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Arizona’s preeminent conservative/libertarian think tank, the Goldwater Institute, is on a roll, riding a national backlash against DEI. Would Barry approve?
Arizona’s preeminent conservative/libertarian think tank, the Goldwater Institute, is on a roll, riding a national backlash against DEI. Would Barry approve?
Renowned for its stability, affluence and fetching restaurants, the Southeast Valley now garners headlines for teen violence and apocalyptic ideation.
Teacher and track coach David Denogean was apparently beloved by all – a fact that makes slaying last year in North-Central Phoenix among the city’s most perplexing unsolved crimes.
Valley sex worker Brenda Broyles shared a bed with TV star Bob Crane and met a similarly gruesome end. Now, a local private investigator is hoping to crack the decades-old cold case.
Resigned to a midterm drubbing, Arizona Democrats brought their B game to the state’s Congressional and Legislative races. Can #Roevember save them?
In their latest legislative confab, Arizona lawmakers clamped down hard on abortion, voting and catalytic converter thefts. Here are the post-game highlights.
An iconoclastic sculptor. A warehouse full of artwork potentially worth millions. The widow and devoted archives fighting over it.
Phoenix City Councilman and newly elected Vice Mayor Carlos Garcia talks about his imposter syndrome, activism and the most important issue facing the city.
In the spirit of Halloween, we present 10 of the most frightening and formidable Arizonans alive today.
A complete but grotesquely premature oral history of the Maricopa County 2020 election recount.
Did a Show Low musician really punk the Arizona Legislature with a sham campaign to create an apartheid county?
Peter Kasperski and Richie Moe were two of the most illustrious names in Valley dining until bankruptcy and substance abuse sent them tumbling to Earth. Now the longtime friends have banded together to open a hit Roosevelt Row restaurant – and keep their demons mutually at bay.
Arizona State University removed its student radio station manager due to an unwoke tweet. Does the Cronkite School have a free speech problem?
Ex-3TV newshound Mike Watkiss lets down his locks to discuss his new memoir and his latest ambition: to make it big in the movies.
The coronavirus pushed Arizona’s 2020 legislative session to the side – but not away from our assessing eyes.