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Attorney General Mayes says at press conference her office will not enforce the 1864 law, which bans abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
Arizona Supreme Court reinstates Civil-War ban on abortions
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Phoenix passed another law to criminalize the unhoused, all while recent data shows # living on streets remains around 6,800.
Even a councilmember who voted yes said, "we’re already hearing that the courts cannot handle the level of activity" coming in.
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Tempe reached a plea deal with Austin Davis, the man it has persecuted for feeding and helping the unhoused.
Though he’s banned from Tempe parks for a year, dozens of volunteers have stepped up to help.
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Okay, I’m less mad now and deleted a mean tweet, but it is really annoying that this particular news network would do this and not give credit to me or even New Times.
@grossmanhannah
But anyway, glad people are noticing this story. Here’s the original:
Woman left feeling like 'Frankenstein' after plastic surgeon allegedly botched her procedure while drunk
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I’m a few weeks behind in posting this but my reporting from the Dominican Republic on development, labor and migration won a SABEW award for student journalism!
Here’s the story:
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Definitely one of the most important stories I’ve written so far. If you live in Phoenix and are interested in policing, it’s long but worth a read.
How Phoenix undercut its own police oversight agency
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Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio told New Times today he’s not running for sheriff either
The sheriff became the top law enforcement officer in America’s fourth largest county in January 2017 after defeating scandal-plagued Joe Arpaio.
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One man has worked to feed unhoused people for years. Tempe gave him an award for it, but now the city is hauling him into court and threatening him with jail time to get him to stop.
Here's the story of Austin Davis:
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BREAKING Yassamin Ansari beat Raquel Terán by 39 votes according to AZ Secretary of State recount. The margin for Democratic primary for AZ’s 3rd congressional district was razor-thin at less than 0.1%.
Ansari is poised to become one of the youngest members of Congress.
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I wrote about Apache Stronghold’s ongoing battle to save land sacred to Native people, land the federal government is trying to give to Australian-British mining companies salivating over the world’s 3rd-largest known copper deposit.
This week’s New Times cover story ⬇️
Sacred land: Apaches lead prayer to save Oak Flat from copper mining
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In the lead up to the November election, we'll be working to fact check political ads at New Times.
Here's a look at a recent Kari Lake ad in which we sift through the claims and explain in detail the facts behind them.
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Our Howard Center / AZCIR team won an award for reporting on misinformation and disinformation! Many thanks to the
@LAPressClub
. Here's our project: “In the Sheriff We Trust."
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BREAKING The U.S. Department of Justice releases findings after 3yr investigation: the Phoenix Police Department has engaged in extensive discriminatory policing, violated the civil rights of unhoused people and behavioral health disabilities, and used excessive use of force.
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The Dominican Republic’s economy has been booming, driven by foreign investment and the labor of Haitians — a group that faces a legacy of oppression and social exclusion.
Here’s my reporting from Santo Domingo
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I spoke with
@kjzzphoenix
about moves being made to put people on the PHX ethics commission. Thanks for having me on!
@markbrodie
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They called for a ceasefire. ASU called the cops
No one arrested at Arizona State's pro-Palestine protest has been charged with a crime. The school punished them anyway.
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“We, the family, are blocked from information and instead are questioned by the very department that murdered our loved ones, and we’re made to feel that we wronged them.”
Legislators + families whose loved ones were killed by police are calling for more transparency.
Victims of police violence call for ‘Bill of Rights’ in Arizona
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What does the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states and cities to criminalize being unhoused mean for Phoenix?
In light of the DOJ’s finding that Phoenix violated the rights of unhoused people from 2016-2022, the outlook is troubling.
My story here
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ASU Police still haven't filed charges in protest cases.
The spectacle of 71 protesters showing up for essentially nothing raised questions about whether campus police had cause to arrest the protesters in the first place.
My reporting on arraignments:
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Rahul and I were instantly pals when we met at Gracie’s in Spring 2022.
He was joyful, generous, present, brimming with good humor. A truly beautiful, singular soul. I am so sad knowing I won’t see him again in this life.
