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Public Safety

DPS Is Looking for a Silver Mercedes GLC After a Pedestrian Was Killed on I-17

Oct 28, 2026

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DPS Is Looking for a Silver Mercedes GLC After a Pedestrian Was Killed on I-17

A person walking on northbound I-17 near Indian School Road was hit by several vehicles Friday night. Every driver left. Troopers need your help.

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Top Story

Tyler Moldovan Was Told He'd Never Climb Stairs Again. Tuesday He Watched His Shooter Get Life.

Oct 28, 2026

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Tyler Moldovan Was Told He'd Never Climb Stairs Again. Tuesday He Watched His Shooter Get Life.

Shot eight times on a routine Phoenix call in 2021, Officer Moldovan was in court Tuesday as the man who did it got two life terms. His partner ran toward the gunfire that night.

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Corporation Commission Voted to Scrub Its Own Tape. Its Lawyer Now Says the Vote Was Never Properly Noticed.

Oct 26, 2026

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Corporation Commission Voted to Scrub Its Own Tape. Its Lawyer Now Says the Vote Was Never Properly Noticed.

Fifteen days after striking a fired adviser's name from the record, the Commission voted to put it back.

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Public Safety

Phoenix Listed 37 Police Reforms. The Council Gets Its Scorecard Tuesday.

Oct 26, 2026

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Phoenix Listed 37 Police Reforms. The Council Gets Its Scorecard Tuesday.

Phoenix says 29 of the 37 police reforms it adopted in 2024 are done. Of the eight still open in January, five had deadlines that have since passed, including the Fourth Amendment audits.

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Public Safety

Phoenix Has Finished 29 of the 37 Police Reforms Its Council Ordered. Tuesday It Reports on the Rest.

Oct 22, 2026

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Phoenix Has Finished 29 of the 37 Police Reforms Its Council Ordered. Tuesday It Reports on the Rest.

The city's own numbers show real progress since 2024, and three policies that were due in the spring.

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Politics

'No Longer Pumping': 20 Miles From Hobbs's Butler Valley Win, Fondomonte's Wells Still Run

Oct 21, 2026

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'No Longer Pumping': 20 Miles From Hobbs's Butler Valley Win, Fondomonte's Wells Still Run

The 2024 announcement covered one valley. The Saudi-owned farm's Ranegras Plain operation, its fifth state lease and its 33rd permitted well were never part of it.

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Public Safety

Phoenix PD Says Ghost Stops Are Banned. Its Own Dispatchers Caught One.

Oct 20, 2026

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Phoenix PD Says Ghost Stops Are Banned. Its Own Dispatchers Caught One.

Two officers took Tempe's request to find the car they allegedly stopped, then reported "no contact." The chief saw "no red flags." One officer had been written up last year for not turning on his body camera.

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Politics

'We Do Not Dabble' in Persuasion: Turning Point's $18 Million Says Otherwise

Oct 20, 2026

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'We Do Not Dabble' in Persuasion: Turning Point's $18 Million Says Otherwise

Turning Point PAC has put about $12.3 million into ads against Gov. Katie Hobbs, names one top donor nobody can identify, and files disclosure reports that name no original donors. Hobbs's side has its own math problem.

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