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A steel company headquartered in Phoenix will pay a half-million dollars to current and former Black and Latino workers at its plant in Eloy. The payouts are part of a legal settlement with federal employment regulators stemming from complaints of harassment and retaliation.
Dec. 20, 2023
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The Show spoke with Max Guyll, an associate professor in ASU’s School of Interdisciplinary Forensics, about his research around cartridge-case comparisons in criminal cases.
Dec. 20, 2023
A school counselor with a student.
The Show spoke with Maria Polletta with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting about schools funding police officers on campuses across Arizona.
Dec. 20, 2023
Barry Jones
In 1995, a jury said that Barry Jones abused, sexually assaulted and killed a 4-year-old girl. He spent more than 10,000 days on death row waiting to be executed while maintaining his innocence. Jones was released this year and has returned to Tucson where his son is helping Jones build a new life.
Dec. 20, 2023
The Texas Capitol building
The Texas law goes into effect in March and makes crossing the border without permission a state crime, enforceable by local authorities.
Dec. 19, 2023
Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema
Sites along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona has seen a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers presenting themselves to border officers in recent weeks.
Dec. 19, 2023
Nikola Motors headquarters in Phoenix.
Trevor Milton, The founder of Arizona-based electric truck manufacturer Nikola Corporation, was convicted on three of four counts of fraud in October last year.
Dec. 18, 2023
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Gov. Katie Hobbs announced today that she’s sending National Guard troops to Arizona’s southern border roughly two weeks after the federal government shuttered the Lukeville Port of Entry.
Democrats accuse GOP of stalling Hobbs' border plan
Dec. 15, 2023
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As Arizonans stay in the workforce longer and longer, they may experience age discrimination. If you’re over 40, you’re protected by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
Dec. 15, 2023
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Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a vulnerable older adult who was allegedly abused and neglected at her assisted living facility.
Dec. 15, 2023
empty swings on a playground
The Show spoke with Lieutenant Bill Farmer, the school resource officer section commander for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, about what SROs actually do day to day.
Dec. 13, 2023
Exterior of Chandler city hall at night
The Chandler City Council has approved agreements to place school resource officers at all public high schools and middle schools within city limits through June 2026.
Dec. 12, 2023
The closure of the small but vital Lukeville Port of Entry on Arizona's southern border continues to have ripple effects today. Over the weekend, Gov. Katie Hobbs went down to Lukeville and called on the federal government to do more to secure the border.
Dec. 12, 2023
ASU campus
A grand jury indicted a former Arizona State University employee on 14 felonies after the Arizona Auditor General found evidence he embezzled nearly $125,000.
Dec. 11, 2023
The Texas Capitol building
As the border remains steeped in chaos, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to sign a law that would make it a crime for a person from a foreign country to illegally enter Texas, among other hardline measures for migrants who come to the state.
Dec. 11, 2023
Phoenix police cars
The Phoenix city council is scheduled on Wednesday to consider another proposed settlement of a lawsuit involving the police department. If approved, it would be the third such payout in less than 45 days.
Dec. 8, 2023
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His case, which also claims state negligence, stems from a short window created by the Legislature for people to pursue legal action after turning 30 years old.
Dec. 8, 2023
Pile of gift cards
The holiday shopping season is underway, but buyers beware. Thousands of cloned gift cards have been seized in Arizona.
Dec. 8, 2023
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After initially agreeing to cooperate with with a sweeping federal investigation launched 28 months ago into the Police Department, the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association wants the city’s mayor to reject a court-enforced reform agreement.
Dec. 7, 2023
Booking photo of Lori Vallow Daybell
Lori Vallow Daybell pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill her husband and an ex-in-law.
Dec. 7, 2023

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