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Lawsuit aims to toss law on who can vote for Arizona …

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — The current method of retaining and rejecting judges to the Arizona Court of Appeals is unconstitutional and should be struck down, according to a new lawsuit Wednesday by the Goldwater Institute.

Horne sues, claims Proposition 203 violated

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — Hoping to force the issue, state schools chief Tom Horne filed suit late Wednesday to get a court to rule that any school that doesn’t use “structured English immersion” to teach students who are not proficient is violating the law.

Arizona hunters not barred from using lead ammunition, …

9/2/2023
PHOENIX — Hunters in Arizona won’t be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can cause the death of other animals.

Top Republican lawmakers say doctors have no right to …

9/1/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s top two Republican lawmakers say doctors have no legal right to challenge a 2021 ban the GOP-controlled Legislature enacted on abortions due to fetal abnormalities because they aren’t saying they intend to violate it.

Lake to argue to examine signatures on ballot …

8/29/2023
PHOENIX — Kari Lake is going to get a chance to argue she’s entitled to examine signatures on ballot envelopes from the 2022 election in her bid to overturn the gubernatorial election.

AZ Supreme Court tosses out bid to void 2022 election …

8/25/2023
PHOENIX — The state’s high court has tossed out a bid to void the results of the entire 2022 election.

Arizona Supreme Court to consider abortion law

8/23/2023
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court decided Wednesday it will consider whether Arizona law actually prohibits virtually all abortions.

Peoria city council calls special executive session

8/23/2023
Peoria City Council has called an executive session, 9:30 a.m., Aug. 24, to receive legal advice from their counsel regarding private records and personnel matters.

Republican lawmakers want Arizona AG to punish Phoenix …

8/22/2023
PHOENIX — Two Republican lawmakers want Attorney General Kris Mayes to financially punish the city of Phoenix if it refuses to overturn a city council decision to donate unclaimed weapons to Ukraine.

Environmental group accuses U.S. Fish and Wildlife of …

8/22/2023
PHOENIX — A Tucson-based environmental group is accusing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of illegally altering its rules in ways that will harm the ability of two of snakes to survive in Arizona and New Mexico.

Lake says she had right to accuse Maricopa County …

8/22/2023
PHOENIX — Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she had a absolute right to publicly accuse Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer of illegally sabotaging the election with mis-sized ballots even though a judge ruling in her challenge to the 2022 election had already rejected that complaint as unproven.

Flaws found in system for removing children from homes …

8/21/2023
PHOENIX — State officials have discovered a flaw in a system used by the Department of Child Safety that has let judges make decisions on removing children from homes without having all the information they needed.