When Warren H. Stewart Sr. first came to Phoenix nearly 50 years ago from New York City, his plan was to stay for a few years ...

Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham is impeached and ousted by the Senate. He had been indicted by a state grand jury on allegations that he had failed to report a loan from a developer, but he would later ...

Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham is impeached and ousted by the Senate. He had been indicted by a state grand jury on allegations that he had failed to report a loan from a developer, but he would later be ...

On Juneteenth, Donald Trump took to Truth Social with a classic “old man yells at cloud” complaint: Americans get too much time off work.

Ex-Gov. Evan Mecham dies Controversy over King holiday, charges of corruption culminated in his ouster By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Feb 23, 2008 jim davis / arizona daily star 1998 ...

When Republican Gov. Evan Mecham was impeached in 1988, he was followed in office by Democratic Secretary of State Rose Mofford. When Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, stepped down to become ...

After the second attempt, Mecham told the reporters, "It's good of you to be here," and walked out towards the executive office elevators, smiling all the while. Evan Mecham, Sept. 29, 1987: ...

Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to ...

Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham took office in January 1987 after running on the promise that he would rescind MLK Jr. Day, which he did. "You folks don't need another holiday," Mecham once famously said ...

Arizona didn't celebrate Martin Luther King Day until 1993, a decade after it became a federal holiday. Here's how the Super Bowl played a role.

For a long time, Arizona was not always in the political spotlight — or if it was, it was for controversies like former Gov. Evan Mecham, who was impeached and removed from office, or SB 1070 ...