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Court upholds state’s rules for political parties to get on the ballot
A federal appeals court Friday upheld the state’s process for recognizing political parties, rejecting claims by the Arizona Green Party that the petition deadline for new parties posed an unconstitutional burden.
Some Navajo join lawmakers opposing Bears Ears national monument
Navajo Nation locals joined Utah lawmakers on September 21 to express opposition to any attempt to designate land around the Bears Ears site in southeastern Utah as a national monument.
Navajos ask federal judge to restore polling places in Utah
Navajo Nation member Davis Filfred prefers casting a ballot the old fashioned way at a polling place. But heai??i??s worried he may have to make a three-hour round-trip drive this November to make that happen.
Federal judge lets Arizona enforce ballot harvesting ban
A federal judge has denied Democrats’ request to bar Arizona from enforcing a controversial ban on the practice known as “ballot harvesting.”
Petition firm sues minimum wage initiative
The firm that helped collect signatures to get a minimum wage initiative on the November ballot has sued the initiative committee, claiming its owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages for its efforts.
Yarnell residents’ lawyer renews plea to sue state over 2013 fire
Comparing the state’s firefighting actions to “Keystone Cops,’’ the attorney for Yarnell residents who lost their homes in the 2013 blaze wants the Court of Appeals to let them sue the state.
Designer of Spider-Man web blaster loses latest case against comic book company
A Tucson attorney who designed a Spider-Man web blaster is not entitled to any more money from comic book giant Marvel, a court has ruled.
Judge with bad rating quits rather than facing a vote
A Pima County Superior Court judge who received a failing grade from the commission that rates judges has decided to quit before voters could say whether he should stay on the bench.
County to pay $4 million in sheriff’s racial profiling case
Officials voted Wednesday to pay $4.4 million in legal fees to attorneys who won a racial profiling case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, marking yet another expense in a case that's projected to cost taxpayers $72 million by next summer.
$10 million default judgment in case of Arizona prison rape
A federal judge has entered a $10 million default judgment against a convict who raped an Arizona prison teacher more than two years ago. In an order filed Tuesday, U.S.... […]
Second-hand asbestos exposure not actionable in Arizona, court rules
Arizona companies have no duty to protect family members from exposure to toxic materials their employees bring home on their work clothes, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
21 states, including Arizona, sue to block expansion of overtime pay law
A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay, slamming the measure as inappropriate federal overreach from the Obama Administration.
