If you’re driving from Phoenix to Las Vegas or Kingman this weekend, beware — the Arizona Department of Public Safety is bringing out the airplane to catch speeders.According to DPS, the plane will be cruising U.S. Route 93, and the Highway Patrol officers on the ground will be along the…
Single this Valentine’s Day? No worries: According to Facebook, Phoenix is one of the top cities to find a relationship. Facebook’s researchers analyzed the 48 best and worst cities for love based on the amount of people who changed their relationship status from “single” to “in a relationship” and vice…
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, we found some people you probably…
Jodi Arias doesn’t want her new jury to know what she thinks of her lawyer, or about a former cellmate who claims Arias wants prosecutor Juan Martinez killed. Two motions filed in Maricopa County Superior Court today ask Judge Sherry Stephens to stop the information from coming out in the…
If you’ve ever wanted to have more participation in the “meth lab of democracy,” then you’re in luck.State officials launched a website today (azvoices.gov) that allows voters to make “respectful” comments on pending legislation and even float their own ideas…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne looked so peaceful during his testimony Wednesday afternoon that if someone told me he’d done a bong hit during lunch, I’d have to consider the possibility. It was a marked change from the rest of the hearing into his, um, alleged campaign finance shenanigans, which…
How cute. The annual International UFO Congress will take place over the next few days at a small conference center at the Radisson Fort McDowell hotel in the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Self-described alien abductees and experts on UFOs, aliens, sasquatches, and crop circles are part of the lineup of…
Here’s some advice from John Huppenthal, Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction: You should find out if you can send your kids to private school on the state’s dime.That’s what the state’s schools chief is saying in robocalls to people in certain areas around Phoenix and Tucson encouraging them to check…
Congressman Raul Grijalva, a southern Arizona Democrat, has joined 17 other congressmen in asking that President Obama to help reclassify marijuana in the federal drug “scheduling.”Marijuana is a Schedule I substance at the federal level, which the Justice Department describes as the “most dangerous” drugs that have “no currently accepted…
Arizona Senate President is pushing for an external audit of Child Protective Services.The proposed audit is just the latest attempt at reforming the agency, which simply shelved thousands of allegations of child abuse and neglect because of large caseloads…
I know an 18-year-old getting deported from the United States. He has been here since he was 5 years old. His entire family is here and undocumented. He grew up in juvenile halls and committed a felony as soon as he turned 18. Will he be deported for sure or…
The meteor blast over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15, 2013, broke windows, temporarily blinded and injured people, and spread tons of rocky debris over a wide area. It was a heaven-sent marketing coup for asteroid wonks. Dante Lauretta, Tucson father, University of Arizona professor, and principal investigator (a.k.a. “boss”) of…
Day one of an administrative hearing into alleged campaign-finance shenanigans by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne found Phoenix attorney Buddy Rake’s genteel Texas drawl dipping in and out of the Federal Election Commission’s definition of what constitutes illegal “coordination” by a candidate. That’s what Horne is alleged to have done…
The Internet makes so many things so incredibly easy.For one, you can, with the click of a button, see where your state-level elected officials get their money…
Despite what the state Republican party says, not every Republican voter in Arizona is grabbing a torch and pitchfork to go after U.S. Senator John McCain.Although the state GOP censured McCain last month, poll results released today suggest that Republicans don’t hate McCain all that much…
The city of Phoenix announced the names of the four finalists for the job of city manager.Two of them are veterans of Phoenix City Hall, while the other two are out-of-towners…
Day one of an administrative hearing into alleged campaign-finance shenanigans by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne found Phoenix attorney Buddy Rake’s genteel Texas drawl dipping in and out of the Federal Election Commission’s definition of what constitutes illegal “coordination” by a candidate. That’s what Horne is alleged to have done…
A controversial bill that would separate livestock abuse from other forms of animal cruelty moved through the House Agriculture and Water Committee Tuesday.House Bill 2587 has generated backlash from organizations ranging from animal-rights groups to Sheriff Joe Arpaio since its introduction. At the public hearing, private citizens and representatives from…
Maria Brandon’s federal wrongful-firing complaint is a messy leftover of years of infighting among Maricopa County officials. But unlike lawsuits that have resulted in millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded settlement payouts to former county leaders and judges, this one’s gone to trial. The veteran lawyer accuses her former bosses at…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines Tuesday by calling on states to repeal laws that keep felons from voting after they’ve finished their sentences.One Arizona Democrat already introduced a related proposal several weeks ago, but it hasn’t seen any action at the Legislature…
A group of activists brought a toilet to the state Capitol today as an “award” for Republican Representative Carl Seel.Seel’s assistant at the House of Representatives refused to accept the award, which Citizens for a Better Arizona brought in response to Seel’s introduction of a bill that would make it…
Perhaps rule number one of Internet use is, “Don’t feed the trolls.”However, sometimes those trolls are too disgusting too ignore. Such is the case when news broke today that former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is writing a book on gun control.We checked out people’s reactions to the story on about…
