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A new state law in the Lone Star State, SB 4, is bringing a lot of comparisons to Arizona’s onerous SB 1070. And with good reason.

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is fundraising via a new 501c4 and his legal defense fund, while he costs us more moolah in Melendres.

Steven Cooper, a veteran who served 18 years in the army, successfully sued the Phoenix VA for failing to diagnose and treat his prostate cancer.

Despite the looming shadow of incoming president Donald Trump, 2016 had some bright spots for Arizona, politically speaking.

Paul Penzone, sheriff-elect of Maricopa County, revealed plans on December 20 for replacing the top leadership of the sheriff’s office with his own team.

In an interview with New Times, Joe Arpaio said one of his “failures” as Maricopa County sheriff was not being able to have a better relationship with the Latino community. His critics are not quick to forget or forgive.

The display cabinet behind the desk of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been cleaned out. The walls of his expansive office on the third floor of the sheriff’s space-agey headquarters at 550 West Jackson Street are bare; photographs and framed awards overlap on the floor, ready to be boxed…

Weeks before the election, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was making plans to resign from office if he were to be reelected — possibly depending on an appointment from Donald Trump or maybe because of his legal problems, New Times has learned. In an interview yesterday, Arpaio denied this. But a…

Latino activists are counting on the new sheriff in town, Paul Penzone, to make changes in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and improve relations with the Latino community.

At the Phoenix Hyatt Regency, amid the euphoria over Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday night, those who gathered for the state GOP’s watch party overlooked key losses to Democrats as if they were mere trifles, rather than the demise of some major Arizona power players. Perhaps this was due to the unexpectedness…

Here are five things to remember about Sheriff Joe Arpaio before you cast your vote on November 8, 2016.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has hired a D.C. firm to ask Judge G. Murray Snow to recuse himself based on a curious legal argument. Arpaio’s critics cry foul.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest campaign commercial offers the best evidence yet that his re-election effort may be foundering like that doomed fishing vessel in The Perfect Storm.  Recent polls have shown Arpaio trailing his Democratic challenger Paul Penzone, sometimes by difficult-to-believe margins — as much as 15 points according to an Arizona…

If recent polls are to be believed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails Democratic challenger Paul Penzone by double digits, signalling the end may be near for the 84 year-old GOP icon, who recently was charged with criminal contempt of court by the U.S. Department of Justice for his obstreperous behavior in…