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Appeals court breathes new life into Medicaid challenge
Gov. Jan Brewer sighed deeply as she prepared to address the Court of Appeals ruling that injected new life into legal challenge against her prized Medicaid expansion plan.
Brewer signs bill to curb Clean Elections power
Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill intended to prevent the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from regulating traditionally funded candidates, potentially sparking a lawsuit against it.
Prosecutors ask Arizona court to order execution
State prosecutors are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to order the execution of a man sentenced to death for killing his estranged girlfriend and her father in Pima County nearly a quarter-century ago.
Brewer vetoes Medicaid limit bill, citing its potential damage to Arizona
Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would have sought federal permission to limit people to no more than five years in Arizona’s Medicaid program, saying "this waiver would have brought our healthcare sector to a breaking point.''
Dealing blow to Brewer, appeals court says Medicaid expansion lawsuit can move forward
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled today that a group of Republican lawmakers has standing to challenge the hospital assessment that funds Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion program.
State Supreme Court: long-lasting marijuana metabolite isn’t proof of DUI
Arizonans who smoke marijuana can't be charged with driving while impaired absent actual evidence they are affected by the drug, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.
Arizona Supreme Court to rule Tuesday on marijuana impairment case
The court is going to issue an opinion on a case involving Hrach Shilgevorkyan, who was charged in December 2010 with driving with drugs in his system.
State Supreme Court explains ruling on contribution limits
In a rare split decision, the Arizona Supreme Court explained today that a law setting new contribution limits is valid because voters in 1998 would have set specific amounts into statute if they wanted them fixed.
Politics surround Arizona’s redistricting process
Arizonans tired of the politics surrounding the once-a-decade legislative and congressional redistricting process voted to pull the job from the Legislature in 2000 and give it to an independent commission. But getting politics out of the high-stakes game has proven difficult.
Workers’ comp bill on hold until next year
Proponents of a bill that would bar employees from suing for damages over bad-faith denials of workers’ compensation claims headed off a contentious fight, at least for now, by putting the proposal on hold for the remainder of the 2014 session.
Supreme Court deems voucher-like program legal
Arizona’s controversial system of vouchers for private and parochial schools is legal, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today.
GOP legislators balking at K-12 funding settlement that could save state $1 billion
Arizona public schools have offered to give up their claim to more than $1.2 billion in lost aid if the state will simply agree to adjust the current formula to recognize the fact that lawmakers broke state law. But state lawmakers are balking.
