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Joel Fox doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere by repeating an argument that his six-figure donation to the Arizona Republican Party last election cycle was not intended to influence an election.

In the words of his wife, Harold Fish has missed a lot during the three years he has spent in prison for shooting and killing a man on a northern Arizona hiking trail during the spring of 2004. Deborah Fish said the eldest of their seven children embarked on a mission to Cape Town, South Africa, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their youngest daughter has no recollection a time spending a single day with her father.

While Governor Jan Brewer might not have a budget deal in hand by the morning of July 1, she definitely will have a list of three names and the responsibility of appointing the next Arizona Supreme Court justice.

Whether the Legislature can legally sweep millions of dollars from a program that pays for children's health care may hinge on the fine print of a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2006.

A West Valley man sentenced to 10 years in prison for murder after a violent confrontation on a northern Arizona hiking trail in 2004 will receive a new trial, according to an Arizona Court of Appeals opinion released June 30.

The Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments will continue the process this afternoon (June 29) to determine the next Arizona Supreme Court justice.

Few complaints seem as regular - and fruitless - than those hurled at Arizona elected officeholders alleged to have violated the state's resign-to-run law aimed at keeping officials occupied with the job they have and not the job they want.

The tension between Gov. Jan Brewer and the Legislature has been obvious for months while the two branches of government slugged it out over budget cuts and tax hikes. But the governor's decision to sue legislative leaders in the state Supreme Court has some wondering whether their relationship will be able to survive the strain.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week narrowly interpreted a key section of the Voting Rights Act, giving Arizona municipalities and government entities the ability to apply for exemptions from what would otherwise be strict Justice Department oversight of election practices.

Roughly four hours after hearing oral arguments regarding a tense state budget stalemate, the Arizona Supreme Court decided it will not force the Legislature’s Republican leadership to submit its approved fiscal 2010 budget to Gov. Jan Brewer. In a three-page ...