TJ L'Heureux

Phoenix

Writer at Phoenix New Times

Staff Writer @phoenixnewtimes | featured in @AP, @CodaStory, @CronkiteNews | MA Investigative Journalism @cronkite_asu

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Judge to rule on whether to halt Mayes crackdown on hemp THC products

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Next week, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge will decide whether gas stations can again sell THC-infused drinks and gummies. At least for the moment. In March, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a crackdown on hemp-based THC products sold outside of dispensaries, arguing that they are illegal under state law.
Woman held against scorching hot pavement by Phoenix PD is suing

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

At 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, Clarissa Sabedra wasn’t imposing. Yet, according to a lawsuit she filed in federal court, two Phoenix police officers treated her like a physical threat — pinning her on hot pavement that severely burned her legs to the point where she needed treatment in a hospital burn unit. In the lawsuit, filed May 30, Sabedra sued the city of Phoenix and the two officers involved, claiming battery, negligence and violation of her Fourth Amendment rights.
Phoenix’s police chief candidate forum was actually kinda good

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Substantive answers. A head-on confrontation with the findings of the Department of Justice report. A full-throated assertion that local police should have no role to play in immigration enforcement. That was the surprising tenor of Monday’s public forum with the three candidates vying to become the next chief of the Phoenix Police Department.
Rep. Hamadeh retweets man credibly accused of sex trafficking and rape

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Sunday night, Hamadeh used his personal X account to retweet a missive from Tristan Tate, who with his brother Andrew faces sex trafficking and rape investigations in at least two European countries. The British-American brothers and so-called “wealth influencers” are notorious for espousing misogynistic viewpoints, including that wives belong to their husbands and should remain in the home. Hamadeh’s personal account follows both brothers on X, where they have a combined 14.1 million followers.
How long do you need to save to buy a home in Arizona?

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

In the last five years, the amount of money you need to buy a home in Arizona has skyrocketed. But now that owning a home in Arizona is expensive, how does the quest to own a home here compare to other states across the country? Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the 2023 American Community Survey, Long Island-based real estate company Leave The Key attempted to answer that.
Photos: Thousands at Arizona Capitol 'No Kings' protest rebuke Trump

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Across the country, millions of Americans took to the streets Saturday to protest against the Trump administration’s unconstitutional overreaches, while the president threw himself a birthday parade with tanks and soldiers in Washington, D.C.But Donald Trump was also spotted in Phoenix among the many thousands who converged on the Arizona Capitol at one of the nation’s 2,000 “No Kings” protests.
Hemp THC products are everywhere in Arizona. Congress may change that

2 weeks ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

On June 5, a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee approved a $25.5 billion spending bill containing a small provision that would make most hemp-derived cannabinoid products federally illegal. It will have to be approved by the full Appropriations Committee before it goes to a vote in the House, but the already-embattled industry has reason to sweat the possibility of an outright ban.
Arizona is losing groundwater at an alarming rate, study shows

2 weeks ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

The Colorado River is drying up, and Southwestern states are currently engaged in contentious talks — that seem to be going nowhere — over how to divvy up the drought-stricken river’s water in the future. When the current allocation agreement expires after next year, Arizona may find itself in a tough spot, with fewer water rights than it had before. That’s a problem, but an even bigger one lurks beneath the surface of the state.
Tempe's Yucca Tap Room blasts ICE 'jackboots' taking over parking lot

2 weeks ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Danelle Plaza, a strip mall known as the center of Tempe’s artistic community, was the site of a very different kind of gathering on Wednesday. About 40 federal law enforcement vehicles and even more armed officers swarmed the plaza, drawing the attention of residents and the plaza’s businesses.
Stopped on a bike, killed by a Phoenix cop: Inside a family's grief

2 weeks ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | TJ L'Heureux

Generations of family members milled around the front yard of her Guadalupe house one breezy February day, drinking sodas and picking at a Little Caesars pizza on a folding table. In the driveway, toddlers rollicked, driving miniature electric cars and intermittently howling. These were Maria’s great-grandchildren, and whenever they got out of hand, the 73-year-old reined them in with a great-grandmotherly admonishment. “Go talk to Tata Sergio,” she said in a stern but loving voice.