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Chief Justice Scott Bales wants Gov. Doug Ducey to veto a bill that would add two new justices to the Arizona Supreme Court.

Child victims in Arizona now have the right to have a dog at their side to comfort them during court testimony under a bill signed into law today by Gov. Doug Ducey.

Gov. Doug Ducey signed the so-called “divorce bill” today, putting into clear language the separate powers and responsibilities of the Board of Education and state schools chief.

A judge has ordered the public release of sealed records in a dismissed criminal case against a man who had been accused of carrying out shootings last summer on metro Phoenix's freeways.

Arizona leads the nation in the number of deportation hearings for immigrants from India.

Since 2013, state Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Phoenix, has proposed legislation that would restore voting rights for all ex-offenders. In January, the bill died again without a hearing.

A former state official who acknowledged stealing $5.9 million from Arizona's health care program for the poor was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for his part in a yearslong fraud scheme.

The number of high occupancy vehicle lane citations Arizona Department of Public Safety officers issued last year increased by about 50 percent compared to four years prior.

The legal immunity provided physicians by Arizona's medical marijuana law for certifying patients to use pot only applies to the medical certifications, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

A grand bargain that the Arizona Supreme Court hoped to strike over the proposed addition of two new justices never materialized as lawmakers approved the court’s expansion in exchange for more modest gains.