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9th Circuit ruling on AZ crime victims stands 

April 27, 2022 0

After Trump statement, a new reality for Brnovich 

April 22, 2022 0

Audit probe poses problem for next AG 

April 15, 2022 0

AG election audit review points to vulnerabilities, no widespread fraud alleged 

April 6, 2022 1 Comment

State begins 1st execution since 2014 

April 5, 2022 1 Comment

Regents, Brnovich each claim court victory 

April 5, 2022 0

After political and legal wrangling, SOS begins E-Qual updating process 

March 21, 2022 0

Ending mail-in ballots would bring ‘electoral chaos’ 

March 18, 2022 0

Brnovich targets ‘biggest anti-trust violation’ 

March 16, 2022 0

AG Brnovich escapes Bar sanctions, enters ‘diversion agreement’

February 6, 2022 0

Hold those responsible for Jan. 6 accountable

January 6, 2022 0

Groups oppose bid to enforce abortion law

December 22, 2021 0

Sen. Leach drops request to probe Tucson’s vaccine mandate

November 29, 2021 0

Vape company agrees to change marketing

November 23, 2021 0

Border top issue for statewide GOP hopefuls 

November 19, 2021 0

Senate audit inches closer to conclusion 

November 19, 2021 0

Winless against Biden, Brnovich files new suit

November 16, 2021 1 Comment

Brnovich asks Ducey to call special session

November 15, 2021 0

Judge refuses to quash vaccine mandate

November 10, 2021 0

Feds say Brnovich lacks authority to sue over vaccine mandates

November 6, 2021 0

Arizona attorney general to sue over federal vaccine rules

November 4, 2021 1 Comment

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on mask mandate ban

November 1, 2021 0

Court keeps hold on abortion law in place

October 19, 2021 0

Brnovich says mask mandate ban not court’s business

October 18, 2021 0

Justin Olson enters crowded GOP field for US Senate race

October 13, 2021 0

Udall takes step in run for schools chief 

October 8, 2021 0

Brnovich asks judge to let him enforce abortion law

October 6, 2021 0

Supreme Court to weigh mask mandate ban

October 2, 2021 0

AG: City workers free to give money to council, mayoral campaigns

October 1, 2021 0

Tucson man accused of murder voted from jail, AG alleges

September 30, 2021 1 Comment

In their court

September 30, 2021 2 Comments

Supreme Court refuses to allow enforcement of mask mandate ban

September 29, 2021 0

Brnovich to probe Maricopa County’s 2020 election 

September 28, 2021 0

Rally cry to decertify election grows louder

September 27, 2021 2 Comments

GOP Senate hopefuls against Afghan resettlement 

September 24, 2021 0

Supreme Court to let AG argue case against regents

September 15, 2021 0

Brnovich sues to end federal vax mandate

September 14, 2021 0

AG defends abortion law

September 10, 2021 0

Tucson vaccine mandate illegal, AG says

September 7, 2021 0

Mandatory masks in workplace raise questions on unemployment benefits

September 6, 2021 0

Woman who changed AZ law to begin fraud trial

August 30, 2021 1 Comment

AG says county breaking law by withholding election materials

August 26, 2021 0

AG says businesses can make workers get vaccination

August 20, 2021 0

Senator sics attorney general on supervisors 

August 9, 2021 0

Court orders Senate to turn over audit records, appeal likely to come

August 3, 2021 0

Flagstaff asks court to void minimum wage assessment

August 3, 2021 0

Prisoner objects to change in execution briefings

July 7, 2021 0

Supreme Court to rule on Arizona voting laws as term comes to close

June 28, 2021 0

Brnovich seeks Supreme Court decision on Trump-era immigration rule

June 21, 2021 0

Visiting politicians at ‘Madhouse’ to see ‘first domino’

