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Appellate court hears arguments in Medicaid expansion case
Republican lawmakers asked the Arizona Court of Appeals this afternoon to give them a chance to prove that hundreds of millions of dollars being used to support an expanded Medicaid program were illegally enacted.
Arizona to resume executions using mix of painkiller and sedative
The Arizona Department of Corrections is going to resume executions by using a secret pharmacy to mix a drug combination that left an Ohio prisoner choking and snorting for 19 minutes as he died in January.
Appeals court hearing challenge to Medicaid plan
The Arizona Court of Appeals will review on Wednesday the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion plan that was filed by fellow Republicans in the state Legislature.
Federal judge to rule on abortion rules injunction
New rules that would block many women in Arizona from having pill-induced abortions are getting a closer look by a federal judge who will decide whether to put the restrictions on hold as a legal challenge plays out in the courts.
Judge scolds sheriff Arpaio aide in racial profiling case
A federal judge presiding over a racial profiling case against an Arizona sheriff's office chided the sheriff and his top aide on Monday for mischaracterizing his findings, telling them he's unimpressed by what he called their apparent "double dealing."
Court rules medical marijuana patients can use extracts
Arizona’s medical marijuana patients can use, and dispensaries can sell, concentrated extracts made from marijuana, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
Supreme Court deems voucher-like program legal
Arizona’s controversial system of vouchers for private and parochial schools is legal, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today.
Advocates vow appeal of latest ruling in fight over Arizona voter law
A federal judge’s order backing Arizona and Kansas laws that require proof of citizenship for voter registration is “not the American way” and must be challenged, opponents said Thursday.
Judge: AZ can require citizenship proof when registering voters
A federal judge this morning ordered the Election Assistance Commission to require would-be Arizona voters to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Joe Arpaio’s office rebuked in racial-profiling case
A judge who ruled last year that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has racially profiled Latinos is criticizing the agency's top leaders for mischaracterizing and trivializing the case's key findings during a training session.
GOP legislators balking at K-12 funding settlement that could save state $1 billion
Arizona public schools have offered to give up their claim to more than $1.2 billion in lost aid if the state will simply agree to adjust the current formula to recognize the fact that lawmakers broke state law. But state lawmakers are balking.
Former Fiesta Bowl chief sentenced in scheme
A former longtime Fiesta Bowl chief executive was sentenced to eight months in federal prison on Thursday after acknowledging that he participated in an illegal campaign contribution scheme.
