More and more Arizona police departments boost budgets by seizing houses, cars and cash. It’s legal but questions arise that it encourages police to capture cash and leaves a muddled trail of money taken from some innocent people and deposited into department expense accounts. Between 2004 and 2014 Arizona police seized $382 million from individuals…
The Bisbee Farmers Market is an eclectic mix of locals and visitors roaming through stands of fresh vegetables, meat, leather goods, painted gourds, and homemade pistachio brittle. A table at the edge of the market is brimming with baskets of green beans, sugar snap peas, carrots, zucchini, peppers, cucumbers and potatoes. Jack Lemons, co-owner of…
PHOENIX — The Legislature didn’t take Monday off for Presidents and worked through Arizona’s post-birthday week and the drama continued this week regarding the “firing” of two top Board of Education officials. The two officials — Christine Thompson, executive director of the Board, and Sabrina Vazquez, assistant executive director — who Superintendent of Public Instruction…
PHOENIX — If you’re driving a particularly pockmarked road in Arizona, you may be able to blame the bumpy ride on the state Legislature. For the past few years, the Legislature has diverted money meant for roads maintenance in order to fund the Arizona Highway Patrol, which cities and counties say is leaving them less…
Elizabeth Pavalon is a normal sized fish swimming in a small pond. As a plus size model living in Tucson, Arizona, Pavalon is attracting a large amount of attention. Pavalon is a pre-business student at the University of Arizona. As a young and beautiful girl that grew up in a small suburb of Chicago, Pavalon…
