Phoenix bulk trash pickup switched to appointment-only

Phoenix News Times 5/17 7:36A Cassie Brucci

Last December, while many homeowners in Phoenix awaited the arrival of Santa Claus, residents of the North Park Central neighborhood were on the lookout for garbage trucks. Just as Christmas...

Family of woman killed on Phoenix bus in 2022 sues driver

Phoenix News Times 5/16 10:40A TJ L'Heureux

Nearly two years ago, 41-year-old Diane Craig was strangled to death on a Valley Metro bus. The high-profile trial of her accused murderer, Joshua Bagley, is scheduled for September, but now Craig’s...

Arizona group turns to U.S. Supreme Court to save Oak Flat from mining

Phoenix News Times 5/16 9:33A TJ L'Heureux

Update: The fate of Oak Flat will soon rest in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. A special panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled 6-5 in March to allow the transfer of Oak...

The Westin Tempe auction was delayed, again. Here's why such postponements are common

Phoenix Business Journal 5/16 2:40A Brandon Brown

The Westin Tempe hotel auction sale was originally set for April 25, but was rescheduled multiple times to May 15. Now, it's been delayed again to a new date in May.

Arizona sues Amazon for fraud, antitrust violations

Phoenix News Times 5/15 10:30A Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona M

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing online retail giant Amazon, alleging in a pair of lawsuits that its “unfair and deceptive” business practices have violated both the state’s consumer fraud...

Why Arizona Democrat moms want to use campaign cash for childcare

Phoenix News Times 5/15 9:00A Caitlin Sievers | Arizona Mirror

A group of Democratic mothers in the Arizona Legislature want to know if candidates running for office can use their campaign funds for child care. Led by Sen. Eva Diaz of Tolleson, the women on May 9...

ASU pro-Palestine campus protesters stuck in legal limbo after arrests

Phoenix News Times 5/15 5:00A TJ L'Heureux

The lobby of the University Lakes Justice Court in Chandler was packed Tuesday with hundreds of people, many of them wearing kaffiyehs, headscarves, hijabs and face masks. They were there to stand in...

Nxu ‘significantly’ reduces headcount in Tempe as it seeks to reduce expenses

Phoenix Business Journal 5/15 2:15A Amy Edelen

Nxu Inc. recently announced it initiated its second round of layoffs in less than a year ahead of a potential business combination. Here's what we know.

Is Phoenix ready for another summer of deadly, record-breaking heat?

Phoenix News Times 5/13 8:32A TJ L'Heureux

What do you get when an explosive homelessness crisis collides with the hottest summer on record in America’s notoriously sweltering desert metropolis? Death…

10 Arizona politics social media accounts to follow

Phoenix News Times 5/10 9:29A TJ L'Heureux

Social media is a curse. It is designed to suck as much attention from you as possible, like a leech on your brain…

Proposed Sam's Club at Tempe Marketplace heads for city review

Phoenix Business Journal 5/10 2:00A Ron Davis

Sam's Club would build out one of the last remaining empty parcels within Tempe Marketplace, which first opened in 2007.

Maricopa County GOP censures every Arizona Supreme Court justice

Phoenix News Times 5/9 7:50A Caitlin Sievers | Arizona Mirror

The Maricopa County Republican Committee has censured all seven of Arizona’s Supreme Court justices for “failure to perform their duties fairly and impartially” because they rejected bids by Kari Lake...

Why no Arizona anti-discrimination law for LGBTQ+ people?

Phoenix News Times 5/8 10:52A Juliette Rihl

This story was first published by LOOKOUT, an investigative nonprofit news organization covering Arizona’s LGBTQ+ communities. Twenty-two states have comprehensive LGBTQ+ civil rights laws on the...

Who is Jonathan Yudelman, ASU’s hateful faculty member?

Phoenix News Times 5/8 7:55A TJ L'Heureux

Wearing a hijab and sunglasses, the woman keeps trying to walk away. Two men — one of whom is Arizona State University faculty member Dr. Jonathan Yudelman — pursue her…

Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern blasts drag on pro-Hitler show

Phoenix News Times 5/6 9:21A Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona M

A Glendale Republican lawmaker who was present for the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and is facing criminal charges for being a fake elector used legislative video equipment to appear on a...