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Budget fails to fully fund court-ordered prison reform
Key Points Prison healthcare funding in state budget falls short of court requirements Oversight office goes unfunded again, delaying prison accountability efforts Advocates warn delays in full funding risk harm […]
DOJ prepares to appeal Arizona ruling keeping voter records confidential
Key Points: Arizona is one of several states where Trump administration effort has been denied Federal judges says DOJ is misreading law Judge says any new appeal by DOJ will […]
Trump goes on offense as prediction market lawsuits multiply
Key Points States are defending their jurisdiction over prediction markets in court The CFTC has historically avoided regulating sports betting, gambling The agency was greatly impacted by the Trump admin. […]
Goldwater Institute challenges state tax credit for Arizona movie producers
Key Points Appeal claims tax credit violates Gift Clause Attorney says state actually loses money through tax incentivization State position is that filming movies, videos and commercials generates tax revenue […]
Attorney General Mayes oversees execution of LeRoy McGill
Key Points: LeRoy McGill executed by the state for 2002 murder of Charles Perez Friend of McGill detailed his childhood, priest prayed over execution Attorney general stands behind death penalty, […]
Judge looking for swift appointment of new state prison healthcare receiver
Key Points: Federal judge to appoint receiver for Arizona’s prison healthcare system Receiver to oversee care for over 25,000 state inmates Arizona’s prison healthcare system is understaffed and underfunded The […]
Mayes backs Pima County measure limiting ICE access to county resources
Key Points:Â Pima County resolution does not violate state or federal law, Attorney General Kris Mayes concludes State law does not mandate local governments to do more than what federal […]
Challenges to primary election candidates oust 12, 10 survive
Key Points: Litigation removes 12 political hopefuls, allows finalization of ballots Courts keep 10 candidates on ballot in statewide, congressional, legislative races Signature disputes and technical errors determined candidate legal […]
Appeals court rules against Mayes in ‘fake electors’ case
Key Points Judges says attorney general illegally withheld information in seeking indictments Case targeted so-called fake electors seeking to overturn Trump loss in the 2000 election Mayes claimed documents were […]
Appeals court declines to order state study of San Pedro River
Key Points: Judges say law requires periodic groundwater studies, but doesn’t define how often Lawsuit filed by biological diversity group claims area is going dry Group official accuses governor of […]
38 state AGs sign amicus brief supporting Mass. in Kalshi lawsuit
Key Points: The attorneys general said the outcome of the Mass. case affects their citizens Mass. in September became the first state to sue a prediction market Kalshi says it […]
Texas court ruling clears path for final decision on Proposition 314
Key Points: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals tosses out challenge to Texas law allowing arrests of people who entered the country illegally Arizona’s Proposition 314 enforcement is contingent on the […]
