NEW: Google yanked money from a PAC promoting the pro-industry slate in SRP's election. The tech giant also asked that its name be removed from all campaign materials. The PAC has made some folks queasy by cozying up to Turning Point. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

Gov. Hobbs ensured AZ drivers won't see Charlie Kirk license plates any time soon. A GOP pol whose businesses have made millions from Turning Point blasted her veto today as "grotesque." TP would've earned $17 every time someone paid their registration fees. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/hobbs-v...

It took roughly one week for one of Phoenix's new speed enforcement cameras to be toppled and beat up. The city says it's back online, but if these things aren't bolted down, we may see more of this. Story:

Vanessa Hickman, the former Arizona Attorney General's Office division chief who was popped for stealing and reselling misdelivered mail, entered a guilty plea last week. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Last year, a jury acquitted Dorrian Jones of ESA fraud. He says the prosecution still ruined his life. Jones is suing Kris Mayes and Tom Horne, claiming Horne pointed Mayes at him not because he was committing ESA fraud but because he was WARNING of it. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

Ruben Gallego endorsed Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who had a Nazi-linked tattoo until alarmingly recently. Platner says he didn't know what it meant, but having had it for 18 years is a bridge too far for many Democrats.

Phoenix police arrested Little Joe Lageman in 2024 for a hit-and-run. They dropped the charges a year later. He's now suing, claiming they arrested the wrong guy, chipped his teeth during the arrest and never considered other suspects. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Former mobster Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano allegedly sexually assaulted an ex-employee of his production company. She says he forcibly kissed her, bragged about his erection and once had her collect his feces for a stool sample. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Former mobster Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano allegedly sexually assaulted an ex-employee of his production company. She says he forcibly kissed her, bragged about his erection and once had her collect his feces for a stool sample. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Brad Miller, the embattled Pinal County attorney who lied about using Signal, sure knows how to pick 'em. As @stephenlemons.bsky.social lays out, Miller's hand-picked top investigator, Richard Mueller, is a disgraced cop with a long history of misconduct. Story:

Last fall, a lottery ticket printed but not sold at a Scottsdale Circle K hit the $12.8 million jackpot. The next day, a store manager clocked out and "bought" it for $10. Circle K confiscated it and is now asking a court to determine who owns it. The details:

Last fall, a lottery ticket printed but not sold at a Scottsdale Circle K hit the $12.8 million jackpot. The next day, a store manager clocked out and "bought" it for $10. Circle K confiscated it and is now asking a court to determine who owns it. The details:

Yesterday, state Sen. John Kavanagh left a committee hearing in which his bill against ICE alerts was to be heard. The chair, Wendy Rogers, didn't know where he was. Then state Sen. Analise Ortiz showed her a livestream of Kavanagh on talk radio. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

State Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to compel local election officials to allow ICE agents at every -- EVERY -- voting location this November. “It’s deeply disturbing. It’s racist and it’s intended to intimidate people from turning out to vote.” Story:

State Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to compel local election officials to allow ICE agents at every -- EVERY -- voting location this November. “It’s deeply disturbing. It’s racist and it’s intended to intimidate people from turning out to vote.” Story:

Kristi Noem was here today. The truth was not. All that just to reheat the same tired old lies about Arizona elections. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Jacob Chansley, aka the QAnon Shaman, has refiled his $40 trillion, self-authored lawsuit against Trump after the first one was dismissed. He told me he rewrote the whole thing, and it's...something.

Jacob Chansley, aka the QAnon Shaman, has refiled his $40 trillion, self-authored lawsuit against Trump after the first one was dismissed. He told me he rewrote the whole thing, and it's...something.

Once again: Reporting, whistling, broadcasting, yelling and posting about the public activities of law enforcement is protected speech. If ICE isn't a secret police force, as MAGA types insist, then its broad-daylight doings sure ain't secret, either. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

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A man shot his way into a Phoenix family home. Kids and called 911. The dad subdued the attacker. Everyone told police. Then a cop responding to the scene shot the father. Read @zhbuchanan.bsky.social on the footage + audio from a deadly police shooting. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...

The 911 audio from Christian Diaz Rendon's killing is awful. You hear his kids' terror as a gunman enters the house. Then relief as they tell police that Rendon had subdued him. Finally, you hear their anguish as a Phoenix cop shoots their dad dead.

NEWS: Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller may now be investigated by Kris Mayes. Today, the county board of supervisors voted to ask Mayes to look into whether Miller discriminated and hid public records by using Signal. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

Ashley Rosile was on a Learjet that veered off the runway and hit a parked plane last February, killing the pilot.

