AUDIO: CN2Go: Eviction filings are on the rise in Maricopa County

by Adnan Alam
  • Slug: CN2Go.
  • Runtime: 4:04.
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THIS IS YOUR CRONKITE NEWS 2GO BRIEFING.

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I’M NATALIE SKOWLUND ( go to story )

EVICTION FILINGS (READER)

EVICTION FILINGS ARE ON THE RISE IN MARICOPA COUNTY. SEPTEMBER MARKED THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF RECORD HIGHS IN FILINGS SINCE OVER A DECADE AGO. OFFICIALS SAY THE AVERAGE JUDGMENT AGAINST TENANTS IS NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME MARICOPA COUNTY HAS HAD AN EVICTIONS BOOM. THE COUNTY HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST EVICTION RATES IN THE NATION PRIOR TO STATE AND FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUMS DURING THE PANDEMIC. THOSE MORATORIUMS HAVE SINCE ENDED

DISTRICT LINES (READER)

NEW DISTRICT LINES IN THE EAST VALLEY COULD MEAN A TOUGHER WIN FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GREG STANTON, A DEMOCRAT. STANTON WON THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC-LEANING FOURTH DISTRICT THAT COVERS PARTS OF TEMPE, CHANDLER AND MESA.

THIS YEAR, AMID NEWLY REDRAWN DISTRICT LINES, STANTON FACES A CLOSER BATTLE AGAINST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE KELLY COOPER. COOPER IS A MARINE VETERAN AND RESTAURANT OWNER NEW TO THE POLITICAL ARENA. COOPER HAS CALLED TO DEFUND THE F-B-I AFTER THEY RAIDED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S FLORIDA ESTATE IN AUGUST AND ALSO ASKED FOR THE RELEASE OF THOSE WHO ATTACKED THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIXTH, 2021.

ASU Football sees new talen (Damon/ superspot)

HOST INTRO
ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL PICKED UP ITS BIGGEST WIN OF THE SEASON EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH AN UPSET WIN OVER WASHINGTON.

CRONKITE NEWS’ DAMON FAIRALL TAKES US BACK TO A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE GAME WHERE AN UNLIKELY HERO EMERGED FOR THE SUN DEVILS.

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THANKS AGAIN TO DAMON FAIRALL FOR THAT STORY.
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YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STORIES YOU HEARD IN TODAY’S NEWS UPDATE, BY GOING TO CRONKITENEWS-DOT-AZPBS-DOT-ORG.

THAT’S ALL FOR YOUR CRONKITE NEWS 2 GO. I’M NATALIE SKOWLUND .

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