The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was handcuffed in its budgeting. Its spending growth each year was constrained by a formula outlined in the Arizona Constitution. But any expenses tied to ...

As Sylvia Herrera recalled, she was at a meeting with Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone as he talked about how much money the agency was spending to comply with a federal judge’s orders in a racial ...

Maricopa County officials are seeking an end to federal oversight over the Sheriff's Office, designed to prevent racial profiling and discrimination, which they say is costing taxpayers hundreds of ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona appeals court denied Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block a third-party audit of election data, which the county official fears ...

The top Arizona senator chastised Maricopa County officials who railed against the Republican-led Legislature’s audit of the 2020 election results. During a hearing about the audit on Tuesday which ...

Community members and activists gathered outside the Arizona Capitol to call for the continuation of independent oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office connected to a nearly 20-year-old ...