June 18, 2021 1 Comment

Brnovich tells feds to back off on Senate audit

June 14, 2021 7 Comments

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich enters US Senate race

June 11, 2021 0

Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

June 8, 2021 1 Comment

Attorney General’s Tucson office disqualified from murder case

June 1, 2021 0

Executions for 2 inmates draw nearer 

May 25, 2021 0

GOP lawmakers seek to nullify Hobbs in election litigation

May 25, 2021 1 Comment

Passing $12.8B budget means appeasing several Republicans 

May 24, 2021 0

Races for 2022 statewide offices taking shape

May 21, 2021 0

Death penalty return takes state backwards

May 18, 2021 1 Comment

Innovative state program helped marijuana industry

May 14, 2021 0

Recovery should be top priority, conservative posturing a distraction

May 7, 2021 1 Comment

Reporter forced from Senate audit for photographing ex-lawmaker, indiscernible ballot

April 30, 2021 4 Comments

Prisoner disputes shelf life of Arizona’s execution drug

April 30, 2021 1 Comment

Prisoners try to slow push for executions 

April 23, 2021 0

Pima County Attorney seeks delay in execution

April 21, 2021 1 Comment

Ducey vetoes sex ed bill, issues executive order instead 

April 20, 2021 0

Sex education bill goes to governor

April 14, 2021 0

State high court voids 2018 law on city elections

April 14, 2021 0

AG lawsuit seeks environmental impact study on federal immigration policy

April 12, 2021 0

AG: Counties can implement mask mandates

April 6, 2021 0

AG starts execution process for 2 inmates

April 6, 2021 0

‘Ballot harvesting’ work of special interests

March 26, 2021 0

Brnovich takes feds to court over ban on tax cuts

March 25, 2021 0

Bill targeting Corp. Comm. likely dead 

March 19, 2021 0

Former Nogales mayor announces bid for governor

March 16, 2021 0

Brnovich asks court to allow state to intervene in immigration matter

March 15, 2021 0

Borrelli badgers woman over ballots, ridicules Republicans 

March 11, 2021 0

Proposed law requires governor to meet with emergency panel

March 10, 2021 0

Senate moves to restrict early voting

March 8, 2021 2 Comments

Lawmakers pass measures to curb executive emergency power

March 5, 2021 1 Comment

Motive behind ‘ballot harvest’ law crux of SCOTUS debate

March 2, 2021 0

Push to change election laws triggers GOP infighting 

February 19, 2021 0

AG weighs in on governor’s emergency powers 

February 18, 2021 0

AG clears Ducey of illegal electioneering allegation 

February 15, 2021 0

Lawmakers want AG review of eviction moratorium

February 10, 2021 0

GOP lawmaker questions Governor’s authority to renegotiate gambling compacts

February 8, 2021 0

Showdown over election audit looms on Monday

February 6, 2021 1 Comment

Lawmakers’ focus veers from Covid relief in 1st weeks of session 

February 4, 2021 0

Bill targets human traffickers for lawsuits

February 2, 2021 0

GOP lawmaker urges colleagues not to end Covid restrictions 

January 25, 2021 0

Lawmakers’ arguments to overturn election fall short

January 7, 2021 0

GOP lawmaker seeks legal opinion on Pima County curfew

January 3, 2021 0

SCOTUS accepts Arizona ballot harvest case

December 31, 2020 0

AG sides with lawmakers in bid for election materials

December 31, 2020 1 Comment

Brnovich at arm’s length in election suit 

December 10, 2020 0

AG rejects GOP lawmaker’s request for election fraud probe

December 3, 2020 0

GOP lawmaker asks AG to probe fraud claims

December 2, 2020 0

Court tosses GOP lawsuit challenging election

November 19, 2020 2 Comments

Petition Partners charged with crimes in connection with bonus program

November 16, 2020 0

Republicans file more lawsuits to challenge vote

November 13, 2020 2 Comments