The fatal plane crash at Scottsdale Airport last year has already spawned two lawsuits, both of which claim that the city (which owns the airport) allowed planes to park far too close to the runway in violation of FAA regulations. Story:

Last year, a low-level employee of the Gila County Attorney's Office took a bathroom break and posted "Rot in Hell Charlie Kirk" on his personal Facebook. He got fired for it. Now he's suing on free speech grounds. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

Last year, a low-level employee of the Gila County Attorney's Office took a bathroom break and posted "Rot in Hell Charlie Kirk" on his personal Facebook. He got fired for it. Now he's suing on free speech grounds. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

We've got an Arizona sports beef. East Valley resident LeGarrette Blount, the 3-time Super Bowl champ, is suing a former U of A player over ownership of Arizona-based baseball gear brand Bat Wraps. Dodgers star Mookie Betts is a part-owner. Story:

We've got an Arizona sports beef. East Valley resident LeGarrette Blount, the 3-time Super Bowl champ, is suing a former U of A player over ownership of Arizona-based baseball gear brand Bat Wraps. Dodgers star Mookie Betts is a part-owner. Story:

“Do you know what it’s like to be in the operating room with a 23-year-old woman who’s been tied to a tree and raped so much you can’t tell the difference between her vagina and her anus?" A graphic Janae Shamp question derailed a state senate hearing. By @morgfisch.bsky.social:

Phoenix is building more new housing than most American cities. But unless you're rolling in dough, you can't afford it.

Two former SAE pledges laid out their alleged three-months hazing hell: binge drinking, physical punishment and more.

ASU's chapter of SAE has been hit with a second lawsuit over alleged hazing rituals, this one filed by two former pledges. They say pledges were waterboarded, made to eat spicy cheeseballs, forced to buy drugs for members, binge drink and more. Story:

On Monday afternoon, federal agents raided several Zipps Sports Grill locations in the Valley. The raid at Park Central drew a crowd of roughly 200 protesters, leading to more agents descending on the site. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...

I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea. It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road. Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.

“They raided a Zipps today. Are you telling me that the next El Chapo works in their kitchen?” HSI hit Zipps locations today. More than 200 people protested at the Park Central location. HSI fired tear gas at another. What we know and saw:

“They raided a Zipps today. Are you telling me that the next El Chapo works in their kitchen?” HSI hit Zipps locations today. More than 200 people protested at the Park Central location. HSI fired tear gas at another. What we know and saw:

"I don't care about what side you're on or who you voted for, this is wrong," wrote ex-ASU star Kole Calhoun on Instagram.

Kole Calhoun, the former Diamondbacks outfielder and ASU star, called Alex Pretti's killing "murder" on Instagram and said the Trump administration's immigration crackdown “blatantly racist." Story:

Did Kris Mayes really justify shooting ICE agents? No, not really. But what she did say was ripe for misinterpretation -- purposeful or otherwise -- and she probably should have chosen her words much more carefully. Story:

If you would like to make my kindergartner so very happy, you could help support her school fundraiser. She has promised to run 100 laps at her school's fun run if you support her.

Last week, we asked Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller if he used Signal. He said no. We asked if Signal was on his phone. He said no. Today, we have a story about Brad Miller using Signal to avoid public records disclosures. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:

If you would like to make my kindergartner so very happy, you could help support her school fundraiser. She has promised to run 100 laps at her school's fun run if you support her.

#StopTheAPSGreed Op-ed: The time is now to speak out against the latest APS rate hike www.phoenixnewtimes.com/opinion/phoe...

NEW: A southern Arizona sheriff's office has been undertaking an odd publicity campaign for a drone company and defense contractor. The sheriff -- Mark Dannels -- and one of the company's board members were both involved in Project 2025. Story:

NEW: A southern Arizona sheriff's office has been undertaking an odd publicity campaign for a drone company and defense contractor. The sheriff -- Mark Dannels -- and one of the company's board members were both involved in Project 2025. Story:

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The wife of Kyrsten Sinema's bodyguard is suing the former Senator for breaking up her marriage. Last year, Sinema spoke with @phoenixnewtimes.com about the man as her inspiration behind her advocacy for a bill to fund psychedelic drug research in Arizona. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona...

Just amazing to realize we already had the perfect picture for this story on Kyrsten Sinema allegedly seducing her bodyguard and ruining his marriage. From @morgfisch.bsky.social: