Redistricting Commission case must go to Court of Appeals
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery can’t skip the Arizona Court of Appeals in his appeal of an open meeting law case he lost involving the state redistricting commission.
Many Arizona Senate seats will go uncontested
This fall's elections for nearly a third of the Arizona Senate may be already decided.
Majority of early Arizona CD8 ballots returned
More than half of early ballots given out in the race to represent southeastern Arizona's 8th Congressional District have been returned.
Republicans, start your engines
With Court officially out of the running, the race for majority leader has begun in earnest. Rumors have been swirling that several lawmakers, including Carter, Dial, Farnsworth, Forese, Gowan, Kavanagh, Lesko, Mesnard, Montenegro, Olson, Robson and Ugenti are jockeying for the post, but not all of them are seriously committed.
Joe Arpaio is running for 6th term
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has filed his nomination petition signatures to run for a sixth term.
Arizona Supreme Court rejects redistricting suit
Arizona's highest court is refusing to put an open meeting law case related to redistricting on a fast track in the state court system.
Aubuchon’s disbarment to take effect in July
The Arizona Supreme Court has declined a request by a former Maricopa County prosecutor to let her continue practicing law until the court rules on an appeal of her disbarment.
Judge: Public won’t get full look at execution process
The public and attorneys for condemned prisoners won’t be given a behind-the-scenes look at executions in Arizona, a U.S. District Court judge ruled today.
Arizona Supreme Court to rule on raiding trust land money
The Arizona Supreme will review lower courts' rulings that said the state cannot divert money from proceeds of sales of trust land to help pay for running the Land Department.
Jan Brewer loses bid to dismiss Arizona immigration law case
A judge has rejected a request by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to dismiss one of three remaining legal challenges to the state's 2010 immigration law.
Judge rejects secrecy request in Arredondo case; lawmaker pleads not guilty
A federal judge shot down the Department of Justice’s request to seal all of the evidence against Rep. Ben Arrendondo, who pleaded not guilty today to federal charges stemming from an FBI sting.
McKinley’s visit to Congress
At first glance, the portly gentleman with hands clasped behind his back might be taken for an aging schoolmaster scolding errant children at recess. But he was not an educator and the youngsters pictured here were on their best behavior. They were, after all, hobnobbing with a man named William McKinley who was president of the United States.