrated Marijuana, Known as Dabbing, Is All the Rage
Smoking concentrated marijuana oil is exploding in popularity, with many cases nationwide of amateur chemists experiencing explosions in their homes. Manufacturing and use of the substance comes with risks not seen with “normal” pot: Scorched skin when using the red-hot smoking apparatus is inevitable, aficionados say. Longtime marijuana advocates and…
Cathi Herrod’s Center for Arizona Policy Hates Gays, Abortions, and Likes to Tell Politicians What to Do
Days after Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed businesses to discriminate against gays and others based on a business owner’s “sincerely held” religious beliefs, Cathi Herrod retreated to the studio of a friendly TV talking head: fellow conservative, former pastor, and former presidential candidate Mike…
ASU Real Estate Report: Home-Buyer Demand “Subdued,” but Rental Demand Very Strong
The home-buying market in the Phoenix area is still “quiet,” but the same can’t be said about rentals.According to the monthly real estate report from Arizona State University’s Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, the rental supply in the Phoenix area is at “unusually low levels” due to a…
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Cathi Herrod’s Center for Arizona Policy Hates Gays, Abortions, and Likes to Tell Politicians What to Do
Days after Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed businesses to discriminate against gays and others based on a business owner’s “sincerely held” religious beliefs, Cathi Herrod retreated to the studio of a friendly TV talking head: fellow conservative, former pastor, and former presidential candidate Mike…