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Ripple effect of lockdown hits Arizona as COVID cases increase sharply
More than 1.6 million Arizonans are now collecting some form of jobless benefits as the Arizona economy continues to skid and the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to... […]
Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate
The U.S. Supreme Court is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Monday that would have allowed the... […]
Supreme Court passes on appeal of Libertarian Party voter case
The U.S. Supreme Court has quashed a last-ditch effort by the Arizona Libertarian Party to void a state statute which was designed — and succeeded — at keeping its candidates... […]
Q&A with Will Humble
The pandemic has brought changes to our way of life in so many ways, and for the Arizona Capitol Times, we had to suspend our weekly Q&A, a feature to... […]
Passage of pre-existing conditions law shows change in thinking
One of the 90 bills Gov. Doug Ducey signed this year enshrines in state statute a key tenet of the Obama administration’s signature health care law — that insurers provide... […]
Special session once foregone conclusion, now looks unlikely
When the Legislature opted to adjourn sine die last month, lawmakers labored under the impression that the governor would call them back for at least one special session before the... […]
State asks court to keep elections commission from enforcing some campaign laws
An attorney for the state asked the Arizona Court of Appeals to block the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from enforcing certain laws that regulate how much candidates and others can spend on campaigns.
Democrats sue to get unsigned ballots counted
The state and national Democratic parties are challenging a state law that denies some people the right to vote because they forgot to sign their mail-in ballots.
Court holds disorderly conduct requires victim’s peace disturbed
It may sound obvious. But the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that people can’t be convicted in Arizona of disorderly conduct if they didn’t actually disturb the peace of... […]
Looters beware, legislator wants law to allow shooting them
A Republican lawmaker who wants to allow business owners to maim or kill looters is under fire from progressive activists who say she’s inciting violence — and from her primary... […]
Hobbs pushes for relocation of confederate monument
After repeated calls to remove the confederate monument at Wesley Bolin Plaza (near the Arizona Capitol) have fallen short, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has a new plan -- relocate it to the Capitol Museum.
Doctors sue feds to loosen grip on drug used to prevent COVID-19
A Tucson-based national organization of doctors has sued the federal Department of Health and Human Services for putting roadblocks in the path of physicians who want to prescribe hydroxychloroquine to... […]
