Education advocates say Arizona is failing to fully fund its K-12 system for the coming budget year in violation of the state Constitution.
Read More »Agency wants later deadline for producing e-mails
A lawyer defending the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in a lawsuit over its immigration patrols has asked a judge to extend a deadline for handing over a huge volume of e-mails from the police agency.
Read More »Candidate challenges 
Here’s a list of congressional, statewide and legislative candidates — and one justice of the peace candidate — whose petition signatures were challenged. Unresolved challenges are still pending.
Read More »Group sues Arizona over clean air funding
A lawsuit has been filed challenging the Arizona Legislature's raid on lottery money that has been earmarked for public transportation since the early 1990s.
Read More »Arizona won’t ask for matching funds clarification
A state commission said Monday it will not ask a federal judge to clarify her ruling invalidating a key portion of Arizona's public campaign finance system a�� a setback for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who is being outspent by a wealthy opponent.
Read More »Huppenthal, Shaw among 16 candidates targeted in petition challenges
Sixteen challenges were filed in Maricopa County Superior Court against candidates' nominating petitions, including allegations that Sen. John Huppenthal collected thousands of invalid signatures and that House candidate Augustus Shaw lives in wrong legislative district.
Read More »Brewer faces deadline for responding to lawsuits
Gov. Jan Brewer faces a Friday deadline for filing responses to two lawsuits that seek to overturn Arizona's new immigration law.
Read More »Independent committees now have blank-check power 
Without additional campaign cash to fend off better-funded opponents, some Clean Elections candidates will be in dire need of help from their allies.
Read More »Major races impacted by matching funds ruling 
The US Supreme Court's matching funds ruling will impact just about every state race. Here's how.
Read More »Wiretaps in Rick Renzi’s case tossed
A judge has ruled that wiretaps federal investigators collected while investigating former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi for corruption can't be used in his upcoming trial.
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