Governor Doug Ducey announced his choice this week for a new state Department of Economic Security director, hoping to move past one of the biggest debacles his administration has experienced. Michael Trailor, current director of the Arizona Department of Housing, will fill the position left by former DES Director Tim Jeffries.
DPS urges drivers to be courteous over Memorial Day, after three bad roadside wrecks in 24 hours
Former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce and his wife, lobbyist Jim Norton, and developer George Johnson have been indicted by a federal grand jury for an alleged bribery scheme.
Ousted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court this week in a last-chance bid for a jury trial or delay of his upcoming bench trial for criminal contempt.
Blame it on the Muslim ban: Pew Research Center report released this morning says nearly every state in the country saw the number of refugee arrivals drop
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery asked the media on Wednesday to warn parents of an alleged online game called “Blue Whale,” which teens “win” by committing suicide. But there’s no evidence that suicides in the United States have been linked to the game, and reports from Russia about a widespread problem have been largely debunked.
Silent Witness is offering $1,000 reward for information leading to recovery of a stolen $35,000, 4,500-square-foot inflatable obstacle course.
A Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sergeant whose possession of 1,500 IDs helped spur contempt charges for ex-Sheriff Arpaio and his staff claims in a fresh lawsuit that the flap damaged his career.
The city is probably going to end up regretting this decision.
Micah and Laura Etter of Tucson are suing a health care giant in a case that says as much about the state of health care as it does about any possible gaps in the law or a disorder that now afflicts one in 68 American children.
One Phoenix man will get his conviction for marijuana possession overturned after the state’s highest court deemed it to be the result of illegal search.
The city will be the first in Arizona to privatize its jail despite protests. “It was shitty, and we knew it was shitty,” one resident said.
Prosecutors charge murder in man who abandoned quadriplegic fiancee and unborn child
More pro-firearms bills could have passed this year, but Governor Doug Ducey and several GOP lawmakers helped keep them down, a spokesman for a local gun-rights group said.
Phoenix Police explained a highly visible officer-involved shooting of a murder suspect last week in Margaret T. Hance Park.
An Arizona State University student from China faces a federal conspiracy charge for allegedly faking her way into the school by hiring an imposter to take a required English-proficiency test.
The city’s police department is looking to contract with the embattled company now known as CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America.
Blame Donald Trump if you want, but the country’s current problems lie at the feet, uh, make that the zipper, of one man.
No wonder people here insist on being armed.
Unsealed court documents show that Phoenix police have compiled a mound of evidence against Aaron Saucedo, who is charged with nine murders.
Arizona’s only marijuana-legalization effort for 2018 saw its Facebook page, with 24,000 followers, go dark this week for unknown reasons.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy rules records detailing case against Serial Street Shooter suspect should be made public. Names of minors and witnesses to be kept secret, he ruled.
