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Zach Buchanan

Zach Buchanan was news editor for the Phoenix New Times from April 2024-July 2026. He’s worked as a journalist in Phoenix for more than a decade, and is an alum of both The Athletic and the Arizona Republic. He’s a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and has taught as an associate professor at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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No one can find 2 people with possible claims to $12.8M lottery ticket

By Zach BuchananMay 15, 2026

Circle K wants to sort out who owns a $12.8 million-winning ticket. But two people with possible claims have not been found.

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Phoenix fires off-duty cop who tried to bait student protesters

By Zach BuchananMay 14, 2026

Sgt. Dusten Mullen showed up armed and masked at an anti-ICE a student protest in January.

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East Valley measles outbreak grows: Where you may have been exposed

By Zach BuchananMay 13, 2026

The county’s case count has more than doubled in the last month, and the exposure sites are even more numerous.

kari lake

Donald Trump prepares to ship Kari Lake out of the country

By Zach BuchananMay 11, 2026

On Monday, President Donald Trump nominated Kari Lake to be the next Ambassador to Jamaica.

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Jet-skiing teen sues sheriff’s office for running him over with a boat

By Zach BuchananMay 8, 2026

Josh Nieto-Cruz suffered a severe leg wound after a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office boat plowed into him on Bartlett Lake.

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New Phoenix monsoon forecast released: What to expect

By Zach BuchananMay 6, 2026

We had a wet monsoon last year, and this summer has good chances of following suit.

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Judge won’t stop Phoenix from disciplining cop who baited protesters

By Zach BuchananMay 5, 2026

Sgt. Dusten Mullen is being investigated for showing up armed and masked to a student protest in January.

two police officers speak to a masked man near a building

Lieutenant: Phoenix rushed probe on cop who baited teen protesters

By Zach BuchananMay 4, 2026

While off-duty, Phoenix cop Dusten Mullen showed up at a student protest to attempt to bait teenagers into attacking him.

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David Schweikert votes to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits

By Zach BuchananMay 1, 2026

Schweikert was the lone Arizona lawmaker to vote against stripping immunity from pesticide makers. Andy Biggs didn’t vote.

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Tell me lies: Phoenix ranked among ‘most dishonest’ cities in U.S.

By Zach BuchananApril 29, 2026

Catfishing and fraud schemes, that’s what Phoenix does!

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You asked: Did taxpayers foot the bill for Charlie Kirk’s memorial?

By Zach BuchananApril 25, 2026

A New Times reader asked who paid for Charlie Kirk’s massive memorial service at State Farm Stadium last year. We answered.

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Cop who hounded student protesters had glowing performance reviews

By Zach BuchananApril 17, 2026

Dusten Mullen’s bosses raved about him just days before the Phoenix cop allegedly tried to bait students into arrests.

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ruben gallego

No, Ruben Gallego didn’t spend campaign funds on his wedding hotel

By Zach BuchananApril 15, 2026

Sen. Ruben Gallego faces scrutiny over his relationship with disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell. But a report about his use of campaign cash is misleading.

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Arizona among least affordable states in the U.S., new study says

By Zach BuchananApril 14, 2026

To paraphrase a famous political phrase: It’s the housing market, stupid.

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The famous sports figures bankrolling Jay Feely’s run for Congress

By Zach BuchananApril 13, 2026

Charles Barkley dropped $7,000 on Feely’s campaign, and NFL owners have spent more than $70,000.

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Ya don’t say: Measles, RFK Jr. reappear in the Valley at the same time

By Zach BuchananApril 10, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just wrapped up a five-day Arizona swing. At the same time, a new Valley measles case was reported.

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There’s a text scam related to Phoenix’s new speed cameras

By Zach BuchananApril 9, 2026

No, the city does not send out speeding citations by text message.

tyler bowyer

Turning Point gets its ass handed to it in the SRP elections

By Zach BuchananApril 8, 2026

Turning Point invested heavily in a pro-industry slate of candidates for the massive utility, and mostly lost.

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GOP lawmakers sued for barring Latino activists from state legislature

By Zach BuchananApril 8, 2026

In February, LUCHA activists were given bare-bones trespass notices printed on plain white paper without names or signatures.

A sign at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" hosted by Turning Point Action at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix in 2022.

Is Turning Point ‘harvesting’ SRP election ballots? Is that legal?

By Zach BuchananApril 3, 2026

Turning Point volunteers are posing with bunches of SRP election ballots they’ve collected. What does the law say about that?

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The best signs we saw at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Downtown Phoenix

By Zach BuchananMarch 29, 2026

Thousands marched from Downtown Phoenix to the Arizona Capitol on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.

jeannette garcia

MAGA Avondale official sues over now-dismissed kidnapping claim

By Zach BuchananMarch 25, 2026

Jeannette Garcia, who has lobbed some baseless accusations herself, was the subject of an apparently false kidnapping claim

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