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Court solves PC problem, finds provision unconstitutional
A Yavapai County Superior Court judge struck down a new law that would have eliminated 2022 elections for precinct committeemen, declaring it unconstitutional.
Community colleges seek change to spending limit
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Court strikes down Prop. 208
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah dealt the final blow to Proposition 208.
Parents complain about ESA payment issues
The Arizona State Board of Education tabled accepting a quarterly report from the Empowerment Scholarship Account program on February 28 after parents submitted 49 pages of comments and spoke at... […]
Finchem, Gosar, Kern get hearing in defamation case
Attorneys for former Rep. Charlene Fernandez argued today in Yuma County Superior Court that a defamation lawsuit brought by three Republican lawmakers against her should be dismissed. Last year, Rep.... […]
Senate OKs making State Bar membership optional
A bill requiring the Arizona Supreme Court to license attorneys in Arizona and making State Bar of Arizona membership optional passed out of the Senate on party lines February 23. ... […]
Advocates seek change to felony murder law
Taneysha Carter’s brothers were convicted of murder in 2011 even though they didn’t actually kill anyone. Now Carter, a Phoenix resident, is fighting to end Arizona’s felony murder rule that... […]
School protest measure gets Senate panel OK
A bill intending to protect the right of “peaceful protestors” to protest at school board meetings passed out of committee this week, though Democrats raised concerns about vague wording and... […]
ASBA pulls out of national school boards association
The Arizona School Boards Association is leaving the National School Boards Association, ASBA Executive Director Sheila Harrison-Williams wrote Wednesday in a letter to NSBA Executive Director John Heim. “While we... […]
Supporters push school spending as deadline looms
As the legislative working days of February wane, public education advocates are becoming more urgent in their pleas for the Legislature to vote to allow schools to spend the money... […]
Bill advances restoring peremptory juror strikes
Arizona made national headlines last year when it became the first state to eliminate peremptory strikes of potential jurors. But most of the Arizona Supreme Court’s rule change, which took... […]
Rogers wins defamation case
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Sen. Wendy Rogers in a defamation lawsuit, pointing to the First Amendment and citing concerns on chilling political speech while establishing... […]
