Court panel rejects Lake and Finchem’s bid to block use of ballot tabulation, electronic voting machines
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously struck down former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and former Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem’s bid to block the use of ballot tabulation machines and electronic voting machines in elections today.
Judge temporarily blocks law prohibiting transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams
A federal judge temporarily blocked the 2022 law barring transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams at school, finding it to be discriminatory and void of a substantial governmental interest.
Official seeks $123,000 after university mascot jumps on him
A suburban Phoenix official and former state lawmaker filed a claim against Arizona State University, saying the school mascot seriously injured his back when the costumed character playfully leaped on him at a football game two months after surgery.
Bill would allow police to sue people who injure them on the job
A police union is pushing for a new law that would overturn years of legal precedent by allowing cops to sue people who caused them injuries on duty.
The proposed provision, found in SB1186, would end the state’s use of the “fireman’s rule,” a long held legal doctrine built on the premise that first responders such as police, firefighters and medics can’t sue the people who ca[...]