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Court rules ballot measures can’t use online signature gathering
Arizona groups still trying to put a measure on the November ballot are going to have to try to get needed signatures the old fashioned face-to-face way despite the COVID-19... […]
Hobbs asks U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Libertarian law change
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to swat down a last-ditch effort by the Arizona Libertarian Party to make it easier to put its candidates... […]
State to finally send out unemployment aid
The checks are finally going out to Arizonans who are ineligible for the state's regular unemployment insurance program.
Hobbs, Brnovich clash over Bolick’s address
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that a Republican lawmaker seeking re-election violated state law by not listing her actual address on her nominating papers.
Axed COVID-19 researchers reinstated
Bowing to a barrage of bad press, the Arizona Department of Health Services on Thursday reinstated the group of COVID-19 researchers it fired May 4.
Pandemic’s role unknown in rise of early voters
Election officials say it’s nearly impossible to know if the pandemic has led to an increase in voters who have registered to the state’s Permanent Early Voting List compared to other election years because nobody keeps track of that data.
Ducey ignores recommendation for release of terminally ill prisoner
A terminally ill prisoner whose recommendation for commutation has gone unsigned by Gov. Doug Ducey is also getting lousy care from prison doctors, his family and advocates allege.
Public locked out of Legislature during lockdown
Try attending a virtual city council meeting in one of Arizona’s metropolises or small towns, and chances are you’ll find a pretty good approximation of a local government gathering from the era before federal regulators discouraged meetings of 10 or more people.
Democrats hope for Corp Comm control as GOP candidates fall
Democratic control of the Arizona Corporation Commission could become a reality after multiple Republican candidates failed to make the ballot.
Passage of resolution to overturn Ducey’s order a very long shot
The plan hatched by some of the Legislature’s most vocal conservatives to reopen the state’s economy hinges on a concurrent resolution that would overturn the governor’s emergency declaration.
Judge puts suit to get virus information from state on fast track
The attorney for media outlets told a judge Wednesday that letting the Department of Health Services withhold information about COVID-19 cases elevates the financial interests of long-term care facilities above the public's right to know -- and protect itself.
Groups give up on challenge to election law
Groups seeking to put initiatives on the ballot have thrown in the towel in their bid to void a law that can disqualify many otherwise valid signatures.
