Court: Senate must turn over public records
The Arizona Senate must turn over audit records requested by watchdog group American Oversight, including those in the possession of Cyber Ninjas, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Ducey’s next Supreme Court pick stirs speculation
The legal community is abuzz speculating about who will be Gov. Doug Ducey’s record-smashing sixth Arizona Supreme Court appointment after the retirement of Justice Andrew Gould.
Arizona Supreme Court agrees to consider frozen embryo case
The state's high court has agreed to wade into the controversial issue of the rights of parties in a divorce to decide what happens to the eggs they previously had fertilized and whether one can be forced to become a parent.
Law to ban cities from mandating employee benefits dead
State lawmakers cannot block local governments from mandating that private employers provide workers with even more fringe benefits than required in law, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled.
Gov. Ducey sticks to spirit of merit selection, shuns partisanship
Misleading or factually inaccurate attacks on merit selection undermine the public’s confidence in the judiciary. Ducey’s appointments have been the least partisan and the most diverse of any governor, Democrat or Republican.
Court rules divorced woman can use fertilized embryos against father’s wishes
A divorced woman is entitled to implant some fertilized embryos created before she was married despite the objections of her former husband, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
Court declares state law to limit minimum wage initiative illegal
The state Court of Appeals has slapped down efforts by Republican lawmakers to block local governments from mandating that private employers provide workers with even more fringe benefits than required by state law.