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Judge to rule whether No Labels can keep candidates off ballot
A federal judge is considering whether to allow No Labels Arizona to solely run a presidential candidate in 2024 and bar any other interested parties from running under the party’s banner.
Hamadeh makes new challenge to election loss
Rebuffed in prior legal attempts to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh now is trying to get a judge to declare that Kris Mayes is holding office illegally.
2 Cochise County officials arraigned in election certification case
Two Cochise County supervisors pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county's 2022 midterm election results.
Richer’s defamation suit against Lake heading to trial
A defamation suit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer against one-time gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake lives after a superior court judge found Lake’s statements could not be deemed “rhetorical hyperbole.”
Attorneys spar over defamation, Free Speech in politics
Beyond the specific contours of the case, attorneys for both Lake and Richer hope the case sets some sort of precedent.
Arizona justices consider arguments on 2 laws regulating abortion
The fate of state abortion law now rests in the hands of the Arizona Supreme Court, leaving justices to mull whether to allow abortions before 15 weeks' gestation or to reenact an 1864 law effectively outlawing all abortions unless medically necessary.
People face legal labyrinth to expunge criminal records
A long line of tables bordered the back corner of the conference hall. For hours, people bearing criminal records revolved through the plastic chairs lining the perimeter and left having taken the first steps to see their charges and arrests sealed or expunged and struck from future job and housing applications.
Court finds Trump challenger not serious candidate
A federal judge has tossed a bid by a would-be Republican contender for president to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Arizona, saying the challenger's presidential campaign is not really serious.
County attorney kicks case against driver in deadly bicyclists crash to city court
Metro Phoenix's top prosecutor said Thursday her office will no longer pursue a case against a driver who crashed into a group of bicyclists, killing two of them.
Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say
An incarcerated former gang member and FBI informant was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbing last week of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at a federal prison in Tucson.
Judge denies Lake’s access to review ballot affidavit envelopes’ signatures in her election contest
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge denied former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake access to inspect signatures on 2022 ballot affidavit envelopes to support her ongoing election contest.
Supreme Court judge switches course, says he won’t take part in hearing on abortion laws after all
Reversing course, Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery said Thursday he won't be participating in the Dec. 12 hearing on abortion laws or deciding the outcome of a legal fight on whether virtually all abortions in Arizona are illegal.
