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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 ...

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 ...

The new makeup of the Senate next year will shape leadership races in the chamber, as 12 seats are open – six for senators who are termed out, and another six for those willfully leaving to run for another public ...

Lesko may still face a challenger in her bid to become Senate president, as sources told our reporter that not everyone in the chamber is keen on her taking its top spot. To read more on this item plus all ...

Less than six months into his two-year term as AZGOP chairman, grassroots conservatives are looking to remove Jonathan Lines from office. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the July 25 Yellow Sheet Report, go to www.yellowsheetreport.com (Yellow Sheet ...

The Goldwater Institute is rallying attorneys willing to work pro bono on conservative and libertarian issues in a new public interest legal program called the American Freedom Network. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the ...

Clean Elections on Thursday made its final decision on which of three proposed rules governing campaign spending on political parties it wanted to adopt, opting for a proposal that will allow publicly funded candidates to pay parties for campaign-related services, ...

McCain’s shocking announcement that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor left Arizonans pondering the political landscape without the longtime senator, with inevitable speculation focusing on who might replace him if he steps down before the end of his term, ...

Facing a Clean Elections investigation that could have forced him from office, Rubalcava resigned today. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the July 19 Yellow Sheet Report, go to www.yellowsheetreport.com (Yellow Sheet Subscription Required). To subscribe to the Yellow Sheet ...

Gowan will not be charged by the attorney general despite a lengthy investigation that called reimbursements for travel and per-diem payments he received “troublesome.” To read more on this item plus all the stories in the July 18 Yellow Sheet Report, ...