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Phoenix is preparing for 300,000 downtown visitors in early April when the NCAA Men’s Final Four comes to the Valley.
Mar. 12, 2024
Dollar store shelves
SB 1613, approved by the Senate this week on a 16-14 party-line vote, extends current laws allowing citizen's arrests in felony theft cases, where the value is more than $2,000.
Mar. 8, 2024
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Tempe police arrested 15 individuals last weekend as a part of a two-day operation aimed at curbing street racing.
Mar. 7, 2024
Oh La La by Posh building
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the owner of a now-closed quinceanera dress store in Phoenix under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. Oh La La by Posh is accused of making customers pay deposits with no intention of delivering dresses.
Mar. 7, 2024
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Prosecutors with Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office issued grand jury subpoenas in connection with their investigation of a group of Arizona Republicans who sought to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Mar. 7, 2024
Phoenix police officers on bicycles
The Phoenix Police Department has launched a new marketing campaign in an effort to fill hundreds of positions. And that effort is are already paying off — For the first time since 2019, the Phoenix Police Department added more officers than it lost last year.
Mar. 7, 2024
Seniors in Grand Canyon University's forensic science program took part in an event on Thursday to get prospective students interested in the field. More than 1,000 high school and community college students filed into the campus arena to check out various booths and activities.
Mar. 7, 2024
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced the indictment of seven people in the October 2023 death of 16-year-old Preston Lord.
Mar. 6, 2024
family playing soccer
Phoenix plans to add a public hotline for people to report suspicious activity at city parks, among other efforts to improve security.
Mar. 6, 2024
Mexico first filed suit against major gun makers — which it alleges design, market and sell weapons in ways that arm cartels and fuel violence. A second suit against five Arizona gun stores argues that they systematically participate in trafficking firearms across the border.
Mar. 5, 2024
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More than 50 victims were targeted, including officers from El Mirage and Surprise, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, DPS and authorities from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Mar. 5, 2024
A kitten in the Arizona Humane Society's Bottle Baby Intensive Care Unit
The bill would have required people convicted of animal cruelty, animal fighting or bestiality to register with the Department of Public Safety. And it would have prohibited a person from knowingly giving an animal to a person on the list.
Mar. 5, 2024
Gilbert Police Department
Arizona Republic reporter Robert Anglen has been reporting on the “Gilbert Goons” violence and talked to The Show about a whistleblower who has come forward in the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord.
Mar. 5, 2024
Phoenix police motorcycles
The Phoenix city council is set to consider calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release more than just a summary of findings from its ongoing investigation. The move was formally requested by a man who unsuccessfully sued the city after Phoenix police shot and killed his son.
Mar. 1, 2024
The sun shines over the Arizona Department of Education building in Phoenix on May 15, 2023.
Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students — five of whom were fictitious — that admitted them into the voucher program using forged birth certificates and special education evaluations.
Feb. 29, 2024
Apartment kitchen
Phoenix leaders want state lawmakers to rethink some actions that are putting the city in a financial bind.
Feb. 28, 2024
A for-rent sign at a home
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit accusing the RealPage real estate software company of illegally colluding with nine large apartment owners to raise rents in Phoenix and Tucson.
Feb. 28, 2024
Sheriff Russ Skinner
The Show sat down with newly appointed Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner to talk about his experience as Paul Penzone’s chief deputy, the legacy of Joe Arpaio and why he’s running for the office as a Democrat.
Feb. 28, 2024
Axon’s headquarters in Scottsdale
A plan by the Scottsdale-based maker of Taser stun guns to build a new campus in north Scottsdale has run into problems — both with the city and nearby residents. The Show speaks with Sam Kmack of The Arizona Republic.
Feb. 27, 2024
gavel in a courtroom
The hearing comes one month to the day after an appeals court in Boston ruled another suit brought by Mexico against major US gun makers was allowed to move forward.
Feb. 26, 2024

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