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Documents: Stringer voiced ugly views on child sex, minorities, poor people
Summaries of interviews and documents provided to the House Ethics Committee that were made public Wednesday paint a vivid picture of former Rep. David Stringer as someone who frequently made comments denigrating minorities and poor people, disliked Mormons and didn’t believe child sex-trafficking either existed or damaged the victims.
Wage hikes promised by McSally, GOP, haven’t materialized, but stock buybacks have boomed
Rather than invest in their workforce through new hiring and raising wages, a new report shows that U.S. corporations have bought back a record $1 trillion of their own stock in the 15 months since Republican members of Arizona’s congressional delegation cast votes for the GOP’s tax plan. Arizona Republican Reps. Andy Biggs, Trent Franks, […]
Benson cartoons find a new home at the Arizona Mirror
Gannett's loss is the Mirror's gain: Announcing legendary cartoonist Steve Benson will be published twice a week by the Mirror.
Stringer faced charges of paying for sex with intellectually disabled boy
Former Rep. David Stringer faced charges alleging that he had repeated sexual contact with two boys aged 15 and younger, including one who was intellectually disabled, according to Baltimore police records released Friday by the House Ethics Committee.
Rep. Stringer, facing ethics inquest for sex crime and racist remarks, resigns
Embattled Rep. David Stringer has resigned his legislative office, the House of Representatives announced late Wednesday afternoon. Stringer was facing an Ethics Committee investigation into two complaints filed against him this year. One related to his arrest in 1983 on sex crime charges in Baltimore, the other also included several racist remarks Stringer had made […]
Republicans boast about K-12 funding, but the numbers put the lie to their claims
Some legislative Republicans are slapping themselves on the back hard enough to give each other injuries as they crow about the great state of K-12 funding.
Tracking extremism in Arizona
Law enforcement may not have been tracking the growth of white extremist groups or their activities, but others have been.
Lawmakers should make following the money easy for procurement contracts
Arizona has taken some good steps toward government transparency in recent years, but none would inform taxpayers more than creating a centralized searchable database for all contracts awarded by every governmental entity in the state. While the state operates an online database of contracts for state agencies, there is no such clearinghouse for contracts awarded […]
The data proves the partisan reason for GOP attempts to limit early voting
I’m sure it’s purely coincidental that Republicans are suddenly agitating about needing to protect the integrity of the elections. Surely, they aren’t more concerned about protecting the electoral power they have historically held in Arizona.
State Bar: Top MariCo prosecutor leaked secret information, lied, sexually harassed underlings
The State Bar of Arizona has filed a formal complaint against star Maricopa County prosecutor Juan Martinez, alleging that he leaked confidential information during the murder trial of Jodi Arias, lied to Bar investigators and frequently sexually harassed women employees in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Arizona should be ashamed that heavily minority districts are being shorted $129M
Arizona actually notched the highest ranking in a new national study of school districts. Unfortunately, it is cause for embarrassment instead of celebration
Arizona income tax credits are 93,000% larger for companies than individuals
If you’ve ever wanted proof that Arizona’s tax laws are skewed in the favor of businesses and not individuals, here it is: The average income tax credit claimed by corporations is 93,286% larger than the average income tax credit claimed by individuals.