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Katya Schwenk

Katya Schwenk was a staff writer for Phoenix New Times from August 2021 to August 2023. Originally from Burlington, Vermont, she covered issues ranging from policing to far-right politics here in Phoenix. She has worked as a breaking news correspondent in Rabat, Morocco, for Morocco World News, a government technology reporter for Scoop News Group in Washington, D.C., and a local reporter in Vermont for VTDigger. Her freelance work has been published in Business Insider, the Intercept, and the American Prospect, among other places.

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Judge Won’t Stop Secret Negotiations Over New Phoenix Police Contract

By Katya SchwenkApril 7, 2023

“What the city is trying to do is conduct one of the most important negotiations in the city behind closed doors and out of public view.”

Arizona Boosts Financial Aid to Mobile Home Owners Facing Eviction

By Katya SchwenkApril 5, 2023

Phoenix residents in three mobile home parks will benefit from a new law signed by Governor Katie Hobbs.

Phoenix Police Kill Elderly Man in Latest Officer Shooting

By Katya SchwenkApril 4, 2023

Police have killed eight men so far in 2023, ranging in age from 36 to 76.

QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley Is Out of Prison and in an Arizona Halfway House

By Katya SchwenkMarch 30, 2023

The U.S. Capitol rioter could be roaming the streets of his hometown Phoenix as soon as May.

Lies, DUIs and TikTok: 17 Arizona Cops Investigated for Bad Behavior in 2023

By Katya SchwenkMarch 29, 2023

Excessive force, DUI and reckless driving among the most popular offenses by officers.

Judge Orders Phoenix to Purge Massive Homeless Encampment in Biting Ruling

Judge Orders Phoenix to Purge Massive Homeless Encampment in Biting Ruling

By Katya SchwenkMarch 28, 2023

A judge blasted the city for “enticing” people to “the Zone’s drugs, sex, and lack of societal rules.”

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‘I’m Being Displaced’: Phoenix City Council Fails to Stop Evictions at Three Trailer Parks

By Katya SchwenkMarch 28, 2023

The evictions of more than 100 families could start as soon as Saturday.

Rachel Mitchell Wants Arizona to Execute Aaron Gunches

By Katya SchwenkMarch 22, 2023

Governor Katie Hobbs wants Arizona to pause executions. Maricopa County’s top prosecutor says not so fast.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Not in Glendale

By Katya SchwenkMarch 16, 2023

The Super Bowl city fined a panhandler $225.

Phoenix Police Have Killed Seven People So Far in 2023

By Katya SchwenkMarch 14, 2023

Police release new details about two deaths in February. Officers killed two more people in March.

Mobile Home Park Residents Plead for Phoenix to Stop Evictions

By Katya SchwenkMarch 9, 2023

Three Phoenix City Councilmembers offered four ways to help during an emotional meeting on Monday.

Phoenix Faces Two Lawsuits Over Secret Police Union Contract Talks

By Katya SchwenkMarch 7, 2023

Two lawsuits hope to lift the veil of secrecy over the city’s contract negotiations with a police union.

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Phoenix Police Knelt on Man Who Died During Arrest; Agency’s 2023 Death Toll Reaches 6

By Katya SchwenkMarch 3, 2023

The deaths by Phoenix police officers include three shootings in four days.

Two Years Later, Phoenix Fails to Expand Mental Health Crisis Response Program

By Katya SchwenkMarch 2, 2023

Two years and $15 million later, the city of Phoenix fails to expand its mental health crisis intervention program.

Arizona’s Right-Wing Lawmakers Rally Against ‘Evil’ of Abortion Rights

By Katya SchwenkMarch 1, 2023

A group of Arizona’s headline-grabbing right-wing lawmakers made it clear that they plan to fight to restrict abortions in the state.

Man Attacked by Goodyear Police Dog During Arrest Sues for $5 Million

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 22, 2023

In November, Goodyear police officers broke down Marshun Neeley’s front door and restrained him on the ground with handcuffs as a police dog bit his leg.

‘Extreme Indifference to Human Life’: Family of Man Killed by Phoenix Police Sues

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 21, 2023

Two of the officers involved in the shooting of Ali Osman, who threw rocks at a patrol car, have since been promoted

Glendale Tweaks Panhandling Ban After Criticism But Still Plans to Enforce It

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 20, 2023

Asking for money on the street is now largely illegal in Glendale – and multiple offenses may be punishable with six months of jail time.

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Meet the ‘Cow Guy’: Gail Palmer Is Fighting Grand Canyon University to Keep His Land

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 17, 2023

Gail Palmer has a cow pasture in the middle of Grand Canyon University’s campus. And he’s determined not to give it up.

Pepperballed and Prosecuted: How Arizona’s Prison Healthcare Failed Bruce Beekman

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 16, 2023

How could a man with no history of violence and housed in a mental health ward in an Arizona prison, be prosecuted for splashing sink water on a prison guard?

NFL Players Rally with Phoenix Starbucks Baristas Over Union Busting

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 14, 2023

NFL players stood beside Starbucks baristas, the day before the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philidelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, chanting into bullhorns and holding banners.

Civil Rights Advocates Protest Focus of Super Bowl Spike in Police Activity

By Katya SchwenkFebruary 10, 2023

The focus by Phoenix and Glendale police on human trafficking and panhandling ahead of the Super Bowl has some civil rights activists concerned.

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