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Observers are routinely allowed to watch as elections officials count and verify petitions gathered when Arizona voters want to challenge a new law. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the August 10 Yellow Sheet Report, go ...
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Petition verification is a spectator sport
Legal showdown stems from lobbying firm’s sale 
John Kaites is suing fellow lobbyist Kevin DeMenna over allegations that DeMenna isn’t holding up his end of a $2.5-million agreement, in which Kaites returned control of DeMenna’s firm to him in 2013, triggering a court showdown between two of ...
Read More »Some of those prisoners are paying for that study
Profits from seized property are paying for the latest update to the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council study, Prisoners in Arizona, a report that uses data provided by the Dept of Corrections to determine who’s in prison and for what ...
Read More »The big day is almost here for the anti-voucher campaign
Save Our Schools Arizona claims to have collected more than 100,000 signatures to refer the expansion of the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program to the November 2018 general election ballot. To read more on this item plus all the stories ...
Read More »Please explain yourself to the court
Dept of Corrections Director Charles Ryan has been ordered to testify in court next week after sending a combative email to his staff (YS, 8/2). To read more on this item plus all the stories in the August 4 Yellow Sheet ...
Read More »SOS Arizona: This is not the Beth you’re looking for
Save Our Schools Arizona spokeswoman Dawn Penich-Thacker said a complaint filed by the Public Integrity Alliance alleging election law violations does not actually involve one of the referendum campaign’s staff members. To read more on this item plus all the ...
Read More »You can’t retaliate, but you can still complain
Dept of Corrections Director Charles Ryan ordered his staff to comply with a court’s order to cease retaliation against prisoners, though he made it clear to them that he’s not happy with the judge or his order. US Magistrate Judge ...
Read More »Long-rumored name surfaces in corp comm case
Indicted lobbyist Jim Norton’s attorney said in court today that his ex-wife, Kelly Norton, provided more than 250 pages of documents to the FBI in the bribery case against former Corp Comm Chairman Gary Pierce, his wife Sherry Pierce, John ...
Read More »Controversy complicates Ninth Circuit vacancy
The legal blog Above the Law reported last week that elections attorney Kory Langhofer appears to no longer be the frontrunner for Arizona’s open spot on the Ninth Circuit and may even be completely out of the running. To read ...
Read More »Alexa, calculate the sales tax on my digital goods
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Tax Treatment of Digital Goods and Services is holding its first meeting on Monday at 10 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 1. To read more on this item plus all the stories in ...
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