How will 2025 rank among hottest Phoenix years on record?
If the year ended today, 2025 would be just shy of record-breaking.
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Phoenix City Council candidate says ‘homeless belong in jail’
Matt Evans is running for a north Phoenix city council district. Comments like the one he made Tuesday won’t help.
‘Gas station heroin’: Mayes wants stronger kratom laws in Arizona
Kratom is easy to get in Arizona. Kris Mayes wants to change that by beefing up state law.
Phoenix has a lower cost of living than these 3 suburbs
Escaping to the suburbs is how many people score bigger homes and lower prices. Not necessarily in these ones, though.
Chandler data center project will use ‘unknown’ amount of water
Backers of the project originally requested the ability to use more than 100 million gallons of water a year, emails show.
Everyone who was killed by Phoenix cops in 2025
Phoenix police shot and killed 14 people in 2024. Eleven people have died after police encounters so far this year.
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Arizona got another ‘F’ on its gun safety report card. Why it failed
More than 1,400 Arizonans died after being shot in 2023, and there’s little appetite to make guns harder to obtain.
Horne one step closer in crusade to eradicate diversity from schools
The Arizona Board of Education voted to explore removing anything that’s so-called “DEI” from state teaching standards.
People are fleeing Arizona for other states, new study says
A state of transplants? Maybe, but not as much as it used to be.
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Are Scottsdale drivers the worst in the Valley? Locals debate
On the Scottsdale subreddit, users shared horror stories of traveling the suburb’s roadways alongside snowbirds.
Rep. Grijalva says ICE pepper-sprayed her at Tucson taco shop
Tucson Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ICE pushed and pepper-sprayed her during a raid on the restaurant Taco Giro.
Video: Gilbert teen swiftly arrested after epic bike stunt
A viral video shows Sam Campbell clearing a wide residential street — but not escaping the law.
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Is the Northern Arizona measles outbreak finally petering out?
Arizona reported only three new cases this week in the country’s second-largest measles outbreak. Is the end near?
Parents group outraged that Phoenix school played ‘Pink Pony Club’
The song has been everywhere for the past two years, but heaven forbid sixth-graders play a “boomwhackers” version.
Goodyear police are using AI for suspect sketches. Experts have doubts
The Goodyear Police Department has “enhanced” police sketches with ChatGPT on two occasions. Neither has led to an arrest.
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Sheriff considered request to house ICE detainees in county jails
Emails show Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan had at least preliminary discussions with immigration authorities.
NAU removes student art print depicting Charlie Kirk’s murder
The school, which faced backlash from right-wingers on social media, said the print was part of a “temporary, student-selected” art exhibit.
Bustling Phoenix suburb named biggest ‘boomtown’ in Arizona
The East Valley town had roughly 4,000 residents at the turn of the millennium. Now it’s a hot spot to live.
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Kyrsten Sinema is getting paid to push for a Chandler data center
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
Do Arizonans want to ban kratom? What a new survey reveals
Kratom is widely available in gas stations and smoke shops, though the Mayo Clinic calls it unsafe and ineffective.
More Arizona children are dying from preventable diseases
A state health department report offers hints that Arizona’s lagging vaccination rates are becoming more deadly.
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Ruben Gallego blasts Kari Lake and her ‘simple mind’ in Twitter fight
Kari Lake just can’t let go of her 2024 election loss, and Ruben Gallego isn’t above some social media sniping.