Republicans still claim fraud as count continues 

November 13, 2020 0

Judge considers Trump legal challenge to election

November 13, 2020 1 Comment

Ducey loses big with Trump, taxes, legal pot

November 12, 2020 0

AG convinced no problems with Sharpies, steps away from lawsuit

November 6, 2020 0

Conservative Prescott, liberal Tucson coalesce in election-date lawsuit

November 2, 2020 0

AG opens probe of Ducey over alleged illegal electioneering 

October 30, 2020 0

Arizona finds pharmacist to prepare lethal injections

October 28, 2020 2 Comments

Judge in Backpage case refuses to disqualify herself over marriage to AG

October 25, 2020 3 Comments

AG challenges governor’s emergency powers

October 13, 2020 0

Hobbs wants voter registration deadline extension overturned

October 12, 2020 2 Comments

Race is on to register voters under extended deadline 

October 9, 2020 0

9th Circuit suspends ruling to allow time to fix unsigned ballots

October 6, 2020 1 Comment

U.S. Supreme Court takes on Arizona ballot harvest law

October 2, 2020 0

Ducey may have violated campaign law in talk with business leaders 

October 1, 2020 0

Court reinstates ‘dark money’ contributions

September 29, 2020 2 Comments

Judge rules Arizona voters get 5 days after election to sign ballot 

September 11, 2020 0

Judge won’t stop Democrat county recorder from telling voters how to correct ballots

September 7, 2020 0

AG warns Washington man not to harvest ballots in AZ

August 29, 2020 0

AG sues to end Tucson’s odd-year election cycle

August 27, 2020 0

Attorney general offers again to get drugs for executions

August 27, 2020 1 Comment

Partisan groups spend big to deliver ‘news’

July 24, 2020 0

Google wants to keep data tracking secret

July 20, 2020 0

Supreme Court to decide on Tucson election law

July 18, 2020 1 Comment

AG renews plea to governor to begin executions in Arizona again

July 15, 2020 4 Comments

Hobbs alleges Goldwater illegally lobbies at Legislature 

July 7, 2020 1 Comment

Hobbs asks high court to decline ‘ballot harvesting’ case

July 4, 2020 4 Comments

AG: Supreme Court case binding on sex discrimination in workplace in Arizona

June 22, 2020 0

Lawmaker seeks state investigation of Tucson voting ordinance

June 21, 2020 0

Paul Petersen pleads guilty, faces jail time 

June 18, 2020 0

Prosecutors, some GOP lawmakers join Dems to kill forfeiture bill

May 23, 2020 3 Comments

Supreme Court refuses to hear Arizona ‘double jeopardy’ case

May 18, 2020 0

Court rules ballot measures can’t use online signature gathering 

May 13, 2020 0

Rep. Bolick to stay on ballot

May 11, 2020 0

Groups give up on challenge to election law

May 5, 2020 0

Brnovich takes ballot harvesting case to U.S. Supreme Court

April 27, 2020 1 Comment

Ducey reaches milestone in picks to the bench 

April 24, 2020 0

Supreme Court to mull Attorney General’s suit against regents

April 16, 2020 0

Stop raising tuition, treating Arizona Constitution with contempt

April 16, 2020 2 Comments

Repubican Party opposes use of online system for ballot measures

April 12, 2020 1 Comment

All mail election debate gets new life, spurred by virus

April 10, 2020 2 Comments

Hobbs won’t contest legal challenge to put initiative signature gathering online

April 6, 2020 0

Brnovich wants court to punt to Ducey on question of signature gathering

April 3, 2020 0

AG says cops can enforce emergency orders

March 31, 2020 1 Comment

State lacks price gouging laws during crises

March 14, 2020 10 Comments

AG: Public meetings still possible in face of coronavirus

March 14, 2020 0

Court stops County Recorder from sending ballots to all voters for Tuesday election

March 13, 2020 5 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Arizona challenge to California tax

