As a way to recognize the legacy of Cesar Chavez, Glendale has dedicated a street after the civil rights icon. Glendale officials held a ceremony today where they formally renamed a section of 59th Avenue, from Glendale to Orangewood avenues, to Cesar Chavez Boulevard. The ceremony was held a day after…
Jose Miguel Barboza can’t vote because he is undocumented, but that hasn’t stopped him from getting civically engaged. The 23-year-old has dedicated much of his time over the last few years to registering Latinos to vote and convincing them that their vote matters. Lately, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and…
Beginning today, Arizona residents can replace their driver’s licenses or identification cards with the state’s new voluntary travel identification card that complies with the federal REAL ID Act security requirements. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the card will be needed to access such as airports, restricted federal buildings, and…
New Times blew it, dear readers. In a March 22 article entitled “How to Vote in Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election Today,” it states that voting that day would be “super-easy.” As the whole world now knows, voting in that election in Maricopa County wasn’t “super-easy.” It was a complete cluster-f#$%. If there’s…
Leading Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been competing with each other over who has the toughest stance on immigration. They’ve called for more deportations and aggressive immigration enforcement. But a new survey finds most people in Arizona do not agree with those views. The survey released…
A mysterious box removed from a power pole in Phoenix last week may have been a police surveillance camera, but Salt River Project won’t go into detail about it. Phoenix resident C. O’Brian alerted New Times to the weird “black box” in an e-mail last week and sent along the…
The fallout of last week’s bungled Presidential Preference Election in Arizona continued this week as officials and angry voters packed a hearing at the State Capitol. Many of the voters were among those who spent hours in line last Tuesday waiting to vote. Yesterday, they spent hours giving election officials…
Nicole Galvan has to feed her greyhound June by hand, one kibble at a time, because she only has one tooth. The nonprofit that rescued the dog from a commercial breeding facility where she was kept in a cage just six inches longer than her body had to remove all…
Non-Latino Arizonans have a soft spot for immigrant kids, if a new poll commissioned by a children’s advocacy organization can be believed. According to a telephone survey of voters in six states paid for by the non-profit group First Focus, a majority of non-Latino Arizonans support birthright citizenship and have…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are threatening to sue Maricopa County unless they’re allowed to escape their lease because the county won’t pay for $187 million in Chase Field renovations. In a letter obtained by 12 News (below) that was sent from the county to the team’s executive officer, Derrick Hall, County Supervisor Clint Hickman…
The wait times in Maricopa County for voting in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election varied greatly in some areas, sometimes between nearby polling locations, a county report shows. The sheer scarcity of polling locations was one problem. Where they were located was another. Eighteen of 60 locations — nearly a third —…
Several hundred people, rallying under cries to “boycott racism” and “stand on the side of love,” descended on the Arizona State Capitol to protest a string of legislative proposals they’ve dubbed “anti-immigrant.” Carlos Garcia, director of the migrant rights group Puente Arizona, said he organized the protest, along with a…
Phoenix City Council members have voted to restore prayer at the beginning of their formal meetings, but the invocation will have to be given exclusively by individuals serving as chaplains for the city’s police and fire departments. The vote comes nearly two months after the City Council decided to have…
A group of about 40 people gathered outside of Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell’s Office today, angry at the seven-term Republican politician and demanding change. Some held signs like “Hey Hey Ho Ho Helen Purcell has to go!! Feel the Bern!” and “Stop Voter Suppression.” Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, meanwhile, called…
With less than a month before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over a deportation-relief program for undocumented parents that has been on hold for more than a year, a new study finds Arizona is one of the states with the most U.S. citizens living with family members who’d…
Donald Trump destroyed his competition in the Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election on Tuesday to mixed reviews by some in the Republican Party. The race was called for Trump early in the night even as some voters still waited in line at polling places. The controversial businessman and political outsider had…
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Arizona by a sizable margin tonight, bringing her that much closer to winning the party nomination. She was declared the winner about 30 minutes after polls closed, and as of publication time, has about 60 percent of the vote. Steve Timberman, a spokesman…
Polling places in Maricopa County were swamped with enthusiastic voters today, spurring gripes and a possible election complaint over party identification problems. While some polling spots experienced wait-times as short as 15 minutes during Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election, waits of an hour to 90 minutes to vote were typical. Some…
If you’re not registered as a Democrat, Green Party member or Republican, you’re not voting in today’s election. Independents can relax, take a day off, and see what the partisan voters do. That’s the first thing you need to know about today’s important Presidential Preference Election in Arizona. If you are…
Hillary Clinton may claim she’s not a natural politician, but her rally this afternoon in a Phoenix high school suggests otherwise. From the moment she walked onstage — “This is my fight song” by Rachel Platten booming in the background — the Democratic front-runner brought a genuine, palpable energy into…
Bill Clinton’s voice was characteristically raspy and the acoustics in Phoenix Central High School’s gymnasium were less than ideal, but the former president had little difficultly bringing a thousand cheering Hillary Clinton supporters to their feet. His message was simple: The political gridlock of the status quo is problematic, but…
Each time Bernie Sanders steps in front of a crowd in Arizona, the line between political rally and rock concert gets a bit fuzzier. We didn’t think things could any more electric after the crowd, freaking out like Justin Bieber fan girls, nearly brought down the risers where the Bernie…
