Skip to content
advertisement
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads
Site Logo
Support Us
User Menu
  • Sign Up/Sign In
  • Contribute
  • Contact
Search
Close Search Close Search
  • News
    • Business
    • Courts
    • Crime & Police
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Politics & Government
    • Sports
    • Technology
    • Transportation
    • Weather
  • Marijuana
  • Opinion
    • Community Voice
    • Reader Response
  • Food & Drink
    • Bars & Breweries
    • Openings & Closings
    • Restaurants
    • Shops & Markets
    • Top 100 Bars
    • Top 100 Restaurants
  • Arts & Culture
    • Books
    • Film, TV & Streaming
    • Outdoors & Rec
    • Performing Arts
    • Sex & Dating
    • Travel
    • Valley Life
    • Visual Arts
  • Music
    • Concert Calendar
    • Concerts
    • Critic’s Notebook
    • Features
    • Local Music
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
    • Concert Calendar
  • Best of Phoenix
    • Out now: Best of Phoenix 2025!
    • Cannabis
    • Food & Drink
    • Fun & Games
    • Goods & Services
    • La Vida
    • Megalopolitan Life
    • Nightlife
    • Readers’ Choice
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • About Us
    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact
    • Membership
    • Promotions & Free Stuff
    • Staff
    • Tell Your Story-Sponsored
  • News
    • Business
    • Courts
    • Crime & Police
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Politics & Government
    • Sports
    • Technology
    • Transportation
    • Weather
  • Marijuana
  • Opinion
    • Community Voice
    • Reader Response
  • Food & Drink
    • Bars & Breweries
    • Openings & Closings
    • Restaurants
    • Shops & Markets
    • Top 100 Bars
    • Top 100 Restaurants
  • Arts & Culture
    • Books
    • Film, TV & Streaming
    • Outdoors & Rec
    • Performing Arts
    • Sex & Dating
    • Travel
    • Valley Life
    • Visual Arts
  • Music
    • Concert Calendar
    • Concerts
    • Critic’s Notebook
    • Features
    • Local Music
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
    • Concert Calendar
  • Best of Phoenix
    • Out now: Best of Phoenix 2025!
    • Cannabis
    • Food & Drink
    • Fun & Games
    • Goods & Services
    • La Vida
    • Megalopolitan Life
    • Nightlife
    • Readers’ Choice
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • About Us
    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact
    • Membership
    • Promotions & Free Stuff
    • Staff
    • Tell Your Story-Sponsored
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads

Author

Showing 23 - 44 of 303

Morgan Fischer

Morgan Fischer joined Phoenix New Times as a staff writer in July 2024, covering all things Phoenix and Arizona news. Before joining New Times, Morgan has worked as a national politics intern at The Arizona Republic and as a reporter for News21, among other positions. She holds degrees in journalism and mass communication and political science from Arizona State University, where she also attended Barrett, The Honors College.

Visit My Author Page
monsoon season clouds pass near Apache Junction, Arizona

What new Phoenix rainfall forecast means for end of monsoon season

By Morgan FischerSeptember 3, 2025

Despite the recent storms, this monsoon will still go down as one of the driest ever.

Phoenix taco bus owner pleads guilty to employing undocumented workers

Phoenix taco bus owner pleads guilty to employing undocumented workers

By Morgan FischerAugust 22, 2025

The local business owner’s house and food trucks were raided in early July. Now, he’s pleaded guilty to two charges.

clip art of a kitten in a car

ADOT uses meme cat to explain how not to die in a haboob

By Morgan FischerAugust 22, 2025

“Learned more from these kitty videos than I ever did in Arizona public schools,” one person commented.

a sun peeking through a cactus in the desert

Cities with most 100-degree days? Where Phoenix ranks in U.S.

By Morgan FischerAugust 21, 2025

In the summer in Arizona, 100 degrees is where the temperature gauge starts.

a rural southwestern road with gray clouds above

An Arizona town is at the center of a budding measles outbreak

By Morgan FischerAugust 21, 2025

Measles cases in Mohave County, which has a low vaccination rate, have grown eightfold in one week.

a hand writing 1-2-3-4 on a chalkboard

These high schools were ranked the best in Phoenix

By Morgan FischerAugust 20, 2025

Arizona does little to support public schools, but several of them still rate well, according to U.S. News and World Report.

advertisement
an ai-generated man in a suit speaks to the camera in a "room" with the U.S. and Arizona flags and a TV with the Arizona Supreme Court seal on it

Arizona court explained death penalty ruling with ‘dystopian’ AI video

By Morgan FischerAugust 19, 2025

The Arizona Supreme Court’s “AI reporters” are meant to make decisions more accessible, but they strike some as creepy.

a woman on video chat on a phone

Friends of detained Peoria restaurateur plan last-ditch plea to Trump

By Morgan FischerAugust 15, 2025

Even local GOP chair Lisa Everett wants to stop Kawaii Sushi owner Kelly Yu’s deportation: “We need to bring her home.”

lightning striking behind the silhouettes of saguaro cacti

Map: Which parts of Phoenix had the most rainfall last night?

