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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Campaign to repeal tax cuts can go on ballot – for now
Arizonans are one step closer to being able to vote whether to repeal $1.9 billion of tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthiest in the state.
Hobbs damaged by Senate staffer verdict
A federal judge Tuesday denied a bid by the Senate to overturn a $2.75 million discrimination award against the Senate, leaving Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and state Democrats scrambling to blunt the effects of the verdict on her gubernatorial ambitions.
Winless against Biden, Brnovich files new suit
Without a single win yet in his legal battles with the Biden administration, Attorney General Mark Brnovich has opened up a new front with a new lawsuit.
Brnovich asks Ducey to call special session
With his legal challenges to vaccine and mask mandates rejected by a federal judge, Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Brnovich now wants Gov. Doug Ducey to order lawmakers back to the Capitol in hopes of a legislative fix.
Judge refuses to quash vaccine mandate
A federal judge on November 10 rejected a bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to issue an immediate nationwide injunction blocking President Biden from requiring federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated against Covid.
Feds want anonymous vax mandate challenger unmasked
Attorneys for the federal government are making a last-minute effort to unmask a federal employee who wants to challenge the president's vaccine mandate but does not want to reveal his identity.
Court: Ninjas ‘playing with fire’
The Court of Appeals has rejected the latest bid by Cyber Ninjas to keep secret the records it has related to the audit of the 2020 election.
Online shopping, aging population drive job growth
If you can drive a truck, move a package or dress a wound you're likely to have no problem finding employment between now and the end of the decade.
Judge weighs tax cuts challenge
A judge is questioning whether she has the right to keep Arizona voters from getting the last word on whether to cut taxes for the state's most wealthy.
Feds say Brnovich lacks authority to sue over vaccine mandates
A challenge by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to the Biden administration's vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors is legally and factually flawed, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice is charging.
Grab bag of laws voided by Supreme Court
When the Arizona Supreme Court slapped down how lawmakers approve "budget reconciliation'' bills on November 2, they quashed more than the ban on schools requiring masks of faculty and students.
Court rules against lawmakers in single-subject dispute
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday voided a ban on mask mandates in public schools and a host of other legislative changes, ruling it was illegal for lawmakers to pile them into a handful of budget bills.