Earth lost a good one. Much love, Rahul. Miss you
Statement from the Chopra family: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Rahul Chopra, on March 11, due to undiagnosed diabetes and the resulting complications. Rahul’s tenacity and passion to make the world a fairer and more just place led him to a
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Kari Lake is cooked, Arizona GOP megadonor tells inner circle
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My first time covering music!
The 2024 M3F music festival in Phoenix kept the party going all weekend
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Over the summer, I reported on the consequences of Phoenix being the largest U.S. city without an ethics board.
Here’s a follow-up on the appointees, the first after the board was established 6 years ago.
The Phoenix City Council finally appointed members to the city's ethics commission on Wednesday, but they include a former mayor with a checkered past who now lobbies for clients he won't disclose.
Read more:
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NEW Gallup poll shows 55% of Americans disapprove of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which has killed over 30,000 and left millions starving and at daily risk of death.
Very significant new poll.
A solid majority of Americans now reject Israel’s war on Gaza.
Humanity and democracy both demand that the United States pull all support for this brutal war — including any military aid — and use our full power to end it.
Enough.
#CeasefireNow
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I reported on how right-wing narratives about long-standing education techniques are impacting an already burdened workforce of Arizona educators. Read about it at
@CodaStory
!
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Still want to share this piece I wrote about AZ’s chief of public schools misrepresenting a student presentation about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which led to students being bullied.
Tom Horne misled public about student Gaza presentation, audio tape shows
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15 years and $250 million later, the Maricopa sheriff’s office is still racially profiling drivers. I spoke to Guadalupe community members about it at a recent meeting — you can read here
“Nobody at (the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) has ever said, ‘We have a racial profiling problem.’”
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AZ public schools Chief Tom Horne has been dropping the ball when it comes to federal funding responsibilities, instead using his office to attack schools and ed. advocates.
Yday, he ranted about BLM flags and rainbow stickers causing lower test scores.
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In a deep blue district, two Democratic Party rising stars are vying for a seat in Congress.
The winner could hold the seat for years.
Here's my piece on the July 30 primary contest between Raquel Terán and Yassamin Ansari.
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Pure evil. They’re trying to exterminate them. Cannot believe what is being allowed to happen. It’s so unimaginably fucked up.
Israeli soldier admits he murdered an unarmed elderly Palestinian man who had his arms up in the air & begged to spare his life.
The other soldiers applaud & praise him for it, shake his hand, give him a pat on the shoulder & say "all the respect"!
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So convenient when Sinema can defend several donors in one tweet.
Meanwhile, 15,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombs and guns, mostly civilians.
Israel has killed over 6,600 children.
We deserve a better public debate about who’s doing the genocide right now.
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“Reporting by The Arizona Republic and Phoenix New Times has called my attention to the significant risk to patient health and safety that result from insufficient public insight into licensing board decision making processes and outcome.” - Gov. Hobbs
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The fate of Oak Flat, a holy land for Apache and Native peoples, is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after a 9th Circuit panel ruled 6-5 to allow the U.S govt to transfer it to a foreign-owned mining corporation.
Here’s my story from November.
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The Vietnam War was one of the great disasters in history.
Then, like today, “They made a number of familiar claims about student protesters: They were at once coddled elitists, out-of-state agitators and violent communists who sowed discord to destroy America.”
From
@llassabe
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The double talk is unsurprising in an election year when abortion and reproductive rights are at the heart of races and initiatives up and down the ballot.
In 2022, Republicans wanted to change the subject on abortion. In 2024, they will not have that option.
Arizona Republicans now regret abortion ban they refused to repeal
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With 29 shots, some while driving a moving car, a Phoenix officer shot and killed a fleeing shoplifter who allegedly fired first.
Since then, PPD has shot and killed two other people.
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“Wall Street is now helping the nation’s elite funnel vast amounts of cash to extremist causes with zero transparency or tax repercussions — and it’s spending millions lobbying Congress to keep it that way.”
EXCLUSIVE: The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing think tank behind Project 2025, has received more than $18 million over the last four years in donations from “donor-advised funds,” dark money “charity” funds managed by Wall Street.
Our investigation:
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17,000 children are without both parents.
Israel has created an unfathomable nightmare.
A report released by the UN today highlights the nature of the humanitarian crisis on the ground in Gaza.
