Lake can’t jump the line in her attempt to overturn her loss to Hobbs
Kari Lake isn't going to get to jump the line in her bid to overturn her loss of the gubernatorial race to Katie Hobbs.
Conservationists sue to stop mineral exploration in biologically diverse southern Arizona mountains
Conservation groups are suing to stop two mineral exploration projects in southern Arizona's biologically diverse Patagonia Mountains.
Court to hear arguments on full hand counts in Cochise County
At least one appellate court judge appears ready to let Cochise County do a full hand count of its early ballots. But not of those voted at polling places.
Judge mulls timeline for city to clear ‘the Zone’
The two-day bench trial over the homeless camp “the Zone” case concluded this week, leaving a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to decide whether to issue a permanent order mandating the city of Phoenix completely clean out the area within a set timeline.
Constitutional attorney will have to pay some of sanctions tied to Lake and Finchem’s lawsuit
Famed constitutional attorney Alan Dershowitz will have to pay a share of the sanctions imposed on the lawyers who brought what a trial judge called a frivolous lawsuit on behalf of failed candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem.
Woman who faked being nurse practitioner during pandemic gets 5-year prison term
An Arizona woman who faked being a nurse practitioner during the Covid pandemic was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison.
Inmate can press claim that phone limits hurt right to stay in his kids’ lives
An inmate who claimed that the federal prison system’s 300-minute-a-month limit on phone calls infringed on his ability to be involved in his children’s lives should get a chance to present his case, an appeals court ruled.
Man arrested in death of teen whose body was found in bonfire pile
A man has been arrested in the death of a teen whose body was found in a bonfire pile in Arizona last month, authorities said Thursday.
Court to hear appeal over Biden-backed lithium mine opposed by tribes, environmentalists
A U.S. appeals court will consider challenges Tuesday to a huge lithium mine in Nevada in a case that pits environmentalists and Native Americans against President Joe Biden's plans to combat climate change and could have broad implications for mining operations across the West.
AG brings charges over election-related threat targeting county supervisor
Attorney General Kris Mayes announced her office filed charges against an Arizona man who allegedly sent a threatening email to Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates days after the midterm election.
Case against ex-Arizona corrections boss in 2022 standoff with officers pushed to July
A judge on Monday postponed until July the case against Arizona's former corrections director in an encounter in which police say he fired a gun inside his Tempe home and pointed a firearm at two officers during a three-hour standoff.
Death row inmate sentenced for young girl’s death set free
A man who sat on death row, despite the existence of exculpatory evidence, walked free today after 29 years behind bars.