A Phoenix police officer’s gender discrimination case against her department is moving forward, more than a year after her supervisors allegedly attempted to block her from transferring to another squad upon learning she was pregnant. Angelique Briggs, a 32-year-old Phoenix police officer who filed the lawsuit in Arizona U.S. District […]

At midday Wednesday, August 15, a woman sat at the far end of a blue bench in standard-issue white T-shirt and Crocs, waiting for her fingerprints to be processed. Other than her son playing under a nearby table, she was alone in the detention facility waiting room, the other five rows of […]

UPDATE, 7:45 a.m.: This story now includes the governor, Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, and State Senator Gail Griffin as attendees. At least 27 Republican legislators from Arizona and Governor Doug Ducey are in Austin, Texas, this week for the 46th annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council. […]

Former Arizona Department of Corrections Director Chuck Ryan was woefully uninformed about the ineffective locks at a state correctional facility that contributed to injuries and at least one death, according to a scathing report released Thursday. Ryan’s failure to understand the problem under his watch contributed to his failure to […]

A memo from Mayor Kate Gallego shared on the Phoenix City Council’s website announced today that she has put together an ad hoc committee to implement long-stalled police reforms. But the divergent and, in some cases, very police friendly make-up of the committee may stand in the way of that […]

The Department of Homeland of Security is delaying the construction of more than 40 miles of bollard wall along Arizona’s southern border, according to an opposition brief filed late Tuesday by the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging the wall. Construction was scheduled to begin August 22, but is now slated […]

The crater would start in Year Six, after the copper mining began. It would be relatively small at first, and then it would expand. By Year 41, the crater would grow to about 1.8 miles wide, and it would collapse to depths of 800 to 1,115 feet, taking Oak Flat, an […]

In recent weeks, paid canvassers have gone door-to-door in Phoenix to round up support for Proposition 106, the complicated ballot initiative that would cut city spending on services like libraries and parks to help pay down the city’s pension debt. Canvassers asked each resident a series of questions, according to […]

Stepping into the Mexican restaurant La Olmeca, located in south Phoenix’s South Plaza at Southern and Central avenues, is a little like stepping into a time warp. The place has an old-school 1970s feel, with its wood paneling, a backlit green and yellow menu above the counter, and a large […]