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Arizona voters will get to decide whether smoking in bars and restaurants should be banned statewide, now that elections officials have validated enough signatures to place Proposition 201 on the ballot in November.
Police said Friday that two men captured at a gated apartment complex are responsible for a string of apparently random late-night killings that have terrorized residents across this sprawling city for months.
A former Valley schoolteacher who claimed self-defense was sentenced to the minimum 10 years in prison for the shooting death of another man on a forest trail north of Payson 2 years ago. But could be granted a new trial by the end of the year depend
As they race to meet the needs of rapidly growing populations, cities statewide are bumping up against restrictions on how much they can borrow to fund transportation and public-safety projects. They are like teenagers who have maxed out their credit
A federal magistrate has approved an agreement that will give the public access to records of state police traffic stops — records that will show if motorists are being stopped, detained and searched based on their race.
Federal, state and local authorities across the country are targeting possible cases of public corruption, digging with more fervor into public officials' affairs. From a Tempe City Council member and a Maricopa County schools chief to a former P
Maricopa County's jury- selection process, which uses computer programs to increase the likelihood that you will be summoned to a court close to home, is being challenged by attorneys who claim it may be unconstitutional.
Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools Sandra Dowling picked the public’s least popular option (2 signatures) out of three ideas (one with 220 supporting signatures) to fit residents of the rural north East Valley into a school district.
Early in the evening of April 22, 2004, a heavily armored vehicle in the trailing half of a split platoon came under attack from enemy fire in the rugged mountainous terrain of southeastern Afghanistan. Soldiers in a Humvee opened fire in retaliation
The fact that Kinder Morgan spends millions per year in advertising around Phoenix might have something to do with why Phoenix news agencies routinely run out of gas.
Maricopa County Jail inmates convicted or cleared of human-smuggling charges and presumed to be undocumented were allowed to walk out of jail without being removed from the country because of a spat over jurisdiction between the Sheriff's Office
3 of the 4 Republican gubernatorial challengers are missing the 1 thing that is essential to reach voters distracted by everyday life: campaign cash. Combined, the 3 candidates have less than $11,000 in their campaign coffers, a paltry amount just th
David Nolan came to Tucson a year ago to "ease into retirement," but he allowed for just one little diversion before kicking back with a good book. He launched a Libertarian bid for one of the most hotly contested seats in the U.S. House of
As the Israeli government continues bombing throughout Lebanon in response to Hezbollah’s seizure of two Israeli soldiers and rocket attacks upon Israeli cities, it may be helpful to recall prior Israeli invasions and attacks on Lebanon.
A proposal to award $1 million in every general election to one lucky resident, chosen by lottery, simply for voting — no matter for whom — has qualified for the November ballot. Mark Osterloh, a political gadfly who is behind the initiative, the
Political organizations from across the country are spending millions of dollars in Arizona this year to push their ballot proposals in the November election.
Goodyear resident Lawrence Pargo, 26, pleaded not guilty following his May 21 drive on Loop 101 that city officials said reached speeds up to 147 mph. Some car enthusiasts doubted the accuracy of Scottsdale’s freeway photo enforcement program, saying
Until last month, Ajo Al's was a remarkable success story: a thriving family-owned business. Then came the charges from Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas who told an assembly of TV cameras, reporters and radio microphones that the restaurant
James Mullins, the convicted felon who confessed to the shooting death of a Scottsdale stripper, has recanted his confession. Phoenix police have reported "indisputable forensic evidence" that links the slaying to the Baseline Rapist, a ser
Several hundred protesters in downtown Phoenix criticized Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricipa County Attorney Andrew Thomas for using a new state law as a tool to charge illegal immigrants with conspiracy to commit human smuggling.
Scottsdale officials said this week they will investigate an area homebuilder’s allegation that he was warned by a city employee not to complain to the City Council about a sewer line project. "I was told if I raised opposition to this I would b
The jury sympathized with Javier Ruiz Lopez for trying to come to the US to support his family in Mexico. But the minute the 33-year-old taxi driver and gardener agreed to drive a van carrying more than 20 people through the desert, he became an appr
Three Phoenix police officers accused of roughhousing prisoners at Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail have been indicted on charges of aggravated assault. Colebeck and Price were suspected of using excessive force on a prisoner Nov. 11 inside t
Marisela Trimm has become "real paranoid." She almost never goes out alone anymore, day or night, not even to the grocery store. If she absolutely has to, and her husband isn't home, she'll call her neighbor to make sure she gets
Opponents of a same-sex marriage ban initiative filed suit in Maricopa County Superior Court, saying the initiative is unconstitutional. Representatives of Arizona Together argue that the initiative asks voters to decide on two separate issues tha
One of Scottsdale’s two strip clubs is alleging that at least some City Council members ordered a police investigation last year that led to the filing of criminal charges against club employees. Skin Cabaret want to get depositions from Mayor Mary M
These anomalies at district schools and charter schools have prompted the Arizona Department of Education, which released the high-stakes test results today, to demand that the testing company review how the writing tests in all grades were scored.
Robin Schamber, women's basketball coach at Mesa Community College, will be in the stands this week at the Native American Basketball Invitational tournament in Phoenix. She signed two players to her team who played in last year's tourname
Maricopa County’s top school official said Monday that accusations of criminal misconduct have destroyed her reputation — and she wants $22 million to make up for it. County Superintendent of Schools Sandra Dowling is charging that officials from va
The state's first trial charging illegal immigrants with conspiracy to commit human smuggling may come to an abrupt end for lack of evidence. Prosecutors and defense attorneys traded arguments in the trial of one Mexican national accused of being