• A mere 12 emergency medical teams are partially operational
• At least 17,000 children are without both parents
• No access to clean water in Northern Gaza
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Of the 10 largest U.S. cities, Phoenix is the only one without a board to investigate ethics complaints against officials. The result is frustration for residents and questions about how investigations of the complaints are carried out.
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Phoenix police circulated these challenge coins after using force against peaceful protesters and firing at the groins.
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NEW ballot drop from Maricopa County: Raquel Terán pulls within 67 votes of Yassamin Ansari.
This one’s coming down to the wire.
Parties have until 5pm tomorrow to contact voters who made errors on ballots to correct them and be counted.
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Democrats in Congress are upping the ante in their attempt to boot Scottsdale Rep. David Schweikert from office in November.
New poll finds challenger Amish Shah in a dead tie w/ the 7-term congressman.
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Ruben Gallego wanted to talk about his great work getting funding for police yesterday, but didn’t have time to answer more than 1 question about the DOJ’s damning report about Phoenix police’s rampant excessive force and discrimination.
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“A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.”
AP investigation ties 100s of millions of dollars’ worth of ag. products on market to prison labor
A two-year investigation by
@AP
investigative reporters
@MargieMasonAP
and
@robinmcdowell
links products made by U.S. prison labor to some of the largest companies in the world.
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Feeding the homeless w/o a permit triggered Tempe into waging a taciturn war against Austin Davis.
Now the city banned him from all parks for helping clean up a park (which allegedly is the problem some residents have w/ unhoused ppl) after curfew.
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Our months-long investigation tracked the activity of a group promoting a theory that sheriffs can overrule federal and state laws. See the whole project here, including a video.
.
@ArizCIR
and
@HowardCenterASU
collaborated for the past seven months to investigate the nationwide spread of "constitutional sheriffs." Since 2018, the group held rallies & events in at least 30 states, and did training for officers in at least 13.
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Check out my reporting on a few AZ Legislature bills
Opponents are calling a package of bills ‘SB 1070 2.0’ after the infamous 2010 law that struck fear into the lives of Arizona’s Latino communities and sparked national outrage
Arizona Republicans pass new generation of ‘show me your papers’ laws
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My most recent story in a series about Valley plastic surgeon Bradley Becker is out.
A third woman has sued Becker, and five have filed complaints to the board that licenses him.
I’ve been following this story since October. Here’s a rundown thread.
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Phoenix police shot and then ran over a 38-year-old man they thought was banging on an apartment door with a knife. They said later that David Epaloose wasn't the man they were after.
Police spox declined to directly respond to PNT ab why they thought Espaloose was the suspect.
Phoenix police shoot, run over man in case of mistaken identity
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In the first month of her campaign, Lake was spotted at 8 events, 2 of them in AZ.
She did attend a Vets Day parade in Prescott after that. But where was she when this news was published? Looks like back at Mar-a-Lago, hanging w the son of Brazil’s right-wing ex-president.
Anywhere but Arizona: Kari Lake loves to campaign. Just not here
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Great reporting by
@morgfisch
on the deceptively named "Tipped Worker Protection Act," a measure on Arizona's 2024 ballot that will not protect workers at all. In fact, it's likely to do the opposite.
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Very important article about the parallels of Vietnam protests to current Israel protests.
I feel really proud rn to work for Phoenix New Times, which was founded by young people in the aftermath of the Kent State Massacre.
We’ve seen this before, America.
Right-wing playbook sets a trap for pro-Palestinian protests like ASU’s
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“Several editors at the Columbia Law Review described the board’s intervention as an unprecedented breach of editorial independence… The board of directors oversees the nonprofit’s finances but has historically played no role in selecting pieces.”
After publishing an article critical of Israel, Columbia Law Review's website is shut down by board
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“In many jurisdictions, private funding for police comes with virtually no oversight, and can be used to buy surveillance technology, high-tech weapons, and other items that agencies might otherwise struggle to justify. “
The world of private donations to police is far greater than previously known, new research shows. I wrote about it for
@levernews
:
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Trump-backed Hamadeh wins crowded primary of GOP nutjobs for a seat in Congress representing the northwest Valley
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Truly remarkable. These pompous elitists on the Supreme Court w/ their Ivy League degrees professed they had principles. Either MAGA bent their weak spines and changed all that or they were lying all along.
