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A group of residents and local business owners are suing the city of Phoenix over a large homeless encampment near the state Capitol, alleging the city has abdicated its duty to enforce laws in the area. 

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Roopali Desai to be the newest judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals despite grilling by Republicans in her role in fighting laws approved by Republican state lawmakers and defending Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.

Prosecutors are seeking a one-year prison sentence for a school board member in southern Arizona for illegally collecting four early ballots during the 2020 primary election.

The Biden administration is planning to sue Arizona over a new state law that requires proof of citizenship to vote for president.

The question of whether some or all abortions are currently legal in Arizona  and for how long - remains unresolved as the issue goes to judges here.

Arizona schools are entitled to get their day in court to prove the state has shorted them by billions of dollars.

A judge will decide this coming week whether there will be any rules in place to run this year's elections or whether there will be, as an attorney for the governor fears, “chaos” at the polls.

A lawyer for the state's largest county is telling a federal judge that a lawsuit by two Republican candidates seeking to require a hand count of the 2022 election is legally and factually flawed. 

Millions of Arizonans will not lose the right to vote early, at least not now if ever. 

In Superior Court actions, each side is entitled to one change of judge, but some judges are struck much more frequently than others, which could create a perception of partiality, attorneys said.