February 24, 2020 0

State high court to hear case on tuition hikes 

February 11, 2020 0

‘Ballot harvesting’ ban to remain in effect for March election

February 11, 2020 2 Comments

Judge orders Attorney General to pay $1M in legal fees to regents

February 7, 2020 2 Comments

Senate committee passes bill to add restrictions to recall elections

February 6, 2020 0

State claims Election Day deadline not illegal

February 3, 2020 0

Brnovich to take ‘ballot harvest’ case to Supreme Court

February 2, 2020 0

Brnovich leads push to overturn Colorado anti-discrimination law

February 2, 2020 0

AG asks Arizona Supreme Court to block new rideshare fees

January 22, 2020 0

Hoffman to push ban on English-only learning, expects voucher fight 

January 17, 2020 0

Attorney General says Phoenix wrong over Sky Harbor fee hike

January 16, 2020 1 Comment

Phoenix responds to AG’s rideshare probe: Fee is legal

January 10, 2020 1 Comment

Attorney General files suit against vaping companies

January 7, 2020 1 Comment

Goldwater Institute sues Arizona Department of Education over vouchers 

January 7, 2020 0

Court ruling ends suit to challenge 2016 law on Israel

January 6, 2020 0

State asks U.S. Supreme Court to overrule state high court

December 26, 2019 1 Comment

Ducey okays voting manual without provision for forgetful voters 

December 20, 2019 0

Indicted County Assessor Petersen’s co-defendant to testify against him

December 19, 2019 0

Navajo Nation threatens AG with lawsuit over elections procedures

December 18, 2019 0

Brnovich asks U.S. Supreme Court to overrule AZ justices in murder case

December 16, 2019 0

Trump administration says Brnovich has no right to sue California 

December 16, 2019 0

Supreme Court refuses Arizona’s bid to restrict opioid-maker’s finances

December 9, 2019 0

Judge rules AG missed deadline to sue regents

November 28, 2019 1 Comment

Anti-abortion group wants to help defend state in Planned Parenthood suit

November 20, 2019 0

Ducey wants path for ‘dreamers’

