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Lawyers pitch Medicaid expansion arguments to judge who compares hearing to ‘spring training’
The debate over whether a hospital assessment that funds Arizona’s 2013 Medicaid expansion program should have needed a two-thirds vote in the Legislature hinged on not only whether it’s a tax or an assessment, but whether that even matters in determining if a legislative supermajority was required.
Judge refuses to block planned South Mountain Freeway
A judge is refusing to block a planned freeway project in the Phoenix area. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa on Tuesday denied a request for a pretrial preliminary injunction.
Judge rejects pro-marijuana group’s effort to loosen limits for users with PTSD
A judge has rejected efforts by a marijuana advocacy group to quash limits set by the Department of Health Services on how and when patients with post-traumatic stress disorder can legally use the drug.
Judge to hear arguments in Medicaid expansion case
Conservative opponents of former Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan will finally get their day in court. Judge Douglas Gerlach will hear arguments in the case in Maricopa County Superior Court at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Conviction overturned against woman who voted in AZ and Colorado in 2010
It turns out that the old quip about voting early and often is not illegal in Arizona. In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the state Court of Appeals threw out the conviction of a Bullhead City woman who prosecutors said voted in both Colorado and Arizona.
Redistricting Commission picks high profile lawyer for U.S. Supreme Court case
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will once again take on a big-name Washington, D.C., attorney to argue its case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge rejects state’s demands for more disclosure from tribe in West Valley casino fight
A federal judge has slapped down much of the effort by the state to force the Tohono O’odham Nation to produce more documents in Arizona’s fight to stop the tribe from opening a new casino near Glendale.
Anatomy of ACLU suit claiming Pinal County officials abuse asset forfeiture laws
Libertarian groups for years have been calling for changes to Arizona laws designed to seize the profits of crime.
Appellate court rules in favor of counting trash-burning as renewable source
The Court of Appeals yesterday ruled in favor of the Arizona Corporation Commission, reversing a lower court’s decision and confirming the commission’s authority to count energy from a proposed trash-burning facility as a renewable source.
Hearing on challenge to Arizona Medicaid plan rescheduled
A hearing for arguments on the constitutionality of a fee collected from hospitals to pay for an expansion of Arizona's Medicaid program has been postponed.
ACLU challenging AZ’s ‘perverse’ civil asset forfeiture laws
money handcuffs asset forefiture The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday filed a broad-based constitutional challenge to the ability of prosecutors and police in Arizona to seize private property without a court order.
Appeals court rules marijuana odor alone not enough for warrant
The smell of marijuana is no longer enough in Arizona for police to get a warrant and come busting down the door, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
