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Arizona Constitution

Feb 24, 2026

Arizona GOP push to standardize state election dates

Key Points:  Republican lawmakers seek to override local election laws Senate Committee approves measure for uniform election dates Tucson Mayor Regina Romero opposes state control over local elections Republican state […]

Feb 23, 2026

Arizona bill would enshrine right to refuse medical mandates in state constitution

Key Points: Arizona voters may decide on a “right to refuse medical mandates” constitutional amendment The amendment would prevent the government from mandating medical products or treatments Arizona’s vaccination rates […]

First Amendment, 14th Amendment, Kavanagh, federal judge
Nov 14, 2025

Court upholds Arizona film tax credits, rejects Gift Clause challenge

Key Points: Judge rules Arizona film tax credits are legal State allows up to $125 million in credits for film productions The state has repealed similar film credit programs in […]

horse racing, Turf Paradise, gambling
Sep 11, 2025

Lawmakers face legal challenge over $1M gift to horse racing

Key Points: State lawmakers face accusations of illegally giving away public funds AG Mayes agrees a $1 million appropriation to Turf Paradise violates Gift Clause AG previously targeted questionable public […]

Aug 15, 2025

Court finds Legislature failed to provide adequate public school maintenance funding

Key Points:  Judge rules public school facilities funding scheme unconstitutional Ruling identifies disparities between districts based on bonding capacity Legislature found at fault, leadership plans to appeal ruling  One school […]

May 10, 2025

Education groups vow to campaign against school choice on Prop. 123

Key Points: Republicans likely to unveil final Proposition 123 language on May 19  Democrats, education groups oppose tying school choice to teacher pay proposal  Opponents warn of lawsuits, campaigns if […]

Daniel Adelman meets with Arizona Capitol Times reporter Kiera Riley in his office. (Kiera Riley / Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 20, 2025

Daniel Adelman: The fight for Arizona’s Constitution

Daniel Adelman took up the helm at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in 2018. During his tenure, he led litigation to keep people housed during the pandemic, […]

Prescott Frontier Days, rodeo, lawsuit
Nov 6, 2023

Attorneys for state deny lawmakers did anything wrong by allocating millions for Prescott Rodeo

Lawyers for the state are denying that lawmakers did anything wrong by allocating $15.3 million for the Prescott Rodeo.

bartenders, bar owners, Arizona Supreme Court, intoxicated, liability
Oct 17, 2023

Court rules lawmakers can shield bar owners, bartenders from liability when intoxicated customers cause deadly accident

State lawmakers are free to shield bar owners and bartenders from liability when customers they serve get intoxicated then go out, get in their car, and kill someone else, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled.

Hobbs, county attorneys, abortion, Planned Parenthood,
Oct 5, 2023

Hobbs urges court not to eliminate women’s right to have abortions

Citing a series of stories of women whose abortions have changed their lives, Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging the Arizona Supreme Court not to take that right away from them.

Hobbs, governor, tax credit, families, Hoffman
Oct 2, 2023

Hobbs says she’s governor regardless of where she goes, Yee disagrees

Katie Hobbs says she's the governor, no matter where she goes -- no matter what else.

alfalfa farm, Saudi Arabia, Arizona water, Mayes
Sep 30, 2023

State’s largest pension fund selling interest in company that owns farm growing alfalfa

The state's largest public pension fund is selling off its interest in a company that owns a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm that grows alfalfa to ship to the Middle East.

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