Chief Justice John Roberts at his confirmation hearing: “No one is above the law under our system and that includes the president. The president is fully bound by the law.” (Sept. 2005)
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Changing Hands was everything for me growing up in South Tempe and going to high school around the corner. What a huge milestone for a Valley staple
Changing Hands Bookstore celebrates 50 years in metro Phoenix
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Happy Easter everyone!
Happy brown middle eastern radical left unhoused migrant refugee who offered free food and healthcare to the poor coming back from the dead day to those who celebrate
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I watched the GOP primary debate for a Northwest Valley congressional seat so you don’t have to.
Here’s some commentary. Despite the race being crowded, the candidates seemed to agree on nearly everything.
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The Joe Biden liberals on the same side as the MAGA Republicans is just… wild. Honestly, this is such a sad and frightening time in the US.
A counter-protester jumps up and down and hoots like a monkey toward a protester who was live-streaming on her phone at
@OleMiss
today.
Chants of “lock her up” as the Dean of Students (
@marsh_brent
) and multiple law enforcement agencies regain order.
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Interesting… “the populist” has “close ties to the very elites he rails against.”
NEW: We found senator J.D. Vance's public Venmo account. It gives an unfiltered glimpse into his extensive network of connections with establishment GOP heavyweights, wealthy financiers, technology executives, and even the architects of Project 2025.
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Seems like the definition of delusional to claim that no one is above the law when SCOTUS just ruled that indeed, one person is pretty much above the law.
Biden: No one is above the law, not even the President of the United States. But today's Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed for all practical purposes. It's a dangerous precedent.
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Bruh... this is literally just Polanco... it's a city of 9 million people and only 25,000 live in this neighborhood.
But I do like the porch swings in that Ojo de Agua
When you see all the great walkability in Mexico City, it’s no wonder this city is thriving
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New Times is looking for an editor-in-chief! Come join us
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Phoenix police released video from the department's 8th fatal shooting of the year, in which a man allegedly trying to steal a motorcycle raised a gun at an officer.
No audio available. It's the 3rd fatal shooting in a row w/ limited evidence captured.
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The first union contract for cannabis workers has been ratified for workers at two Zen Leaf dispensaries in Chandler/Phoenix. It covers 62 workers, a union spox told New Times.
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$100 million anonymous donation to “promote free expression”? 🧐 How does it cost that much…
The University of Chicago just received $100 million from an anonymous donor. Donations of that size fundamentally shift an institution’s programming and priorities, and we know that donors exert influence on campus policy. So this is—as one of my colleagues put it—basically dark
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“173 of Youssef Salem’s relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in December. By spring that toll had risen to 270.
Bones and flesh strewn over the ruins of family homes. Blond curls of a young cousin peeking through bricks. Unrecognizable bodies piled…”
The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more
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In primary for deep-blue Phoenix congressional seat, Ansari gets a big, $1.3m outside spending boost from a group of crypto investors, who have mostly donated to GOP.
Outside spending for Terán and Ansari is now even. My story here.
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I really loved this one we did.
A great lead-off farewell from
@stephenlemons
The Departed: Our final farewell to the Arizona icons we lost in 2023
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“Our findings reveal longstanding disfunction at Phoenix Police Department.” - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke
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Eviction filings are staying high in the Valley. July saw the third-highest tally ever.
More information in my story.
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“North Idaho senator yells ‘go back to where you came from’ at Native American candidate”
Uhhh 🤔… should we tell him?
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A heat advisory warning for Phoenix has been issued through Friday night.
The high temps are coming even earlier than last year, the deadliest summer in memory after 645 died in Phoenix.
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No but really this is what they do in movies to summon 19th century demons…
Arizona Sen. Anthony Kern invited a prayer group to the Arizona Capitol on Monday, shortly after the state supreme court announced they would issue their ruling on whether the state’s total abortion ban could be enforced.
The group spoke in tongues and knelt over the state seal.
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Kari Lake trumpets endorsement from alleged wife-beater Sonny Borrelli.
