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protesters hold signs in front of tempe city hall

Activists push petition to repeal divisive Tempe parks ordinance

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 9, 2025

Critics say the ordinance targets groups helping the unhoused. They now hope to put a repeal measure before voters.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes

Kris Mayes says it’s ‘bullshit’ that ICE agents wear masks

By Morgan FischerJuly 8, 2025

Masked agents are abducting people left and right. “Real lawmen and women don’t wear masks,” the Arizona attorney general said.

a woman with close-cropped hair and glasses in a selfie

Phoenix woman with leukemia getting sicker in ICE lockup, partner says

By Morgan FischerJuly 3, 2025

Sonia Almaraz says Arbella “Yari” Rodríguez Márquez has lost 55 pounds since February, when Border Patrol arrested her.

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Katie Hobbs

All 174 bills Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed in 2025, and why

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 2, 2025

Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed 174 bills so far in the 2025 legislative session, a new record. Here’s what they were.

corey woods and randy keating

After hours of backlash, Tempe OKs controversial new parks ordinance

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 2, 2025

A city council meeting lasted until 1 a.m. as residents spoke against an ordinance that may limit groups aiding the homeless.

a pregnant woman in handcuffs

Miscarriage of justice: Donald Trump’s war on pregnant migrants

By Stephen LemonsJuly 2, 2025

Kept in awful conditions by ICE, Rubia Morales-Alfaro lost a pregnancy. In Trump’s America, there’s no mercy for migrant moms.

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Activists rally in support of a right-to-counsel program in Phoenix.

How a Phoenix right-to-counsel program could combat eviction crisis

By Morgan FischerJuly 2, 2025

Only 0.2% of Valley tenants in eviction court have lawyers. A Phoenix right-to-counsel program could save homes and millions.

a man in a USA rugby shirt

Turns out Tempe Iranian man ICE arrested is an ‘anti-Muslim’ Trump fan

By Zach BuchananJuly 1, 2025

Friends of Mehzrad Asadi Eidivand say he is a big Donald Trump supporter and hates Iran’s extremist Islamic regime.

a blue trailer

Tempe threatens to fine group providing showers to unhoused people

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 1, 2025

Cloud Covered Streets uses a trailer to provide showers for homeless people. Tempe threatened to fine the group $1,500.

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a man in a suit

Did ICE target the family of detained Iranian man on hunger strike?

By Zach BuchananJune 26, 2025

Mehrad Eidivand has been in detention since May 31. Last weekend, immigration agents arrested two of his relatives in Tempe.

salvador reza at a protest

Activists call for Home Depot to bar ICE from using its lots

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 26, 2025

Home Depot says it doesn’t involve itself in politics, but Phoenix activists want it to stand up to ICE.

Gov. Katie Hobbs

Get that weak shit outta here: Katie Hobbs breaks her own veto record

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 25, 2025

After axing 28 budget bills she warned Republicans not to waste time with, Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed 168 bills this year.

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greg stanton and kari lake

Kari Lake invents bullshit ‘gay lover’ rumor about Rep. Greg Stanton

By Zach BuchananJune 25, 2025

Lake sparred with the former Phoenix mayor in a congressional hearing and resorted to sleazily questioning his sexuality.

A billboard that features a despondent blue-collar worker and a celebratory Jeff Bezos. "Make under $51K? You pay more," it says, "while the top 0.1% get $390K/yr"

Valley billboards target Republican lawmaker over Trump budget bill

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 23, 2025

The billboards, which highlight how Trump’s budget benefits the rich, are showing up in GOP Rep. David Schweikert’s district.

ICE agents arrest someone

Arizona churches brace for ICE raids after Los Angeles arrests

By Collin Hodge | Cronkite NewsJune 20, 2025

Donald Trump has authorized immigration agents to make arrests at churches. “There is no sanctuary at all,” said one pastor.

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border patrol agents arrest people in bisbee

Border Patrol arrests people at Bisbee Pride, raising alarm

By Natalia Rodriguez | LOOKOUTJune 19, 2025

“It was almost like a show of force or scare tactic to intimidate us and let us know we could be next,” one person said.

a series of presidents-as-dominos — from bill clinton to george bush to barack obama to joe biden — knock into each other, pushing a trump domino onto a small family in the desert

How Clinton and Obama helped build Trump’s mass deportation machine

By Stephen LemonsJune 18, 2025

Donald Trump didn’t invent racist immigration policy. For decades, both major parties built the system he’s now weaponizing.

justin heap pointing and smiling

Maricopa County’s big elections feud is getting ugly – and litigious

By Morgan FischerJune 17, 2025

“We don’t start fights at the board of supervisors,” board chairman Thomas Galvin said Tuesday. “We finish them.”

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joe arpaio blows out candles on a birthday cake

We went to Joe Arpaio’s birthday. So did serial murderer Sammy Gravano

By Stephen LemonsJune 17, 2025

The notorious former county sheriff celebrated his 93rd birthday on Saturday. We went so you didn’t have to.

abe hamadeh

Rep. Hamadeh retweets man credibly accused of sex trafficking and rape

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 16, 2025

Rep. Abe Hamadeh follows both Andrew and Tristan Tate, infamous misogynists who face criminal charges in multiple countries.

a woman walks down the street holding a banner that says "united we stand"

Thousands protest Trump at the Capitol on ‘No Kings’ Day: 13 photos

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 14, 2025

Thousands rebuke Donald Trump on his birthday at the Arizona Capitol and around the state, the largest such protest yet.

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protesters hold signs in the air

Phoenix’s ‘No Kings’ protests on Flag Day: What to know

By Morgan FischerJune 13, 2025

As Donald Trump throws himself a military parade for his birthday, thousands of Arizonans will protest around the Valley.

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