Working with a SWAT team responding to an urgent call about a man with a gun, Pointman Tactical suddenly took four bullets and went down. That isn’t as dire as it sounds, though, because Pointman Tactical was merely a robot that a police S.W.A.T. team in Bellevue, Neb., was using in…
In the week after the drama over SB1062, the legislature turned back to the usual routine. The deadline to file bills has already passed, so now the committees in the House and Senate are in the process of going through the bills that have passed through the other. In that spirit the House has been…
PHOENIX — On Tuesday, a bill that would make it legal for the Department of Health Services to do spot-checks on abortion clinics was passed in the House. Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy, who lobbied for the bill and has played a large role in pushing conservative bills through the House and…
On Monday, a bill that would permit the government to construct a “virtual fence” at the border between Arizona and Mexico passed through the Senate Government and Environment committee. The bill would provide $30 million out of the state general pay for the fence. Sen. Bob Worsley (R-Mesa), the sponsor, said he doesn’t trust the…
[Photos by Jade Nunes] SUMMERHAVEN – Despite recent rainfall, prolonged drought brought fears in California about a dangerous and costly wildfire season that could be looming as winter wanes. And here in Summerhaven, the small town that sits at 8,000 feet above Tucson near the summit of Mt. Lemmon, drought and a warm, dry winter…
