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Legislators’ complaints of lawbreaking by cities on the upswing
Bisbee is one of eight municipalities or counties in the state whose laws have been targeted by state legislators under SB1487, a 2016 law that allows any state legislator to ask the attorney general to investigate an ordinance.
Millions paid, millions still at stake as deadline looms for tribal class-action settlement
About $42.8 million has been paid out to Native Americans in Arizona since December, and another $109 million could be distributed starting next month as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement of a lawsuit against the government.
County won’t defend Thomas in disbarment appeal
The county won't defend former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas and two former prosecutors if they appeal an ethics panel decision to take away their law licenses. Thomas has until Friday to appeal last week's ruling.
Maricopa County gives OK to sue over bus purchase
Maricopa County officials voted March 29 to give their lawyers permission to file a lawsuit to determine whether a $456,000 bus that the sheriff's office bought to transport inmates was a legal purchase.
County attorney decries Smith request
In a feud that conjures up memories of the New Times subpoena/arrest debacle, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office released a letter today from County Manager David Smith asking the office's employees to fess up to whether they've been blogging or posting comments on the internet about county government. Real names, pseudonyms, work time or personal time, Smith asked for it all while citing Ar[...]
