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A judge is being asked to order Arizona officials to issue licenses that will allow a tribal casino in Glendale to open.

A dispute between energy regulators over the role that corporations play in their election is threatening to escalate into a full blown controversy, with one commissioner threatening to subpoena the records of Arizona Public Service as a way of testing the authority of the agency in charge of regulating utilities.

Saying it will prove discrimination, Latino activists want state lawmakers to enact a requirement for police to detail the race, ethnicity, age and gender of everyone they stop.

The chief organizer of a recall against state schools chief Diane Douglas is asking the Attorney General’s Office to investigate whether her chief of staff acted improperly in sending an email about the effort to an independent education group.

A lawyer for the government is urging a federal judge not to punish the Border Patrol for recording over videotapes of conditions at several Arizona detention centers.

Secretary of State Michele Reagan has joined with Republican interests in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to void the state’s current legislative redistricting plan.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is hoping to make the state’s top law enforcement agency a little more secure.

The Attorney General’s Office is asking a federal judge to allow it to pursue an investigation into whether anyone in Arizona is violating state laws dealing with abortions and fetal remains.

Attorney Tom Ryan filed an official complaint today with Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office to remove Corporation Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith from office.

Entrance fees at the Flagstaff-area national monuments are going up starting Oct. 1. The increase applies to Sunset Crater Volcano, Walnut Canyon and Wupatki national monuments.