A nursing assistant is accused of raping, and impregnating, a resident at a skilled nursing facility in Goodyear. The story is reminiscent of when an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth at the Hacienda HealthCare intermediate care facility in Phoenix more than five years ago.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Thursday morning appointed Chief Deputy Russ Skinner to replace Democratic Sheriff Paul Penzone, who resigned in January.

Days before last year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Maison Des Champs, who bills himself as the "Official Pro-Life Spider-Man" on his social media accounts, was detained after scaling Phoenix's tallest building to promote his anti-abortion cause.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has announced that it will reveal its choice for the new Maricopa County sheriff on Thursday.

The head of Phoenix’s Office of Accountability and Transparency is out — raising questions about the independence of that office just as the city is trying to convince the Department of Justice that they don’t need further police oversight.

U.S. senators, including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, have released a long-awaited bill that could transform border and immigration functions.
→ Sinema calls for 'swift justice' for asylum seekers entering the U.S.

The oversight body for police in Arizona has a rule that aspiring officers can not have used marijuana for at least two years before they start academy training. The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board wants to shrink the timeframe to six months.

The Phoenix director of the civilian office for police oversight is quitting after a little more than two years on the job. A city spokesperson says officials will work diligently to find the right leader for the Office of Accountability and Transparency.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined 21 other governors to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling limiting access to a widely used abortion drug.