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County Attorney Mitchell drops litigation to seek death warrants
The decision doesn't resolve the legal issue. Instead, it simply defers the fight for another day.
Attorney General to sue Saudi farm to stop groundwater pumping
Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday she will file suit “in the next two weeks” to halt the pumping of water in two rural areas by corporate farms. Mayes said […]
Groups preparing for legal challenges to voter-approved abortion measure
Legal challenges still lie ahead on how the state’s existing statutory abortion scheme interacts with a measure enshrining a right to abortion in the state’s Constitution. Voters handily approved the […]
Hamadeh refuses to give up quest for re-vote of AG race
Republican Abe Hamadeh won’t give up his bid to challenge his loss to Democrat Kris Mayes in the 2022 race for attorney general even if Arizonans vote to send him […]
Attorneys argue whether to change how appellate judges are elected
A bid by the Goldwater Institute to change how judges on the Court of Appeals are elected drew a skeptical response Monday from a trial judge who is hearing the case.
County Attorney, AG at odds over death warrant
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Wednesday that her office filed a motion with the Arizona Supreme Court to seek an execution warrant for death row inmate Aaron Gunches, igniting a dispute with Attorney General Kris Mayes.
AG candidate tries again to redo election
Arizona’s 2022 election for attorney general that saw Republican Abraham Hamadeh lose by just 280 votes should be redone because Maricopa County failed to test their ballot printers and thousands of voters were unable to cast a ballot, Hamadeh's lawyer told a judge Wednesday.
Arizona Attorney General takes another pass at delaying enforcement of abortion ban
Attorney General Kris Mayes is making one last attempt to delay the enforcement of an 1864 Arizona law that outlaws all abortions except to save the life of the mother.
Attorneys study legal theories as clock ticks toward abortion ban enforcement
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood and its allies are rushing to see if there is a viable legal theory to keep the state from once again enforcing its territorial-era abortion law.
Hamadeh loses another court challenge, gets sanctioned
A judge has tossed the latest bid by Abe Hamadeh and others to decertify the results of the 2022 election, order it rerun in Maricopa County and declare that Kris Mayes is holding the office of attorney general illegally.
Hamadeh makes new challenge to election loss
Rebuffed in prior legal attempts to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh now is trying to get a judge to declare that Kris Mayes is holding office illegally.
Sun denies acting on behalf of AG in ethics response
A Democratic lawmaker denied allegations that she claimed to act on behalf of Attorney General Kris Mayes when she improperly interfered with a child custodial case in the summer and denied allegations of threatening Tolleson officials.
