In the last decade, the rate of Arizona teens and young adults who have died from drug overdoses has more than doubled. The statistic comes from a new study by the Trust for America’s Health, which looked at the fatal drug overdose rates among people ages 12-25 throughout the country…
In the four months since Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Abdelfattah’s moved from Cairo to Phoenix, he’s had to navigate through all the typical culture shocks, such as new food and new social norms. But perhaps the most jarring thing he’s had to come to terms with is the recent surge in…
Arizona’s Public Integrity Alliance, a conservative nonprofit group largely made up of East Valley Republicans, has helped topple former state Attorney General Tom Horne, targeted the slimy political maneuverings of former state Senate President Russell Pearce and his bumbling brother Lester, and put pressure on ex-Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Susan…
If there was any question about whether Senator John McCain would endorse Republican front-runner Donald Trump now that his long-time BFF Lindsey Graham dropped out of the race, the answer is loud and clear: absolutely not. In the latest back and forth between McCain and Trump, the Arizona Senator called…
Well, 2015 was an exciting year! From the horrific murder-suicide in Tempe Town Lake to the anti-Islam protests and the Salt River Horse drama, Arizona produced quite a few headline-grabbing stories. So get ready to go down memory lane because here’s our roundup of the ones that will always remind…
Two days after comedian Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, the former Alaska governor and one-time vice presidential hopeful shot back with her own impersonation of Fey. Palin plays “Lynn Melon,” a la Fey’s Liz Lemon from theTV show 30 Rock, in a fake…
“We’re not going to let them get away with it,” is the message Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has for a group of Arizona state legislators trying to defund Planned Parenthood. “This is the sort of same old tired playbook we’ve seen nationally from Republicans,’ Clinton’s Director of Women’s Outreach,…
Who says all the good fights happen on Black Friday? With Christmas less than a week away, the benevolent spirit of the season failed to stop a fight from breaking out during a Saturday morning protest at a Phoenix shopping center shared by a Home Depot and a Walmart, near…
Come shop at Walmart and Home Depot, stay for the fisticuffs. That could be the pitch for the shopping center at 37nd Street and Thomas Road in Phoenix, where each chain has a store. Its parking lot has recently been the site of angry confrontations between heavily-armed nativists and a…
One day after filing a response to Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s petition seeking her removal from office, Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Susan Bitter Smith resigned from the powerful regulatory body, effective January 4. In a statement issued today, Bitter Smith, a Republican, defended herself against allegations of a conflict of…
Sometimes it’s hard to tell a master from his students – or a celebrity from his fan boys. While at the Donald Trump rally in Mesa yesterday, a lot of one-liners could be heard from his supporters that sounded as though they came straight from the Republican front-runner’s mouth. So…
The Phoenix City Council voted to approve a city Municipal ID card, which would allow undocumented immigrants and other disenfranchised individuals to obtain proof of identification. The ID card will permit citizens, who have trouble getting a state driver’s license or ID card, the ability to easily obtain city services…
In many ways, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s rally today in Mesa felt a lot like the one he did in Phoenix earlier this year – just on steroids. The message was the same: “We’re going to stop illegal immigration, we’re going to take back trade, take back jobs… We’re…
Uber is offering free rides to new customers in Arizona this holiday season to cut down on DUI crashes, it was announced today. The company joined with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in announcing the program. County Attorney Bill Montgomery said he wants “to leverage Uber’s innovative ride-sharing model to…
Following the damning revelation that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security doesn’t check the social media history of visa applicants as a matter of policy, Arizona Senator John McCain is introducing legislation to change that – albeit with more than a few slights at the president. “Following the tragedy in…
Is Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery the only local politician in the state who spends the public’s money promoting himself — or he just the only one honest enough to admit it? According to a five-year-old state law, local governments are supposed to report what their elected officials spend on…
It’s official: Donald Trump will be in Mesa Wednesday for his second campaign even in metro Phoenix this year. And like his rally in Phoenix this past July, his presence looks set to draw hundreds of protesters. “Donald Trump is coming to Phoenix for a second time, and we don’t want…
A wealthy Tempe attorney has been sentenced to five years’ probation, forced to give up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and stripped of the right to practice law — all because he stole money he didn’t need.
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy,. has called for a “jihad against jihad,” meaning an all-out fight against the extremist ideology that has become identified with the term jihad, an Arabic word that can apply broadly to a personal spiritual struggle on one end…
The Arizona Chapter of the Council on American and Islamic Relations is calling on the FBI to investigate a recent vandalism incident at the Islamic Cultural Center of Phoenix that it believes may be an anti-Islam hate crime. Imraan Siddiqi, CAIR Arizona’s Chairman, says that ICCP employees discovered broken windows…
Without explicitly saying that presidential candidate Donald Trump isn’t welcome in Phoenix, Mayor Greg Stanton essentially said just that when he issued the following statement about the country’s most celebrated— or reviled — political figure. “I hope that Donald Trump does not bring his hateful message of division and intolerance…
The forms have been filed, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ name will now official appear on the state’s Democratic primary election ballot. More than 100 of his local supporters gathered outside of Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan ‘s office Thursday morning as Jose Miranda, campaign coordinator for Arizona for Bernie Sanders,…