November 12, 2019 3 Comments

Lawmakers, AG look to keep pre-existing condition coverage if Obamacare voided

November 8, 2019 1 Comment

Regents ask judge to toss lawsuit alleging ‘gift clause’ violation

October 26, 2019 0

State audit blasts regents over property leases 

October 16, 2019 0

Appellate court rejects Arizona’s bid to void settlement over pressure cookers

October 14, 2019 0

Brnovich has misgivings about Purdue opioid settlement

October 8, 2019 0

GOP lawmaker seeks AG opinion on smoking, vaping age regulation

October 4, 2019 1 Comment

Group to write alternative to recreational marijuana ballot proposal

September 30, 2019 0

Pinal County takes owners of opioid-maker, pharmacies to court 

September 26, 2019 0

Republicans paint Democrat Hoffman as state’s political fiend

September 20, 2019 0

Brnovich asks Supreme Court to allow him to sue regents

September 18, 2019 0

AG should know digital tools are essential for small business

September 18, 2019 0

Public’s right to know about executions limited to official record

September 17, 2019 0

Arizona Supreme Court to rule on discrimination case Monday

September 14, 2019 1 Comment

Brnovich plans to seek change in law he says handcuffs him

September 12, 2019 0

Law to ban cities from mandating employee benefits dead

August 28, 2019 1 Comment

Court denies AG’s bid to sue Board of Regents

August 21, 2019 2 Comments

Court, state work on new legal protections related to facial recognition

August 16, 2019 0

Legislative legalization of recreational marijuana arduous, possible 

August 9, 2019 0

The Breakdown: Unanswered questions

August 5, 2019 0

Attorney General seeks U.S. Supreme Court intervention in opioid maker lawsuits

July 31, 2019 0

State to move cautiously on resuming executions

July 30, 2019 0

AG says state required to fund schooling only for minor inmates

July 29, 2019 0

Brnovich urges Ducey to start executions again in Arizona

July 26, 2019 0

Hoffman, school choice group clash over voucher program

July 26, 2019 3 Comments

State approves experimental payment system for pot dispensaries

July 25, 2019 1 Comment

Montgomery supporters line up in bid for Supreme Court

July 24, 2019 2 Comments

Brnovich prefers Legislature, not voters, to legalize recreational marijuana

July 22, 2019 10 Comments

Public corruption tough to prove without smoking gun

July 19, 2019 2 Comments

Ex-lawmaker Clodfelter cleared in illegal lobbying probe 

July 10, 2019 0

Attorney General loses most claims in suit against ABOR

July 2, 2019 1 Comment

AG to appeal ruling on 2017 campaign finance overhaul 

July 1, 2019 0

Democrat with little political experience becomes most effective in 2019

June 24, 2019 2 Comments

Discontent with 2018 election brings slate of new voting laws 

June 24, 2019 0

California asks court to stay out of state’s dispute with Arizona

May 27, 2019 0

Company free from lending laws under ‘sandbox’ statute 

May 20, 2019 0

Billionaire Steyer to spend money to ‘educate’ voters on utility

May 14, 2019 2 Comments

Firefighters say cities are breaking workers’ comp law

May 10, 2019 2 Comments

Brnovich gets help in legal challenge to California business tax

May 8, 2019 1 Comment

Supreme Court to decide double jeopardy claim in murder case

May 6, 2019 0

Supreme Court refuses to hear AG’s tuition challenge

May 1, 2019 0

Board of education votes to settle ‘no promo homo’ lawsuit

April 29, 2019 1 Comment

Perfect storm brings swift end to ‘no promo homo’

April 12, 2019 1 Comment

House to vote on repeal of ‘no promo homo’ law

April 10, 2019 0

Former AG revs up initiative to end ‘dark money’

