Good morning, Maricopa.

Chandler-based Brady Kiser, 28, husband of influencer Emilie Kiser, told police he lost sight of his 3-year-old son before finding him in the family’s backyard pool where the child drowned—authorities have requested home surveillance footage to verify his account.

Ronald K. Howard, 64, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault for a crash on US 60 on December 23 that killed 23-year-old Talaura Rhyann Frost, who was 17 weeks pregnant—he faces up to 65 years in prison and will be sentenced on July 1.

Ernie Adams built the Dwarf Car Museum in Maricopa to show his handmade, fully operational miniature race cars and street-legal cruisers made with motorcycle and Toyota engines.

Admission costs $5 and kids 10 and under get in free—an affordable look at a unique slice of Americana.

Maricopa County supervisors countersued Recorder Justin Heap (days after Heap filed his lawsuit) over control of county elections.

The board’s counterclaim will ask a judge to decide how the two offices share election duties (Board Chair Thomas Galvin called Heap’s claims frivolous) ahead of next year's midterm elections.

On Tuesday, the Arizona Department of Economic Security informed staff of a 5% cut in its workforce due to changes in federal grants+ affected employees will have their final day on July 4.

The layoffs come after federal cost shifts impacted unemployment insurance and related programs.

A traveler with measles was at Sky Harbor Airport on June 10, exposing people during a seven-hour window in Terminal 4 — concourses C and D.

Maricopa County health officials are working with federal and state partners to contact travelers at risk while urging those unvaccinated or unsure of their immunity to get the measles vaccine.