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Earlier this month, Growers Market told New Times it was shutting down. A lawsuit from the county says that wasn’t true.

Maricopa County is on track to break a 20-year-old evictions filings record. Here’s why things have gotten so bad.

In a lawsuit, Kayleigh Kozak says the Maricopa County attorney gave a sweet deal to the coach who abused her when she was 12.

Two years ago, Goodyear cops rushed into Adam Romero’s home after he stabbed himself in the neck. Then they shot him.

Tami Staas advocates for queer students. She says incoming school board member Sharon Benson tried to get her fired for it.

Video of cops attacking Tyron McAlpin generated national outcry. Now, Phoenix may again pay for the actions of its police.

Austin Davis and Tempe have been crosswise all year over his efforts to feed and aid the unhoused near city parks.

In 2023, Thomas McGinty’s wife called police to report he was trying to kill himself. Mesa police wound up shooting him.

Lake and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, whom she legally admitted to defaming, struck a confidential agreement.

Cory Young copped to a felony for his part in the beating death of Jake Kelly, a gay Phoenix man, then got to head home.

Brandon Robinson’s lawsuit says management at the Arizona air-conditioning staple retaliated against him because he’s Black.

The worst year for evictions in the Valley was in 2005. This year is set to blow that out of the water.

Maricopa County Superior Court database errors gave some voters bogus felony convictions, revoking their voter registrations.

Richer said the former Attorney General misused his office in a 2023 interview. Brnovich recently demanded Richer back it up.

The county attorney’s beau copped in court to anonymously sniping at reporters and politicians who criticized Mitchell on X.

Prosecutors took two months to drop Rebekah Massie’s trespassing charge for criticizing a Surprise official.

Tom Horne and state lawmakers want the Supreme Court to ban transgender girls in sports, a problem they can’t prove exists.

If Kari Lake expected a bombshell to vault her over Ruben Gallego in their Senate race, she got a dud instead.

A conservative news outlet argued records from Ruben and Kate Gallego’s 2017 divorce should be public. A judge agreed.

In footage of Rebekah Massie’s August arrest for criticizing a city official, she and an officer argue about free speech.

In a new filing, Brandon Rafi backs up one claim against suspended lawyer Gil Negrete, while another claim remains shaky.

A group led by a former Donald Trump advisor wants to unmask the 218,000 Arizona voters wrongly registered by a glitch.