News Editor for the Phoenix New Times. Former ballwriter. I watch a distressing amount of television.https://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3miyxq3vbnc2jIn February, the Arizona Senate trespassed members of the Latino activist group LUCHA, giving them bare-bones notices typed on plain white paper -- no letterhead, signatures, details or names. Now, the group is suing Senate President Warren Petersen. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-lawmakers-sued-barring-latino-activists-legislature-40658046/08 Apr 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyxq3vbnc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3miw7xmi6fk2wMichael Marion is fighting prostate cancer while caring for an adult daughter with Down syndrome. He needs state help, but the Arizona Department of Economic Security wants records from more than 25 years ago to prove she was diagnosed before age 18. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/opinion/arizona-department-economic-security-down-syndrome-op-ed-40657935/07 Apr 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw7xmi6fk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3miu547epls2nRichard Mueller, disgraced cop and top investigator for Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller, can't stop won't stop. In March, he roughed up a 150-pound Black teen who was riding home from school on an ebike. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/pinal-county-attorney-investigator-body-slammed-black-teen-40657890/06 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu547epls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3miu547epls2nRichard Mueller, disgraced cop and top investigator for Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller, can't stop won't stop. In March, he roughed up a 150-pound Black teen who was riding home from school on an ebike. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/pinal-county-attorney-investigator-body-slammed-black-teen-40657890/06 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu547epls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mimjdhq4bc26There are photos going around of Turning Point volunteers collecting tons of SRP ballots. They're being accused of ballot harvesting, which is illegal in most elections. But not in SRP's. Learn more here: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/is-turning-point-harvesting-srp-election-ballots-is-that-legal-40656811/03 Apr 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimjdhq4bc26https://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mik6k5dz3s2qA woman running for Abe Hamadeh's congressional seat this November made an AI show tune calling out Surprise for not fighting back against ICE's planned detention center. It's...kinda catchy. Listen here: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/surprice-ice-detention-center-ai-show-tune-40656707/02 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik6k5dz3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3micjakpb622vWant to be governor of Arizona? Are you willing to eat a taco on camera and, if so, can you do it while looking like a normal human being? Explaining today's very stupid gubernatorial, uh, beef. By @morgfisch.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-governor-hobbs-biggs-beefing-about-tacos-40656327/30 Mar 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3micjakpb622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3micdbtrtjc2dThe new Surprise ICE detention center is within a mile of Dysart High School, writes student Cali Overs. Students must pass by it every morning. "Our elected representatives have responded with silence, deflection or worse: telling us to get used to it." https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/opinion/surprise-arizona-ice-detention-center-school-op-ed-40656297/30 Mar 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3micdbtrtjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mi2jxqevoc23GOP congressional candidate Jay Feely says he wants to bring back American manufacturing. Until recently, he was selling campaign merch made in foreign factories. When we asked about it, Feely took down his online campaign store. By @morgfisch.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-feely-foreign-made-merch-closes-campaign-shop-40654953/27 Mar 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2jxqevoc23https://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mhvkqng7gs23Today, the Phoenix City Council may vote to remove Cesar Chavez's name from the many city memorials to the now-disgraced activist. But the statue at Cesar Chavez Park may stay up for a while. Learn why in this explainer from @csosin.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/when-will-phoenix-take-down-cesar-chavez-memorials-40654656/25 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvkqng7gs23https://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mhraxdufy22sICE agents were all over Sky Harbor on Monday. They...just kind of stood around. More from @morgfisch.bsky.social, who talked to travelers -- nervous, supportive, indifferent -- and TSA union leaders, who said no one told TSA employees about the ICE deployment. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sky-harbor-flooded-by-ice-agents-who-just-stand-around-40654544/23 Mar 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhraxdufy22shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mhjsov5l5k22Phoenix police investigated six cops for arresting and charging George Floyd protesters as a bogus gang in 2020. Three who still work for the department were cleared. Three who have retired or quit were not, but Phoenix PD cannot punish them. By @csosin.