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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
AG says state required to fund schooling only for minor inmates
A new opinion from Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leaving dozens of young adults who are locked up in Pima County jail without the funding to help them complete a high school diploma.
Court rules mining can continue on Navajo Reservation
A federal appeals court has thrown out a bid by environmental groups to challenge expanded coal mining on the Navajo Reservation that powers the Four Corners Power Plant.
State approves experimental payment system for pot dispensaries
The state's top prosecutor has approved an experimental program designed to get marijuana dispensaries out of the business of having to pay their bills with suitcases and sacks full of cash.
Former state Supreme Court justice James Moeller dies
James Moeller, the author of several of precedent-setting decisions of the Arizona Supreme Court, has died.
Montgomery supporters line up in bid for Supreme Court
Their candidate squeezed out of the last screening, allies of Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery are lining up to urge that he be nominated for the Arizona Supreme Court.
State aims to attract more foreign tourists
Wondering where all those tourists wandering around Arizona are coming from?
Brnovich prefers Legislature, not voters, to legalize recreational marijuana
Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants state lawmakers to debate and enact a recreational marijuana program rather than risk an industry-crafted measure from becoming the law of the land at the ballot box.
Commissioners press Don Brandt with questions
State utility regulators ratcheted up their demand for answers from the head of Arizona Public Service late Friday with a list of 67 questions.
State labor expert says wage hike hasn’t dampened economic activity
Wondering why the voter-mandated increase in the minimum wage hasn’t culled jobs?
Group pressures U.S. Forest Service to keep cattle away from streams
An environmental group took the first steps on July 18 to filing suit against the U.S. Forest Service for failing to live up to its promise to keep cattle away from streams in eastern Arizona.
Turf Paradise won’t challenge law on off-track betting
The owners of Turf Paradise won't challenge a new law that is designed to provide some financial help for Arizona Downs.
State Supreme Court gives deported man second chance at trial
In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the justices said that Hector Sebastion Nuñez-Diaz never would have entered into a plea deal on a drug charge had he been informed it would result in his automatic removal from this country.
