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Court rules parents of improperly identified girl can’t sue DPS for negligence
The parents of a girl whom Department of Public Safety officers incorrectly told was dead have no right to sue the agency for negligence, the state’s high court ruled Friday.
Supreme Court debates challenge to execution drug
Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions.
Supreme Court grapples with same-sex marriage, as hundreds rally
Justices peppered both sides with questions Tuesday as the Supreme Court grappled with a case that could legalize same-sex marriage in every state, two years after overturning a federal ban on such unions.
DCS bars gay couples from being foster, adoptive parents
The Department of Child Safety quietly reversed a policy in February that allowed married same-sex couples to jointly serve as foster parents or adopt from the more than 16,000 children under the state’s care, even though federal courts have declared Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
Arizona Supreme Court rejects appeal from campaign group
A four-year legal saga over campaign finance laws came to an end as the Arizona Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Committee for Justice and Fairness, allowing an appellate court’s ruling against the group to stand.
Ruling revives lawsuit over marijuana dispensary certificate
An appellate court ruling revives a company's lawsuit challenging a state agency's decision to award a certificate for a medical marijuana dispensary in a northern Arizona community to a rival.
Arizona judges can’t do only opposite-sex marriages, ethics opinion says
Arizona judges who perform wedding ceremonies in Arizona are being told that they cannot turn away gay couples who want to marry.
SolarCity files antitrust lawsuit against SRP over solar charge
Solar company SolarCity filed an antitrust lawsuit against Salt River Project in Arizona federal court Monday, saying the utility’s solar demand charge was “unacceptable and unlawful.”
In redistricting case, Supreme Court probes meaning of ‘legislature’
The United States Supreme Court set out to today determine what the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote that state legislatures shall determine the time, manner and place of federal elections.
Sinema, Kirkpatrick may lose big if lawmakers redraw congressional districts
If the U.S. Supreme Court orders the Arizona Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional map, Republican strategists expect Democratic Congresswomen Ann Kirkpatrick and Kyrsten Sinema’s congressional districts to be the first on the chopping block.
Lawmakers: Judge can’t force extra K-12 spending
Arizona lawmakers are asking the state Court of Appeals to rule that a trial judge acted illegally in ordering them to immediately cough up an extra $317 million for public schools and even more next year and beyond.
Brewer asks US Supreme Court to stop dreamers from driving
With nowhere else to go, Gov. Jan Brewer asked the U.S. Supreme Court this morning to keep licenses out of the hands of dreamers, at least until the justices get a chance to look at the issue.