March 26, 2019 3 Comments

Arizona takes California to court over taxation

March 11, 2019 2 Comments

Senate bills aims for Arizona to pay half of in-state tuition

February 11, 2019 0

Ducey orders agencies to improve training on sexual abuse prevention

February 6, 2019 1 Comment

Court declares state law to limit minimum wage initiative illegal

February 5, 2019 0

Bill seeks to replace pro-Israel law found unconstitutional

January 29, 2019 0

Brnovich sues ABOR over land leases to private companies

January 10, 2019 0

Court to determine whether hashish legal for medical marijuana patients

January 8, 2019 0

Photos: Arizona’s 2019 inauguration

January 7, 2019 0

Ninth Circuit Court to hear case on Arizona ballot harvest ban

January 7, 2019 0

State inauguration ceremony to set a bipartisan tone

January 4, 2019 0

Attorney General asks court to block anti-discrimination ordinance

December 26, 2018 0

Billionaire identified as source of $500K contribution to Ducey campaign

December 14, 2018 0

Hobbs not inclined to play governor when Ducey’s away

December 7, 2018 0

Company agrees to never run faux political campaign again

November 20, 2018 0

Dems squander record turnout, sky-high enthusiasm

November 9, 2018 5 Comments

Political ads should be held to basic standards of truth

November 8, 2018 1 Comment

Brnovich re-elected despite expensive attacks from clean energy group

November 6, 2018 0

The Breakdown: Let’s consult the crystal ball

November 5, 2018 0

Outside groups big spenders in races for statewide offices

October 30, 2018 0

Sentiment towards APS could affect various political races

October 30, 2018 0

AG questions cities and towns about opposition to Prop 127

October 25, 2018 0

Rejecting utility contributions protects democracy, environment

October 25, 2018 0

Brnovich sues Prop 127 campaign over political ads

October 24, 2018 0

AG withdraws arguments on legality of hashish for medical marijuana patients

October 23, 2018 0

Billionaire helps Garcia, but no match for Ducey’s millions 

October 16, 2018 0

Prop 127 triggers record-setting spending

October 16, 2018 1 Comment

Senate confirms Susan Brnovich as federal judge in Phoenix

October 12, 2018 0

Brnovich, Contreras debate on cases AG has taken

October 11, 2018 0

Prop 127 supporters target Brnovich for blitz of negative ads

October 10, 2018 0

Funds sought to handle spike in border prosecutions

October 8, 2018 0

Governor, lawmaker have sights on charter school changes

September 18, 2018 1 Comment

AG’s office changes wording on Prop 127 ballot

September 18, 2018 10 Comments

Brnovich to investigate cell phone tracking

September 17, 2018 0

Women, minority candidates emerge in Democratic slate

September 7, 2018 1 Comment

Tainted GOP candidates dot campaign trail to Legislature

August 10, 2018 1 Comment

Election officials to refer fraudulent petitions to AG for criminal probe 

July 27, 2018 0

Ducey order directs state police to cite law-breaking lawmakers

July 20, 2018 0

Public schools to get 280 new buses from lawsuit settlement

June 8, 2018 1 Comment

Pima County officials see legal trouble in desegregation tax 

June 1, 2018 0

AG takes Tempe to court over lease agreements with developers 

May 25, 2018 0

Ducey, tribes, AG happy with SCOTUS sports gambling decision

May 14, 2018 2 Comments

Ducey, Legislature scrape together revenues for $10.4 billion budget proposal

April 30, 2018 0

AG lawsuit against regents dismissed

April 26, 2018 0

Politicians block constituents’ speech on social media

March 16, 2018 2 Comments

Disgraced entrepreneur who swayed AZ legislators target of federal suit

March 14, 2018 2 Comments

Senate panel approves proposed hotline to prevent school shootings

March 13, 2018 0

‘Dreamers’ tuition case turns on conflicts over definitions

March 6, 2018 0

Brnovich argues state trumps feds in DACA driver’s license case

March 6, 2018 1 Comment

Judge hears arguments in AG suit against regents

March 4, 2018 1 Comment

Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether ‘Dreamers’ get in-state tuition

February 13, 2018 1 Comment

The Breakdown, Episode 6: Details, details

February 12, 2018 0

Legislators’ complaints of lawbreaking by cities on the upswing

February 9, 2018 1 Comment

Alleged revenge-porn violation against former House staffer depends on time crime was committed

February 2, 2018 2 Comments

Leach sics AG on Tempe over allegation of illegal tax breaks 

January 5, 2018 0

GOP Lawmaker to Tempe: Do as I say or tell it to the AG 

December 8, 2017 0

AG rules against regents, concludes Legislature can set university tuition rates

December 7, 2017 2 Comments

GOP lawmaker continues fight with Board of Regents

November 28, 2017 1 Comment

GOP lawmaker asks AG to probe legality of Phoenix police policy 

November 14, 2017 0

Attorney general says counties can maintain own voter rolls

November 14, 2017 0

Bisbee to change disposable bag ordinance to duck budget hit

October 31, 2017 0

Paul Bentz: Math major, pollster crunches politics 

October 30, 2017 0

Founder of Chandler-based opioid company indicted on federal charges

October 26, 2017 0

AG rules Bisbee bag ban illegal 

October 24, 2017 0

Brnovich says Phoenix immigration policy conforms to SB1070

October 16, 2017 0

Bisbee to AG: keep state’s nose out of bag ban

October 10, 2017 0

Agencies make case for new spending, but most requests likely doomed

September 29, 2017 0

Ducey stands by ABOR, says tuition rates are constitutional

September 14, 2017 1 Comment

ABOR chairman calls tuition lawsuit a publicity stunt

September 11, 2017 0

AG sues Board of Regents over tuition-setting policies 

September 8, 2017 2 Comments

Livingston accuses Blanc of doctoring referendum petitions, calls for resignation 

September 8, 2017 0

2nd suit filed to thwart voucher-expansion referendum 

August 24, 2017 0

Regulator sues to void rate increase approved for utility

August 22, 2017 2 Comments

Supreme Court rules state has say on gun laws, not cities

August 17, 2017 3 Comments

Federal judge denies state officials access to Democratic voter data 

July 28, 2017 0

AG: Officials must preserve public records even on private phones 

July 7, 2017 0

Arizona Supreme Court backs Horne in challenge to $400,000 campaign fine 

May 25, 2017 0