Politics & Government

Confusion. Heated tempers. Hazmat suits. Our photo essay documents the city dismantling the first block of the Zone.

“We all know there aren’t enough places for us to go.”

Hundreds of people live in the Zone. Only dozens of shelter beds are available once they are evicted.

A new apartment complex promises “attainable” rents. But will it be affordable?

The governor declared war on homemade tamales. Food vendors in Arizona are steamed.

Mayor Kate Gallego looks to the future in State of the City address. Activists say she’s ignoring today.

“The first 100 days are just the beginning. There is so much more to do.”

A Maricopa County judge gives more protections to dinosaur sculptures than the unsheltered people he is forcing out.

Phoenix residents in three mobile home parks will benefit from a new law signed by Governor Katie Hobbs.

Governor Katie Hobbs talks with us about all those vetoes, GOP legislation and blocking out the political noise.

The U.S. Capitol rioter could be roaming the streets of his hometown Phoenix as soon as May.

A judge blasted the city for “enticing” people to “the Zone’s drugs, sex, and lack of societal rules.”

The evictions of more than 100 families could start as soon as Saturday.

Tears were shed. Conspiracies were floated. Grievances were aired.

Three Phoenix City Councilmembers offered four ways to help during an emotional meeting on Monday.

Not even advice from their own attorney kept Republicans on the Senate Rules Committee from approving a trio of bills targeting LGBTQ people.

A group of Arizona’s headline-grabbing right-wing lawmakers made it clear that they plan to fight to restrict abortions in the state.

“Let’s get angry.” Black civic leaders want the Tempe City Council to reverse course and once again pursue a ban on the sale of flavored nicotine products.

In yet another step in the Arizona GOP’s rush to criminalize drag, a pair of anti-LGBTQ bills passed Senate committees on February 16.

Republicans in the Arizona Senate are one step closer to banning books that “promote gender pronouns” and banning trans students from school bathrooms.

If you haven’t had your catalytic converter swiped from your car around metro Phoenix recently, you probably know someone who has. A new bill in the Arizona Senate would make this a felony.

Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would prohibit public money from being used to pay for “drag shows targeting minors” in Arizona.