The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has announced that it will reveal its choice for the new Maricopa County sheriff on Thursday.

The head of Phoenix’s Office of Accountability and Transparency is out — raising questions about the independence of that office just as the city is trying to convince the Department of Justice that they don’t need further police oversight.

U.S. senators, including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, have released a long-awaited bill that could transform border and immigration functions.
→ Sinema calls for 'swift justice' for asylum seekers entering the U.S.

The oversight body for police in Arizona has a rule that aspiring officers can not have used marijuana for at least two years before they start academy training. The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board wants to shrink the timeframe to six months.

The Phoenix director of the civilian office for police oversight is quitting after a little more than two years on the job. A city spokesperson says officials will work diligently to find the right leader for the Office of Accountability and Transparency.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined 21 other governors to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling limiting access to a widely used abortion drug.

Chandler residents will have a chance to meet the candidates who want to be the city’s next police chief.

OpenAI’s partnership with Arizona State University is the first of its kind, but it comes just weeks after the New York Times announced a lawsuit against the company behind ChatGPT.

Proposition 207 legalized marijuana use for adults and allowed convictions for certain cannabis offenses to be expunged. The Arizona Supreme Court now says prosecutors can seek appellate review of expungements. The opinion is being called a significant weakening of the voter-approved measure.