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Court rules divorced woman can use fertilized embryos against father’s wishes
A divorced woman is entitled to implant some fertilized embryos created before she was married despite the objections of her former husband, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
AZ Supreme Court rules medical confidentiality suspended in cases of Medicaid fraud
Fraud investigations trump Arizona's physician-patient privilege, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.
Senate panel approves bill to allow loaded firearms on campus
It's billed by proponents as a way moms can defend themselves from attackers while dropping their children off at school. But legislation that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday on a 4-3 party-line vote also would permit high schoolers who are at least 18 to bring and keep loaded weapons in their vehicles.
Bill to lower minimum wage for certain youths hits snag
Legislation to let employers pay some young workers less than the minimum wage hit a roadblock Thursday amid questions of whether it will discourage people from going to school.
Federal court upholds decision to allow hunters to drive off road
Federal forestry officials did nothing wrong in agreeing to allow hunters to take their vehicles off road to retrieve their kills, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Money for farmers bill revived in Senate
Rebuffed by a House panel, a Globe lawmaker convinced a Senate committee on Tuesday to give Pinal County farmers $20 million to help drill new wells to replace Colorado River water they will be giving up.
Court voids laws allowing hospitals to impose financial liens on patients
Hospitals that accept payment from the state's Medicaid program can't then try to collect more by going after money owed to the patient, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
House passes bill to cap vehicle registration fee
Getting ready to renew the registration on your car or truck?
Study concludes fewer people live illegally in Arizona than in 2007
There are a lot fewer people who are here illegally living in key Arizona metropolitan areas than there were a decade ago.
Arizona takes California to court over taxation
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that California is illegally imposing its taxes on Arizona residents and businesses.
Proposed law would put restrictions on vacation rental homes
State lawmakers are moving to curb some of the abuses that were created when they agreed three years ago to let people rent out their own homes for overnight guests.
Committee proposed to study shift of county lines in southern Arizona
State lawmakers took the first steps Thursday to what eventually could lead to putting portions of eastern Santa Cruz County into Cochise County.
