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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Feds will be watching polling in five Arizona counties
Federal officials will be watching polling Tuesday in five Arizona counties. But no one is saying how the Department of Justice selected those five -- or exactly what form that monitoring will take.
Supreme Court refuses to void Arizona law that allows criminal trials with juries of eight people
It's not allowed in 44 states. But the U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to void Arizona law, which allows criminal trials to be conducted -- and people to be convicted and sent to prison -- with juries of just eight people.
Judge prohibits state from enforcing law limiting attorneys from directly contacting crime victims
A federal judge is barring the state from enforcing a 31-year-old law that prohibits defense attorneys from directly contacting crime victims or their families, calling it a violation of their constitutional rights.
Clean Elections USA won’t appeal ruling limiting ballot box watching
Clean Elections USA will not appeal a late Tuesday ruling by a federal judge blocking most of what it can do while watching ballot boxes.
Schools will have to significantly cut spending unless lawmakers authorize use of current funds
Arizona schools across the state will have to cut their current spending by nearly 18% unless state lawmakers act to authorize them to actually use the money they already have.
Judge gives group another chance to try to restrain ballot watchers
The federal judge who refused last week to block the activities of those watching drop boxes agreed Monday to give another group a chance to convince him to restrain their actions.
Next governor won’t need congressional approval to use school trust fund account
The next governor of Arizona won't have to first get congressional approval before raiding a special school trust fund account, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
House attorney urges court to reject Ward’s effort to shield records
The attorney for the U.S. House is urging the Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch effort by the head of the Arizona Republican Party to shield her phone records from the committee looking at the causes of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Lions of Liberty stopping its Operational Drop Box monitoring in Yavapai County
The Lions of Liberty is halting its Operation Drop Box monitoring operation in Yavapai County. The move on Thursday comes just days after the organization was named in a lawsuit seeking a federal court order to restrain its activities.
Planned Parenthood of Arizona reopens sites where abortion offered
Saying it now has legal breathing room, Planned Parenthood of Arizona is reopening all its sites where it offers abortion in the state.
U.S. Supreme Court to decide on Ward’s phone records
The head of the Arizona Republican Party got at least a temporary reprieve in her bid to stop her phone records from being turned over to Congress.
Judge: women no more than 15 weeks pregnant can get abortions
Arizona women who are no more than 15 weeks pregnant will be able to continue to get legal abortions through at least the end of the year, if not beyond.
