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Top Arizona Republican legislators attempting to help …

11/6/2023
PHOENIX — Preparing for their own fight with the Biden administration over a new national monument in Arizona, the top legislative Republicans now are attempting to help the state of Utah in its own battle against two other monuments.

Mothers of biological girls unable to join legal fight …

10/31/2023
PHOENIX — The mothers of some biological girls will not be able to join the legal fight against the efforts to allow two transgender girls to participate in school sports.

Arizona Appeals Court allows doctors to challenge …

10/30/2023
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court gave the go-ahead Monday for Arizona doctors to challenge a state law banning abortions sought because of fetal genetic defects.

Tempe City Council approves tobacco ordinance

10/27/2023
Tempe’s proposed tobacco ordinance was approved at Tempe City Council’s Oct. 26 meeting, with Council Member Joel Navarro absent.

Controversial zoning request not heard by Scottsdale …

10/25/2023
The owner of the proposed Swags restaurant pulled it’s request for the Scottsdale City Council to hear its rezoning request for .29 acres downtown. during the council’s Oct. 24 meeting. A …

Arizona State Supreme Court to consider law protecting …

10/25/2023
PHOENIX — A lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could become the legal basis for the state Court of Appeals to consider — and void — a statute that protects members of the clergy from disclosing an adherent’s confession of child molestation.

Final hearing approaches for Tempe’s proposed …

10/25/2023
Tempe City Council is slated to vote on an updated tobacco ordinance that would raise the legal purchasing age to 21 and establish a new tobacco seller’s license at its Oct. 26 meeting following the item’s final public hearing.

Controversial Old Town zoning request goes to …

10/23/2023
A controversial rezoning request for a three-story building to house a restaurant called Swags in Old Town will go before the Scottsdale City Council Tuesday, Oct. 24. The developer wants to …

Group wants judge to outlaw 'drop boxes' for early …

10/20/2023
PHOENIX — A group that backs additional restrictions on voting wants a judge to outlaw the use of “drop boxes” that can make it easier for some people to return their early ballots.

Arizona counties prohibited from hand-counting …

10/18/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona counties are prohibited by law from hand-counting all ballots in an election, even if they want to do so because county leaders have bought into conspiracy theories that say vote tabulation machines are untrustworthy, the state Court of Appeals ruled.

Hamadeh ordered to pay legal fees for unsuccessful …

10/17/2023
PHOENIX — Abe Hamadeh has been ordered to pay more than $42,000 in legal fees to Kris Mayes in his unsuccessful effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the results of the attorney general’s race.

Attorney says bid to keep Trump off 2024 Arizona …

10/17/2023
PHOENIX — An attorney for Donald Trump says a bid to keep him off the 2024 Arizona presidential preference ballot should be thrown out because there’s not a chance in the world that challenger John Castro would get nominated, much less elected.