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Hamadeh out of challenges in race for Attorney …

7/17/2023
PHOENIX — Abe Hamadeh can’t get a do-over of his challenge to the 2022 race for attorney general because his lawyers failed to timely investigate the issues he now wants time to review, a judge ruled Monday.

Arizona AG: Horne can't cut off funds for schools not …

7/17/2023
PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes says state schools chief Tom Horne has no authority to cut off funds to schools that don’t use “structured English immersion” to teach students who are not proficient.

Restriction of videotaping police legislation all but …

7/14/2023
PHOENIX — Legislation to restrict the ability of individuals to videotape police is all but officially dead.

County attorneys may challenge Hobbs order over …

7/11/2023
County attorneys are considering next steps, including the possibility of a lawsuit against Gov. Katie Hobbs, after she rejected their request to rescind an executive order that puts the decision to prosecute abortion cases in the hands of the attorney general’s office.

Hobbs tells county attorneys she has legal ground in …

7/7/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs told 12 county attorneys late Friday she is on legally solid ground in rejecting their request that she rescind her executive order stripping them of their authority to prosecute abortion cases.

AG Mayes acknowledges she has total say over …

7/1/2023
PHOENIX — She won’t use the word “decriminalization” to describe the fact she won’t ever prosecute any doctor who performs abortion. But in an extensive interview with Capitol Media Services, Attorney General Kris Mayes acknowledged that a new executive order by Gov. Hobbs gives her — and her alone — total say over enforcement of all criminal laws that govern the procedure. County attorneys are stripped of their ability to decide whether to bring charges.

Trio of Republican senators bringing Hobbs' …

6/27/2023
PHOENIX — Upset with her executive order last week on abortions, Republicans who until now have been slow to confirm the governor’s nominations are now bringing the process to a dead stop.

Hobbs signs executive order stripping county attorneys …

6/23/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is moving to strip the state’s 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute doctors and other medical professionals who perform abortions and give it to fellow Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes.

Glassman: Mayes and the erosion of common sense in …

6/22/2023
On the subject matter of boys and girls, it seems Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes could use some pointers herself.

Glendale crackdown leaves ‘2 or 3’ licensed sober …

6/22/2023
The most effective way to expose fraudulent sober living homes across the Valley has been a standard mode of residents keeping vigilant.

Arizona Supreme Court allows some payment for petition …

6/22/2023
PHOENIX — A 2017 law making it a crime to pay petition circulators on a per-signature basis is legal, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Arizona officials look to tackle the issue of the …

6/16/2023
A growing water controversy in western Arizona has residents working to prevent what they see as a foreign-owned company from depleting groundwater supplies.