By Morgan FischerAugust 14, 2025

At long last, the Valley was soaked by a true thunderstorm – though some areas got more rain than others.

a blue van-like car

What’s up with the new blue Waymo vans in Phoenix?

By Morgan FischerAugust 14, 2025

Waymo is testing new robotaxis in the Valley. Eventually, Waymo hopes, they’ll ferry people around – with no steering wheel.

lightning striking in arizona

Phoenix may finally get some monsoon rain this week: What to know

By Morgan FischerAugust 13, 2025

Phoenix is currently on track for the second-driest monsoon ever, but we could get some of that sweet sky water soon.

a man and two women pose for a photo in a restaurant

Peoria restaurateur will be deported to China soon, husband fears

By Morgan FischerAugust 13, 2025

Sushi joint owner Kelly Yu has been in ICE detention since May. Her husband has “lost faith” that she’ll avoid deportation.

advertisement
greg stanton

Stanton wants to join lawsuit against ICE over detention center visits

By Morgan FischerAugust 8, 2025

Several Democrats in Congress are suing ICE over a new rule preventing them from making surprise inspections.

a masked HSI agent with a rifel

Map: Where ICE has been seen in Phoenix so far in 2025

By Morgan FischerAugust 7, 2025

Publicly reported sightings – which represent a fraction of ICE activity – show agents hitting some areas more than others.

A sun in the sky

What’s the hottest August on record in Phoenix?

By Morgan FischerAugust 7, 2025

August in Phoenix has been blistering so far in 2025 and may very well wind up breaking records.

shelli boggs

Far-right schools chief put MAGA ally on downtown Phoenix school board

By Morgan FischerAugust 7, 2025

Shelli Boggs asked applicants about their voter registration before tapping a right-wing operative for an empty board seat.

analise ortiz

State GOP bigwig called the feds on Democrat for posting ICE sighting

By Morgan FischerAugust 5, 2025

Arizona Senate President Warren Peterson is running to be the state’s top cop. Should he maybe learn about freedom of speech?

jasmine crockett speaks into a microphone and points off to her side

9 best Jasmine Crockett zingers from her Phoenix town hall appearance

By Morgan FischerAugust 4, 2025

The feisty Texas Democrat trained her sharp tongue on Donald Trump and Arizona Republicans at an event Sunday.

advertisement
yassamin ansari

Arizona Democrats plan to keep demanding access to ICE facility

By Morgan FischerAugust 4, 2025

“We want to make sure there’s coverage at all times,” said Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari on Sunday.

jake hoffman wearing a "fire hobbs" hat

Bueller? Bueller? These state lawmakers missed the most work in 2025

By Morgan FischerJuly 31, 2025

State legislator is a part-time gig in Arizona. In 2025, some legislators were more part-time than others.

An advertisement for Kratom at a shop in Phoenix

FDA recommends ban of potent 7-OH kratom variant

By Morgan FischerJuly 31, 2025

The synthetic variant is legal and has opioid-like effects. One official called it “a recipe for a public safety disaster.”

an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper speaks to a man in a white shirt and hat

He called 911 after a fender bender. A state trooper called ICE

By Morgan FischerJuly 30, 2025

A green card applicant got uncomfortably close to deportation after he got clipped on the highway earlier this month.

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 14
  • Next
Site Logo

View This Week's Print Issue

Editorial

  • News
  • Food & Drink
  • Arts & Culture
  • Music
  • Things To Do
  • Newsletters

Marketing

  • Advertise With Us
  • Classifieds
  • Promotions & Free Stuff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

More

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact US
  • Flipbook Archive
  • Staff
  • Membership

Voice Media Group

  • Dallas Observer
  • Denver Westword
  • Miami New Times
  • New Times Broward-Palm Beach
  • V Digital Services
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads

Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our terms of use, our cookies policy, and our privacy policy. View our accessibility policy and AI policy. The Phoenix New Times may earn a portion of sales from products & services purchased through links on our site from our affiliate partners. ©2025 Phoenix New Times, LLC. All rights reserved.
Do Not Sell or Share My Information