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Death threats, harassment plague Hobbs, staff
Hobbs this month requested protection from the Department of Public Safety for the second time since the election.
Regulator scorned for vote on energy rules
Clean energy advocates in Arizona watched four years of work essentially go down the drain as the Arizona Corporation Commission killed its own standards the body had initially approved several months earlier.
Barto revives parts of vetoed sex education bill
Republican lawmakers are making another bid to further restrict sex education in Arizona schools.
Ducey signs protection measures for police
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed three pro-police bills that, supporters said, would help protect fairness in disciplinary actions, but opponents worry they will stack the deck too much in favor of law enforcement.
9th Circuit rules man can’t sue Border Patrol over wrongful arrest
A man held in jail for 40 days after Border Patrol agents improperly performed a drug test has no right to sue, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Kelli Ward wins in court, GOP election stands
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge today dismissed one of two lawsuits stemming from the Arizona Republican Party January election, saying the internal affairs of the AZGOP aren’t subject to a court of law.
Ducey appointee gets money from board she serves on
A White Mountain rancher who received $66,000 in grants from a state board she serves on will get another term on that board.
It’s law now: Cops need conviction to keep seized property
Police in Arizona will soon need a criminal conviction before they can seize their in connection with a crime.
Hobbs threatens more litigation over Senate audit
The state's top election officials is threatening to go to court unless the procedures being used by the Senate in its special ballot audit are changed.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear last challenge to Arizona election
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out what is likely the last legal challenge remaining about the choice of Arizona voters of Joe Biden for president.
Prisoner disputes shelf life of Arizona’s execution drug
An Arizona death row prisoner, who would be among the state's first executions in almost seven years, has filed documents arguing the lethal injection drug to be used would expire sooner than prosecutors maintain and that makes it impossible to carry out his execution.
Lawmakers winnow down sentencing bills
As the Legislature enters what are likely the waning weeks of the 2021 session, a few bills meant to make Arizona's system of criminal sentencing more lenient have already been signed into law, while more ambitious measures have stalled.
