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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixKari Lake and her allies have spent the last couple of days criticizing anyone who said she had given up on defending herself in a defamation suit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer. Lake automatically defaulted in the case when she missed a March 25 deadline to respond to Richer's defamation claims, but filed a separate motion on March 26 asking for a default judgment and for Richer to prove to a jury that he was owed damages. In a video posted to social media, Lake tried to convince her followers that she was simply refusing to participate in the litigation. But in reality, she'll be compelled to continue participating and, by defaulting, she’s essentially admitting to the court that all of RicherSee the Story
Judge: Lake has lost all rights to litigate defamation case
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixMaricopa County has seen a 21% increase in the past four years in the number of eviction filings in the county. In January of this year, the county saw its largest ever number recorded; over 8,000 cases. Three of the months with the most recorded eviction filings have occurred in either 2023 or 2024.See the Story
As Maricopa County breaks eviction filing records, leaders tout safety net programs
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixDemocratic Sen. Priya Sundurashen proposed an amendment to secure an eight-year continuation for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. State law requires lawmakers to reauthorize state agencies at least once every 10 years. Last year, lawmakers extended ASDB for four years; it will undergo a sunset review in 2027.See the Story
Republicans continue to oppose extending operations for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind
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Indigenous · PhoenixRosalie Nez traveled more than four hours from Coal Mine Canyon, on the Navajo Nation, to the Phoenix area in hopes of getting answers. Nez shared her story during a town hall meeting hosted Tuesday night by the advocacy group StolenPeopleStolenBenefits about the fraudulent sober living home crisis. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the Arizona Department of Health Services and Attorney General Kris Mayes did not attend.See the Story
Indigenous advocates host townhall for victims, families of sober living crisis
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Abortion · PhoenixTwo years ago, the MAGA Supreme Court justices including three Trump appointees overturned nearly 50 years of legal precedent that affirmed our constitutional abortion rights. Now, the Arizona Supreme Court is weighing a decision that could take us back to an even more draconian abortion ban from 1864. This would make Arizona among the most restrictive states in the country.See the Story
A relentless power grab is behind the Supreme Court’s attacks on abortion
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixTucson City Council set a summer vote on a possible sales tax increase. Arizona law requires such elections go before voters only on November ballots. Attorney General Kris Mayes says Tucson, as a charter city, can set the dates of its own elections. Council called the vote for August 6, but the state Legislature then moved the date.See the Story
Kris Mayes OKs Tucson sales tax vote this summer
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LGBTQ+ · ArizonaArizona repealed a decades-old law that prohibited discussing same-sex relationships in a positive light. Advocates and educators contend that since repealing the law, topics in sex education have become politicized and harder to teach. This is partly to do with the push for more parental control over the curriculum taught in schools and the byzantine process that districts must navigate to get sex education taught.See the Story
Why is it so difficult to teach sex-ed in Arizona?
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