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What $658,000 Says About Four Candidates and Two Phoenix City Council Seats

What $658,000 Says About Four Candidates and Two Phoenix City Council Seats

By Elizabeth WhitmanMay 17, 2019

The two outsiders have received noticeable financial support from scandal-tainted figures close with Councilmember Michael Nowakowski.

Customer Service Employees Are Desperate to Escape Phoenix’s Water Department

Customer Service Employees Are Desperate to Escape Phoenix’s Water Department

By Elizabeth WhitmanMay 16, 2019

Complaints to the city’s Equal Opportunity Department have skyrocketed in recent years.

Phoenix Is Forcing Its Blue-Collar Workers Into a Contract, Union Leader Says

Phoenix Is Forcing Its Blue-Collar Workers Into a Contract, Union Leader Says

By Elizabeth WhitmanMay 15, 2019

“It’s not a negotiation anymore. It’s a dictatorship,” said the president of AFSCME Local 2384.

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Council Member Sal DiCiccio Distances Himself From Patriot Movement AZ

Council Member Sal DiCiccio Distances Himself From Patriot Movement AZ

By Steven HsiehMay 2, 2019

The move comes after one of his staffers asked the far-right group to push out a message.Phoenix Councilman Cuts Ties With Anti-Migrant Group Patriot Movement AZ

A Militia Scorned: We Build the Wall’s Broken Love Affair With New Mexico Vigilantes

A Militia Scorned: We Build the Wall’s Broken Love Affair With New Mexico Vigilantes

By Beau HodaiMay 1, 2019

The group led by Brian Kolfage, Steve Bannon, and Kris Kobach embraced Larry Hopkins and United Constitutional Patriots until Hopkins’ arrest.

Homeland Security Collected Intel on Arizona Family Separation Protests

By Meg O'ConnorApril 30, 2019

If you used Facebook to RSVP to one of 11 family separation protests in Arizona last June, odds are your friends aren’t the only ones who took note.

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‘Die Soon Traitor’: Hate Targets City Council Candidate Carlos Garcia

‘Die Soon Traitor’: Hate Targets City Council Candidate Carlos Garcia

By Steven HsiehApril 29, 2019

“He is not American born. We need TRUE BLOODED AMERICANS running AMERICAN cities and states.”

AZ Correction Officer: ‘Felt Cute, Might Pepper Spray Your Baby Daddy …’

By Meg O'ConnorApril 28, 2019

Arizona law enforcement officers take #FeelingCuteChallenge.

Anti-Migrant Vigilantes AZ Patriots Went on Ride-Along With Border Patrol

Anti-Migrant Vigilantes AZ Patriots Went on Ride-Along With Border Patrol

By Steven HsiehApril 25, 2019

AZ Patriots members have been making trips to the border, shouting at migrants to “go home.”

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Secular Group Demands That Ducey Take Down ‘He Is Risen’ Easter Post

Secular Group Demands That Ducey Take Down ‘He Is Risen’ Easter Post

By Ray SternApril 24, 2019

“If you are going to recognize Christians, you have to recognize Wiccans and the Satanic Temple too.”

City of Phoenix Denied Accommodations for Employee After Cancer Diagnosis

City of Phoenix Denied Accommodations for Employee After Cancer Diagnosis

By Elizabeth WhitmanApril 24, 2019

For months, Phoenix Water Services Department employee Debbie Purcell fought to get accommodations for her cancer.

Congressman Who Visited Arizona Border Went Home With False Tuberculosis Rumor

Congressman Who Visited Arizona Border Went Home With False Tuberculosis Rumor

By Steven HsiehApril 23, 2019

How a health-scare hoax flew 2,000 miles from Arizona to Pennsylvania.

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APS Quits Anti-Clean-Air Lobbying Group Under Scrutiny by House Democrats

APS Quits Anti-Clean-Air Lobbying Group Under Scrutiny by House Democrats

By Elizabeth WhitmanApril 22, 2019

The Utility Air Regulatory Group is run by a law firm where the EPA’s top air-quality official was, until very recently, a partner.

Arizona Public Service: State-Regulated Utility or ‘Political Machine’?

By Elizabeth WhitmanApril 21, 2019

Executives should have been running a utility, critics say. Instead, they were running political campaigns.

Report Doesn’t Give Clear Cause for Phoenix Police Shooting Spike in 2018

Report Doesn’t Give Clear Cause for Phoenix Police Shooting Spike in 2018

By Steven HsiehApril 19, 2019

Those who want easy answers will be disappointed.

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It Soon Will Be Illegal to Text and Drive in Arizona

It Soon Will Be Illegal to Text and Drive in Arizona

By Steven HsiehApril 18, 2019

Here’s what you need to know.

You Can Pay $5,600 for VIP Time With McSally, Karl Rove, and Jerry Colangelo

You Can Pay $5,600 for VIP Time With McSally, Karl Rove, and Jerry Colangelo

By Steven HsiehApril 18, 2019

Coughing up $5,600 will give a guest the designation of “co-host.”

Arizona Democrats Push ERA One More Time, Republicans Block Them Again

By Elizabeth WhitmanApril 16, 2019

Republicans rejected equality again.

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AZ GOP Chair Kelli Ward Shares Stage With Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer

AZ GOP Chair Kelli Ward Shares Stage With Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer

By Steven HsiehApril 16, 2019

The evening event highlighted a blurring line between Arizona’s establishment right and a paranoid strain of American conservatism seeped in xenophobia.

Pakistani Man Detained by ICE in Arizona Tells Us Why He Went on Hunger Strike

Pakistani Man Detained by ICE in Arizona Tells Us Why He Went on Hunger Strike

By Steven HsiehApril 16, 2019

“Deport me or release me.”

One Bill Shows Why Arizona Hasn’t Passed Any Criminal Justice Reform This Year

One Bill Shows Why Arizona Hasn’t Passed Any Criminal Justice Reform This Year

By Steven HsiehApril 15, 2019

Real reform or “smoke and mirrors?”

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Arizona House Votes to Repeal ‘No Promo Homo’ Law

Arizona House Votes to Repeal ‘No Promo Homo’ Law

By Steven HsiehApril 10, 2019

Happy Pride, everyone.

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