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Feb 21, 2018

Judge won’t delay decision on school funding

A judge won't delay deciding whether the state is violating constitutional requirements to adequately fund school capital needs while lawmakers decide what -- if anything -- they are going to do about the problem.

Bob Burns (Photo by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services)
Feb 19, 2018

Court denies regulator’s request to look at utility’s campaign spending

A judge won't help Bob Burns force Arizona Public Service to disclose the money it has spent -- and may spend in the future -- to elect candidates of its choice.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 18, 2018

Trump administration challenges Arizona’s DACA legal arguments

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is getting no help from the Trump administration in his last-ditch bid to deny driver's licenses to "dreamers.''

The Arizona Supreme Court from left are Robert Brutinel, John Lopez, John Pelander, Scott Bales, Andrew Gould, Clint Bolick, Ann Scott Timmer.
Feb 13, 2018

Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether ‘Dreamers’ get in-state tuition

In a brief order Tuesday, the justices said they want to hear arguments from both the Maricopa County Community College District which has granted in-state tuition and Attorney General Mark Brnovich who contends they are not.

Jan 30, 2018

Voucher measure can go to ballot, judge rules

A judge has refused to block voters from getting the last word on whether they want to expand a system of vouchers that uses public funds to send children to private and parochial schools.

Lobbyist Jim Norton, who is under indictment in a bribery scheme, leaves U.S. District Court in Phoenix on June 7, 2017.
Jan 30, 2018

Lobbyist seeks to cut allegations from bribery indictment

A lobbyist is asking a judge to delete several allegations in an indictment that accuses him of serving as a middle man in a scheme to bribe an Arizona utility regulator on behalf of a water company owner.

Jan 23, 2018

Court finds innocent baby pictures not child porn

In an often strongly worded opinion, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said there is evidence that two Arizona child welfare workers violated the rights of a couple by removing their three children from their home simply because they had taken naked photos of the girls.

The Arizona Supreme Court from left are Robert Brutinel, John Lopez, John Pelander, Scott Bales, Andrew Gould, Clint Bolick, Ann Scott Timmer.
Jan 10, 2018

State Supreme Court takes case on medical marijuana on campus

In a brief order, the justices agreed to hear arguments by Attorney General Mark Brnovich that the Court of Appeals erred last year when it voided a 2012 law which made possession of the drug on campuses a crime.

Jan 8, 2018

Private prison firm paying $550,000 in Ariz. harassment case

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the deal Monday with the GEO Group, Inc., which operates the Central Arizona Correctional Facility and the Arizona State Prison-Florence West Facility.

Jan 3, 2018

State Supreme Court requires warrant to track cars with GPS

In a precedent-setting decision, a majority of the justices said people in vehicles have a "reasonable expectation'' of privacy.

Dec 28, 2017

Federal judge rules state law banning ‘ethnic studies’ illegal

Declaring the law unconstitutional, a federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the state Department of Education from restricting "ethnic studies'' programs in the Tucson Unified School District -- or even demanding information from the school officials about what is being taught.

Dec 26, 2017

Border Patrol must provide mats for detainees to rest, 9th Circuit rules

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by Border Patrol to avoid having to provide mats and blankets to migrants they detain in holding cells in Arizona for more than 12 hours.

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