By Matthew Hendley | Phoenix New Times
Surprise of the day: More than half of Arizonans actually trust the state government.
According to a Gallup poll, 57 percent of Arizona residents trust the state government, which seems extraordinarily high, given the circumstances.
Right now, Arizona has the eighth-highest unemployment rates among the 50 states.
Two Arizona lawmakers, Ben Arredondo and Richard Miranda, have been convicted of federal crimes in recent years. Another lawmaker, Scott Bundgaard, got into a fight with his girlfriend on the side of the road, while another lawmaker, Daniel Patterson, was forced out of his job by his fellow lawmakers after being accused of all sorts of weird behavior.
