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State Supreme Court to consider case against Bitter Smith
The Arizona Supreme Court today decided to accept the conflict-of-interest complaint that Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed on Monday against Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Susan Bitter Smith.
Ruling lets 82 campaign finance scofflaws off the hook
More than 80 candidates and committees suspected of various violations of Arizona’s election laws recently got some good news from the Attorney General’s Office – all is forgiven, thanks to a federal judge’s ruling that invalidated a key campaign finance statute.
State to pay fees, costs for challenge to revenge porn law
Arizona has agreed to pay $202,000 in attorneys' fees and legal costs for a successful challenge that blocked a 2014 state law to make it a crime for jilted lovers to post nude photos of their former partners online.
Elected officials can talk about ballot measures but can’t advocate a vote, AG concludes
A new opinion issued by Attorney General Mark Brnovich more clearly outlines how public and elected officials may exercise their free speech rights without improperly using public money to influence elections.
Ducey orders review, new rules on fetal tissue after Planned Parenthood video
Gov. Doug Ducey jumped into the national fray over a video showing a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing the donation of aborted fetal tissue for medical research, ordering the Arizona Department of Health Services to implement new rules to ensure that tissue from abortions isn’t being illegally sold in the state.
‘Governor’ Brnovich takes Twitter suggestions for his one-day reign
For about a day this week, Mark Brnovich was governor. Maybe. The attorney general discovered Tuesday that Doug Ducey was off on vacation with his family in California. And Secretary of State Michele Reagan left Tuesday morning for a conference.
AG Brnovich makes another attempt to deny Dreamers in-state tuition
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is making a new attempt to prevent “dreamers” from getting the same lower resident tuition rates as other Arizonans.
AG Brnovich says Arizona communities may adopt their own ‘living wage’ laws
Voters in Arizona communities are free to enact their own “living wage” laws despite a state statute prohibiting it, the state’s top lawyer has conceded.
Brnovich spares small charter schools from big cuts
Small charter school networks were saved from massive spending cuts today by a formal opinion of Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
Arizona doctors get reprieve from having to tell women medication abortions can be reversed
The state has agreed to delay the enforcement of a law requiring doctors to advise women who are seeking medication abortions that the procedure can be reversed.
Doctors, Planned Parenthood challenge medication abortion law
A group of doctors and Planned Parenthood Arizona filed suit today to challenge a law requiring doctors to tell women medication abortions can be reversed.
AG opinion gives authorities more leeway in opposing marijuana legalization
An opinion by Attorney General Mark Brnovich allows elected officials to spend taxpayer dollars to influence elections as long as they’re not explicitly advocating for voters to cast ballots a particular way.
