A woman who flew into Sky Harbor International Airport last week brought more than 100 bird eggs with her, according to authorities.A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman says the woman’s journey originated in Kenya, and officers referred her to agriculture inspectors once she landed in Phoenix…
Arizona is joining a growing number of states where legislators are seeking to criminalize so-called “revenge porn.””Revenge porn” typically comes about after nude images are shared, in confidence, with lovers. When a relationship turns sour and one decides to share his or her ex-lover’s nude images with a larger audience,…
Facing both a primary challenge from former Arizona Gaming Director Mark Brnovich and ongoing attacks from fellow Republicans at the Arizona Public Integrity Alliance, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is seeking settlements in two intertwined civil actions involving his alleged wrongdoings in office and on the campaign trail. The first…
Trampoline-park operators would have to jump through regulatory hoops in Arizona if a bipartisan group of lawmakers have their way. The new bill follows lobbying efforts by the parents of a Valley man who died in 2012 at SkyPark, a Phoenix indoor trampoline center…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said Manuel Orosco Longoria, a 40-year-old Mesa resident, was shot and killed on January 14 after apparently reaching for a gun.Video of the incident belies Babeu’s statement — Longoria had his arms straight up in the air at the moment he was shot…
A group of 36 Republican Arizona lawmakers and one Democrat have signed a resolution supporting nullification of all Environmental Protection Agency rules. The move comes just weeks after a chemical spill in Elk River, West Virginia, spoiled the water supply of 300,000 people, in part due to lax oversight of…
Women’s-health experts have issued guidelines that allow women to chose the option of a medicated abortion at up to nine weeks of pregnancy, but Arizona doctors won’t be able to follow the protocol anymore.The Arizona Department of Health Services released new rules to comply with House Bill 2036, signed by…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and local Reverend Jarrett Maupin both have asked that ASU not expel students who attended an “MLK Black Party” hosted last week by fraternity members.The ACLU has chimed in saying the students’ actions are protected under the First Amendment, while Maupin, in a…
J.P. Holyoak cuts an intense presence as he prepares to guide news media members and a couple of local state representatives through his medical-marijuana cultivation facility. He appears even more stressed than the average late-30s man with three kids should be. Standing outside the nondescript brick-and-concrete industrial building in a…
Many Republican lawmakers are backing a bill that would prevent churches or ministers from getting “forced” to have anything to do with gay marriages.Although the Arizona Constitution effectively bans gay marriages in the state, this is proposed in case the situation changes. The bill, House Bill 2481, is the second…
Even the most casual observers know an Arizona State University fraternity’s “MLK Black Party” isn’t the first ASU fraternity party to face public scrutiny.Check out 10 of the worst parties involving ASU fraternity members, which includes events not officially sanctioned by the frats:…
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:…
On Saturday, January 25, both the Republican and Democratic state parties have their mandatory meetings, where state committee members sometimes get to vote on meaningless and often downright wacky resolutions Sand Land Republicans, of course, can out-wack their Democratic colleagues any day of the week, and they have the scary…
Miriam Mendiola-Martinez, an undocumented immigrant who was shackled during her pregnancy after an arrest, has lost her lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. U.S. District Judge David Campbell has ruled that Mendiola-Martinez was indeed restrained at times before and just after giving birth in 2009 but that her treatment…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he’s a patriot for putting 38 inmates on a bread-and-water diet for defacing American flag stickers.Arpaio announced his publicity stunt of putting the stickers in each cell in November, as part of what he called a “patriotic theme” at county jails, which also includes daily…
Arizona State University administrators have permanently revoked the recognition of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) as a fraternity, due to its “MLK Black Party” earlier this week.”This action has been taken after TKE was placed on probation in 2012,” a statement from the University says. “TKE was suspended January 20, 2014…
A bill backed by 22 legislators aims to prevent Arizona cities from prohibiting chickens in residential neighborhoods, ruffling a few feathers across the state.At first glance, the most interesting thing about Senate Bill 1151 appears to be the unlimited potential of bad puns. However, the bill proposed by Republican Senator…
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, each of our alleged offenders has…
Amid all the outrage over ASU fraternity brothers having an “MLK Black Party,” where white students mocked black people to go along with the party’s theme, there is one person who’s defending the students who hosted the party.Michael Meyers, who’s black and the head of the New York Civil Rights…
Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a business owner as a result of its workplace raids — for the very first time.Almost all the 70-plus such raids carried out by MCSO have resulted only in roundups of undocumented immigrants. Now, months after deputies raided several Uncle Sam’s…
A Greyhound bus crashed this morning outside Phoenix after one of the passengers attacked the driver, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.DPS Officer Carrick Cook said 24 people were hospitalized…
Long gone are the days of Prada socialism, hearting Ralph Nader, and pagan spiraling for Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema. As noted in a recent Washington Post report, Sinema’s attempt to reinvent herself as a centrist, which began before she left the state Legislature, is now complete, as she has been…
