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kris mayes

All 25 lawsuits Kris Mayes has filed against Trump: What to know

By Morgan FischerSeptember 29, 2025

The Arizona attorney general has sued Trump over trying to end birthright citizenship, cut health care funding and more.

the qanon shaman, with a buffalo headdress and red-white-and-blue facepaint

QAnon Shaman says he’s rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion

By TJ L'HeureuxSeptember 26, 2025

In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.

robert warshaw

Judge skipped sheriff compliance meeting due to armed attendees

By Morgan FischerSeptember 12, 2025

Federal Judge G. Murray Snow said he may move the quarterly meetings to federal court to prevent them from becoming a circus.

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a cemetery on a sunny day

Woman says Buckeye cemetery buried another body in her grave site

By TJ L'HeureuxAugust 25, 2025

Nancy Marshall says the city cemetery buried someone else’s corpse in the plot she owns between her late husband and mother.

jessica bueno

Controversial ex-school board leader allegedly ducking lawsuit summons

By Morgan FischerJuly 16, 2025

Jessica Bueno resigned after New Times revealed she bailed out a now-convicted sex offender. She’s being sued in another matter.

a man in a fedora

Ex-guard sues Arizona prison bureau for anti-trans discrimination

By Celina JiménezJuly 15, 2025

Kaden Vitellaro says he quit when he was told he had to announce himself as female whenever he entered a men’s housing unit.

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River Chunnui

Peoria school district settles with trans teacher in harassment suit

By Tori GantzJuly 11, 2025

River Chunnui sued last year, claiming that right-wing school board members tried to get them fired for being trans.

nikki blue

Ex-Mercury head coach accuses team of racial discrimination in lawsuit

By Zach BuchananJuly 7, 2025

Nikki Blue says she was paid less than her white counterparts and wasn’t given a real shot at remaining head coach.

justin heap

MAGA county recorder throws a fit, sues board of supervisors

By Zach BuchananJune 13, 2025

Justin Heap casts himself as a righteous defender of democracy. But even other Republicans seem to think he’s a joke.

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a sign that says "protect oak flat"

Court ruling revives fight to save Oak Flat from mining company

By Wyatt Myskow | Inside Climate NewsJune 10, 2025

The odds of halting the transfer of the Apache holy land to a mining company aren’t great, but they also aren’t zero.

austin smith

Guy who pushed voting fraud bullshit indicted for fake petition signatures

By Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorJune 10, 2025

Ex-GOP state Rep. Austin Smith dropped a reelection bid over claims he faked petition signatures. Now he faces felony charges.

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Phoenix school district didn’t inform parents of sexual abuse settlement

By Morgan FischerMay 29, 2025

Parents found out from public records that the Phoenix Elementary School District settled a sexual abuse lawsuit for $200K.

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Supreme Court rejects lawsuit to save Oak Flat from mining company

By Shondiin Silversmith | Arizona MirrorMay 27, 2025

The decision effectively ends a desperate effort to save the Apache holy land from being destroyed by a two-mile-wide crater.

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How the system failed murdered Indigenous teen Emily Pike

By Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorMay 19, 2025

Emily Pike’s mom learned she was dead via social media, one example of how tribal, county and state systems failed Pike.

a man holds up a sheet of paper surrounded by other people

Tempe drops charge against man it cited for feeding the homeless

By TJ L'HeureuxMay 13, 2025

After a year of ramped-up enforcement against the unhoused and people who help them, is Tempe changing its tune?

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a sign that says "protect oak flat"

Not so fast: Federal judge saves Oak Flat from mining company, for now

By TJ L'HeureuxMay 9, 2025

Oak Flat, the Apache holy land east of Phoenix, sits on a bonanza of copper. A huge mining company wants it.

wendsler nosie sr.

Oak Flat supporters run 70 miles to court for hearing on Apache holy land

By TJ L'HeureuxMay 8, 2025

Apache Stronghold members ran over three days to draw awareness to the mining threat facing the sacred Apache site.

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Whaddya know, the Suns are being sued for discrimination a third time

By Zach BuchananApril 29, 2025

An anonymous ex-employee says she was subjected to sexual harassment, homophobic comments and unequal pay.

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scottsdale mayor lisa borowsky

Scottsdale mayor sues to find out who snitched on her about Parkingate

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 17, 2025

Lisa Borowsky wants to know who complained to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office about her, and she wants to know now.

a woman holds an award while posing for a photo with police

High court slams ex-prosecutor who charged protesters as a fake gang

By Jim Small | Arizona MirrorApril 11, 2025

In 2020, April Sponsel charged protesters as a phony street gang, which the Arizona Supreme Court called “egregious.”

Lukeville, U.S. Mexico border

Immigrant group sues to strike down Arizona’s Secure the Border Act

By Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorApril 3, 2025

Voters approved making illegal border crossings a state crime, but lawmakers didn’t provide funding for enforcing it.

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Who is Lori Vallow Daybell? What to know about the ‘Doomsday Cult Mom’

By Stephen LemonsMarch 31, 2025

Already serving life for murdering her two kids, Lori Vallow Daybell faces trial in Phoenix for her fourth husband’s death.

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