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Mark Meadows
Sep 6, 2024

Prosecutor challenges Mark Meadows’s bid to move Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court

PHOENIX (AP) — A prosecutor urged a judge on Thursday to reject former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to […]

Sep 3, 2024

Mayes, environmental groups sue Corp Comm over power plant expansion

Attorney General Kris Mayes and two environmental organizations filed complaints against the Arizona Corporation Commission on Thursday over its June decision to exempt an energy company from an environmental review of its power plant expansion. 

Aug 29, 2024

Prosecutors in Arizona’s fake electors case dispute defendants’ allegations of a political motive

A three-day hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results of the close 2020 presidential race in Arizona concluded Wednesday

Aug 27, 2024

Lake, Finchem attorneys beat State Bar in discipline case

Two attorneys who represented former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and former-Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem in their bid to see electronic voting systems outlawed ahead of the 2022 election dodged disciplinary action following a ruling by the state disciplinary panel. 

death penalty, execution, killings
Aug 26, 2024

Former prosecutors align with Mayes’ in death penalty dispute

Attorney General Kris Mayes has picked up some allies in her fight with Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell over who gets to seek to execute Aaron Gunches.

Aug 24, 2024

Arizona GOP sues Gov. Hobbs over election-related executive orders

The head of the Arizona Republican Party wants the state Supreme Court to void two executive orders issued by Gov. Katie Hobbs designed to make registration and voting easier.

Aug 23, 2024

High court approves ballot measure on judicial retention

The Arizona Supreme Court has cleared the way for voters to decide whether they and most other judges in the state should be allowed to have de facto life terms.

Aug 23, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court gives Republicans partial victory

A divided U.S. Supreme Court agreed Aug. 22 to let Arizona block some, but not all, people who don't provide proof of citizenship when registering from this point forward from voting in this year's presidential race.

gender identity, transgender, judge, lawsuit
Aug 22, 2024

Court rules on law requiring gender reassignment to change birth certificate

Arizona can't refuse to amend the sex on someone's birth certificate just because the person seeking the change has not submitted to transgender surgery, a federal judge has ruled.

Aug 18, 2024

Justice explains why she won’t recuse herself from retention case

She says she can't speak for anyone else on the Supreme Court. But Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer told Capitol Media Services there's a good reason she hasn't recused herself from a case the court is expected to decide this week that could affect whether she and her colleagues must face voters again.

U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 17, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court to weigh 2022 Arizona election law

The Biden administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to spurn requests by Republican legislative leaders and their allies to block anyone who hasn't provided proof of citizenship from casting a ballot in this year's race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Aug 14, 2024

Foes argue ballot measure doesn’t protect tipped workers

A bid by the Arizona Restaurant Association to convince voters to let them pay their workers less is so misleading that it should not be allowed on the ballot, according to an attorney for foes.

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