According to police reports, Borrelli beat his ex-wife bloody twice when they were married. He also called her a "lying bitch" in a past interview with New Times.
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I just cannot believe how they’re killing so indiscriminately. And I cannot believe how easily the powerful avert their eyes from the slaughter.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” - Conrad
Israel killed Prof. Refaat al-Areer, one of Gaza's most prominent writers, poets & activists who spent his life trying to get Gaza's voice to the outside world.
He was killed in a targeted airstrike on his sister's home that also killed his brother, sister & her 4 kids...
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Phoenix police stopped Sergio Alvarez for riding his bike and not having lights on it.
The stop ended in his death.
Video and audio released by Phoenix PD lend an idea of what happened. But many questions are left unanswered.
My story here.
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Donald Trump promised a unifying speech. Then he ranted for so long, even his biggest MAGA fans checked their watches.
The low-down on Trump’s rambling, self-indulgent, chaotic RNC nomination speech
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Good reporting here.
SEL is a foundational, longstanding teaching technique. It's very suddenly become a point of attack in right-wing discourse, especially in the outer suburbs of the Valley.
Teachers do not seem to be having it.
Read more
Released emails show board members of an AZ elementary school district corresponding w/ Turning Point.
One board member wrote that he wants to get rid of social & emotional learning & implement "traditional discipline" w/ new conservative leadership.
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Insane story
Someone stole William Woods’ identity. The LAPD arrested him, believing the identity thief over him.
A judge later sent Woods to a mental hospital because he maintained (rightfully so) that he was the real William Woods. I interviewed him here
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Phoenix police have shot and killed 8 people in 2024, 4 of them in the last month.
Video released last week by the department shows a 30-second chase of one killing. But it contains no audio and blurs out various images, leaving many details unclear.
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Wild to see Netanyahu yet again walk all over Biden, who on Sunday “reiterated his clear opposition” to an invasion of Rafah.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.5m people have fled to Rafah. An invasion could be an unthinkable civilian catastrophe.
BREAKING: Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah “with or without a deal” as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue
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So much for states’ rights I guess
BREAKING: Trump asks US Supreme Court to review Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot over Jan. 6 attack
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“The texts show Kamp talking to the officer about sex, commenting on her body and appearance, telling her he was turned on, and asking her to give him a heads up the next time she was going to wear yoga pants.”
“Maricopa County sheriff candidate Tyler Kamp sexually harassed a rookie officer during his final year on the force with the Phoenix Police Department, according to a city investigation obtained by
@ABC15
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No actually how is this not the Onion?
US House Republicans have selected Rep. Mike Johnson as their next speaker nominee. He's the fourth so far in what's proven to be an uphill climb.
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Really interesting analysis…
We know a few things now since Kari Lake blew up the AZGOP by releasing a recorded clip of her conversation with former chair Jeff DeWitt.
1. I reported a few months ago that Trump was telling people he thought Kari would be a drag on the party (and him) in AZ 2024. Trump wanted
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- Analysis relied on data from schools representing 61% of the state’s public school students.
- Identified more than 47,000 suspensions for attendance violations over 5 school years.
- Black, Latino and Indigenous students received a disproportionate share of the punishments.
NEW: Arizona Rep
@lauraforAZ
is again pushing to bar schools from using out-of-school suspensions to punish students who miss class, after a 2022 investigation by
@ArizCIR
/
@hechingerreport
revealed the scope of the contentious disciplinary tactic.
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Shoutout to
@BippusKeetra
who also was recognized for her DR reporting and is the best!
Here’s her story:
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AZ's Republican lawmakers have used the legislative process to put 11 measures on the November ballot. They're all changes to law Gov. Hobbs was likely to veto.
Here's a guide I wrote for these 11 GOP ballot measures.
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Billionaire man-child cannot understand Arizona’s elections…
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Clarke says many reforms Phoenix PD has put on paper have not been achieved in practice, says more must be done.
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Great reporting by
@ktyschwnk
on the booming immigration surveillance regime and businesses w their sights on lucrative contracts
🚨 NEWS: Private prison companies are setting their sights on immigrants.
The same firms that make ankle monitoring bracelets for the criminal justice system are salivating over an ICE proposal to electronically track millions of people.
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