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Grand jury indicts two Cochise County supervisors on felony charges tied to election canvass delays
A grand jury indicted Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd on felony charges for working to delay the canvass of the 2022 general election.
Hobbs says she believes Arizonans will support provisions of proposed constitutional right to abortion
Gov. Katie Hobbs said Tuesday she doesn't believe that some Arizonans may find provisions of a proposed constitutional right to abortion unacceptable and refuse to support it.
GOP lawmakers call to ‘gut’ university funding after controversial event at ASU
Republican lawmakers called to “gut” public university funding next session during the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Freedom of Expression at Arizona’s Public Universities today.
New climate report shows impact of drying on human health in Southwest
The arid West is getting drier, and shrinking water supplies pose a boatload of risks to human health throughout the region.
Public records access is ‘stacked against the citizen’
Arizona public records law allows individuals to submit a public records request through any means, but public records experts point out that many agencies often require additional steps that can slow a request being fulfilled.
Mohave County supervisors reject proposal to hand count ballots
The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted against moving forward with a plan to hand count ballots, dodging assured litigation from the Attorney General’s Office.
Police redact, blur body cam footage – backlog grows
Police records custodians spend hours combing through and blurring body camera footage to comply with privacy concerns under records law, while requestors, ranging from attorneys to journalists to civilians, can wait weeks, if not months on end to see the footage they seek.
Sun denies acting on behalf of AG in ethics response
A Democratic lawmaker denied allegations that she claimed to act on behalf of Attorney General Kris Mayes when she improperly interfered with a child custodial case in the summer and denied allegations of threatening Tolleson officials.
Toma probably won’t offer bill to revamp ESA program
The Republican speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives indicated Nov. 14 that he doesn't plan to write any legislation with the goal of overhauling the state’s growing Empowerment Scholarship Account program after he chaired a House panel tasked with oversight into the program.
Judge questions arguments by Trump’s attorney that Castro is ‘frivolous’ presidential candidate
A federal judge is questioning arguments by the lawyer for Donald Trump that he can declare that John Castro is a "frivolous'' candidate for president and therefore has no legal right to try to block the bid by the former president to try to get elected again.
Senate, House Republicans pitch plan to renew Proposition 123 and use millions for teacher pay
Senate and House Republicans announced a plan to renew Proposition 123 via voter referendum and allocate the $300 million or so from the land trust endowment solely to teacher pay.
After 2020 election, public records requests soared
Following the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, one of the nation’s most watched counties is receiving an unprecedented increase in public records requests.
