Politics & Government

She’s not governor, a senator or the head of Voice of America, at least yet. But she is on the federal payroll now.

Rep. Abe Hamadeh posts often about advocating for service members. The 3,000 job cuts at the VA don’t get much attention.

This time around, we’ve got GOP nuts, disappointing Democrats and even Arizona’s most famous and revered politician.

Justin Heap has been in office for less than two months and has already shown a knack for poorly stretching the truth.

The agenda includes discussions of Flat Earth theories and “collaboration between Space Force and the Galactic Federation.”

Jeff Brown is a flag-hustler. He makes money off the MAGA crowd … and those protesting Trump at the Arizona Capitol.

Republicans are pushing a plan to raise the retirement age. A map shows how that would affect your part of the state.

Arizona is a hotbed for anti-government groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

A Phoenix woman was the target of a “sophisticated” attempt to con her out of money to free her husband from ICE custody.

The host, former GOP lawmaker David Stringer, has a long history of racist views and faced child sex charges in the 1980s.

Execution by firing squad is illegal in Arizona, but Republicans are pushing a bill to change that.

Residents say their working-class neighborhood is being picked on. Homeless advocates say Tempe needs shelter services.

David Schweikert’s uninterested in halting Elon Musk’s gutting of federal agencies, so protesters will give him an earful.

A state senate spokesperson said protesters were “aggressive.” Protesters said the GOP didn’t want to hear their viewpoint.

The protest against the Trump administration will be the second demonstration organized in Phoenix by the 50501 movement.

The calls keep coming and the work never stops. Neither do the Arizona professionals helping immigrants fight deportation.

Sheriff’s departments across Arizona say it’s not their job to enforce immigration and they lack the money to do it anyway.

Perennial candidate and former Democrat Rodney Glassman is once again spending his trust fund on a political pipe dream.

The new, MAGA-aligned Maricopa County Recorder has already demonstrated a habit of stretching the facts.

In 2004, racists tried to destroy Scottsdale’s diversity office with a pipe bomb. Tuesday, the city council finished the job.

Republicans want to throw open doors (and a defunct state prison) to ICE, while Democrats want ICE to do its own work.

Phoenix doesn’t make it easy to play watchdog on city officials, but Phoenix New Times is here to help.