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-involved-bogus-gang-arrests-unpunished-40653448/21 Mar 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjsov5l5k22https://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mhj4xqpnfc2jPhoenix has released a proposal that would bar ICE and other law enforcement agencies from using city property (for staging, processing, etc) without explicit permission. The city council will vote on it next week. By @csosin.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-may-bar-ice-using-city-property-without-permission-40653380/20 Mar 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj4xqpnfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mhdxc7gfd22xLast year, a security guard at Club DWNTWN cold-cocked a restrained patron, who died three days later. Two Phoenix cops stood by and watched. Now the man's family is suing the city, the club and the security guard over his death. By Clarissa Sosin: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-club-dwntwn-sued-fatal-security-guard-assault-40653027/18 Mar 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdxc7gfd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mh7g54ggns2yThere have been three fatal Phoenix police shootings since Thursday. In the first two and a half months of 2026, Phoenix cops have killed five people. That's almost halfway to last year's total of 11 police killings. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-killed-three-people-past-five-days-40652856/16 Mar 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7g54ggns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgvg3mhswc2sLast spring, an ASU student jumped off the roof at an off-campus SAE party, aiming for the pool. She missed and broke her foot. Now she's suing SAE and ASU for negligence. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-student-sues-frat-after-broke-foot-jumping-off-roof-party-40651661/12 Mar 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvg3mhswc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgvg3mhswc2sLast spring, an ASU student jumped off the roof at an off-campus SAE party, aiming for the pool. She missed and broke her foot. Now she's suing SAE and ASU for negligence. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-student-sues-frat-after-broke-foot-jumping-off-roof-party-40651661/12 Mar 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvg3mhswc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mguvs6vcp22sA third Phoenix speed enforcement camera was vandalized. This one was spray-painted. The city says no vandals have been caught yet. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/another-phoenix-speed-enforcement-camera-is-vandalized-40651573/12 Mar 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguvs6vcp22shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgsunnfqq22sOn Jan. 26, a Phoenix cop hastily shot and killed a man subduing a home intruder. Prosecutors charged the intruder -- not the cop -- with murder. The slain man's family isn't happy. They want the cop, Jason Valenzuela, to face justice. By @morgfisch.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/family-man-killed-phoenix-cop-rips-effort-pin-death-on-someone-else-40651548/11 Mar 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsunnfqq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgshmuxecs2sPhoenix police released video of the death of Dylan Fohrenkam, who died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound as an officer tackled him. When told Fohrenkam was dying, that officer can be heard in unedited body-cam footage saying, "Works for me." https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/video-man-tackled-phoenix-cop-dies-self-inflicted-gunshot-40651478/11 Mar 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgshmuxecs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgpwsckipk2sNEW: Two years ago, over brunch, Trumpists working under Project 2025 began plotting ways for Trump to deploy the military on U.S. soil. Election-denier Jeffrey Clark suggested invoking the Insurrection Act. We have their files. Welcome to the Insurrectionist Brunch: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/trumpists-plotted-deploy-military-on-us-soil-before-election-40650142/10 Mar 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpwsckipk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgpwsckipk2sNEW: Two years ago, over brunch, Trumpists working under Project 2025 began plotting ways for Trump to deploy the military on U.S. soil. Election-denier Jeffrey Clark suggested invoking the Insurrection Act. We have their files. Welcome to the Insurrectionist Brunch: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/trumpists-plotted-deploy-military-on-us-soil-before-election-40650142/10 Mar 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpwsckipk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhbuchanan.bsky.social/post/3mgn4ztnrk22yNEW: Google yanked money from a PAC promoting the pro-industry slate in SRP's election. The tech giant also asked that its name be removed from all campaign materials. The PAC has made some folks queasy by cozying up to Turning Point. By @stephenlemons.bsky.social: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/google-yanks-money-turning-point-aligned-pac-srp-election-40651329/09 Mar 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:et4h6vanov2csextpp7m26yi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn4ztnrk22y