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Afternoon aerial view of suburban homes in Surprise
Earlier this month, Surprise police warned against firing guns in a desert area of the city. They recently arrested eight people for shooting near McMicken Dam.
Nov. 23, 2023
Peoria City Hall
The city of Peoria is taking the first steps toward establishing an aviation unit for its first responders.
Nov. 22, 2023
Tony Navarrete
Former state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete faces a retrial for sexual crime against children, after the first attempt at prosecution ended in a mistrial.
Nov. 21, 2023
gavel in a courtroom
The government has moved forward with a plea agreement in its prosecution of James Matison, the former program director of the conservation nonprofit WildEarth Guardians.
Nov. 20, 2023
The Zone in Phoenix
Earlier this month, the City of Phoenix cleared the last blocks of what used to be its largest homeless encampment near downtown, known as the ‘Zone.’
Nov. 20, 2023
Construction crews work to erect levee wall system in a remote area south of Weslaco
The Texas legislature has passed a controversial immigration measure that many are equating to Arizona’s SB1070. The backlash has been swift, and now Mexico’s government says it “categorically rejects” the new Texas law.
Nov. 20, 2023
A view of the border wall near Yuma
Over 100 teenagers have been arrested in Cochise County over the last 18 months for attempting to smuggle immigrants across the border.
Nov. 19, 2023
banner health sign
A Maricopa County jury has awarded over $31 million in what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Arizona history. The lawsuit was filed against Banner Health over a 2014 birth that left a newborn with brain damage.
Nov. 18, 2023
People speak and hold signs at a press event
Tohono O’odham tribal member Raymond Mattia was shot nine times outside his home in the tribal community of Menagers Dam, about a mile from the border, in May.
Nov. 18, 2023
gavel in front of a statue of the scales of justice
An Arizona couple accused of defrauding the state’s Medicaid system out of millions of dollars were arrested in California this month on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
Nov. 18, 2023
GCU signs on campus with palm trees behind
The nation's largest Christian university says it's fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs.
Nov. 16, 2023
CBP
CBP data shows some 240,000 people were encountered along the border in October. That’s down from almost 270,000 in September, and a month-by-month increase since July.
Nov. 15, 2023
Border wall water bottle
A new report from the border advocacy group No More Deaths alleges 911 dispatchers in Pima County are failing to help lost migrants in Arizona's vast desert borderland.
Nov. 14, 2023
Phoenix’s program offering free naloxone kits is so popular, the city’s public health director wants to double its supply. She said her office will ask the City Council to approve 6,000 more kits, estimated to cost $300,000.
Nov. 14, 2023
Looking at a gavel on the judge's bench into the courtroom
Ryan Schlesinger faces life in prison for the second-degree murder conviction. He was also convicted on three counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault on a federal officer and an additional five counts of discharging a firearm while committing a violent crime.
Nov. 14, 2023
Border wall east of Douglas, Arizona
A new report from the advocacy group Human Rights Watch says policies in the U.S. and other countries have led to a sharp rise in activity along a dangerous border crossing between South and Central America.
Nov. 14, 2023
police crime tape
The Show spoke with Sam Kmack of the Arizona Republic about a report from two years ago detailing insufficiencies in the Tempe Police Department.
Nov. 14, 2023
Martha McSally in 2020
Former U.S. Sen. Martha McSally says she was assaulted while jogging along the Missouri River in Iowa on Wednesday morning.
Nov. 10, 2023
prison cells at Arizona State Prison Complex
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry took a step on Thursday towards increasing inmate health care rates to comply with a court order.
Nov. 9, 2023
gavel in a courtroom
The Arizona Supreme Court has refused to fast track a case seeking to change the way Arizonans vote to retain judges on the Arizona Court of Appeals. The Goldwater Institute was seeking to put all appeals court judges up for retention on a statewide ballot.
More Arizona politics news
Nov. 9, 2023

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