Tempe blurs all police body camera footage public records requests
The Tempe Police Department’s policy for releasing body worn camera footage dictates that all videos will be entirely blurred by default, something that open-government advocates say violates Arizona’s public records law.
Homeland Secrets: Shootings by HSI agents get little scrutiny
First came the crash, reverberating off the walls of the retirement community like a “mini atom bomb,” then a barrage of gunfire shattered the desert morning calm.
Neighbors working in their garages and gardens scrambled...
‘Sanctuary cities’ amendment would force police to do immigration enforcement, experts say
Republican proposals to amend the state constitution to ban sanctuary jurisdictions would in essence force local law enforcement agencies to take direction from federal immigration officials to identify and detain people, according to local immigration experts.
Extremist group Patriot Movement AZ agrees to settle federal lawsuit with Valley churches
Members of the extremist group Patriot Movement AZ have reached an agreement in a federal lawsuit brought by small Hispanic churches who sued them for disrupting their work of welcoming migrant families.
A Latino in the White House? Not yet, but why not?
It took 220 years for us to elect our first African American president.
Looks like it’ll take a bit longer before we elect our first Latino.
When news broke last week that Julian Castro had dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination, I wasn’t terribly surprised.
Who has spent the most on Arizona Snapchat political ads?
Special-interest groups have spent more than $67,000 since 2018 to reach some 25 million Arizonans on the social media app Snapchat, according to new data released by the company.
DPS told faulty gun manufacturer to preserve evidence
Ten days after a shooting at a Benson hospital led the Arizona Department of Public Safety to find a flaw in their duty pistols, the agency’s top lawyer sent a letter to the firearm manufacturer demanding that they “preserve evidence.”
Driverless semis in Arizona navigate open roads, vague statutes, tumultuous industry
Self-driving commercial trucks face a host of challenges, but the industry isn't going anywhere -- in Arizona or nationwide.
Taking stock: APS’s election spending meant millions for its CEO
Don Brandt, the CEO of both APS and Pinnacle West, reaped massive personal profits after APS spent $16 million to elect regulators in the 2014 and 2016 elections.
Couple is suing infamous Tempe landlord for RICO
Infamous Tempe landlord Timothy Wright has found himself the subject of a racketeering and fraud lawsuit brought by two wealthy Paradise Valley residents who had been his tenants.