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Mayes, Hobbs at odds over uranium mine safety
Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking the U.S. Forest Service to conduct an environmental impact study on the Pinyon Plain Mine in northern Arizona, despite reassurances from Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office that the mine is safe and regularly inspected by state officials.
Alleged fake elector agrees to be state witness
A former attorney for the Trump 2020 campaign has agreed to cooperate in prosecuting alleged fake electors and their allies in Arizona in exchange for having conspiracy and eight other felony charges dropped against her.
Territorial abortion ban likely dead
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay enforcement of its decision upholding the 1864 abortion ban until Sept. 23, virtually guaranteeing its ruling will never take effect in the state.
Toma, Petersen challenge transgender lawsuit ruling
The state's top two Republican lawmakers are asking a federal appeals court to protect them from having to explain their motives in promoting and voting to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.
Mitchell, Mayes fight over who gets to execute inmates
Attorney General Kris Mayes insists that she is "the state.'' But Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell says she, too, can be "the state.'' So, she said, is every other prosecuting agency.
Inside the private pressure campaign to force hand-counting of Arizona ballots
Republican lawmakers in Arizona privately pressured county leaders across the state to count ballots by hand instead of using machines, according to previously unreported text messages.
Mayes wants answers on school voucher rules, procedures
The Arizona Attorney general is investigating Arizona Department of Education procedures allowing school voucher funds for “supplementary materials” untethered to any curriculum or documentation justifying the purchase as an educational expense.
Mayes issues opinion to shield doctors who perform abortions
Arizona doctors can't be prosecuted for performing abortions after 15 weeks if they make a "good faith clinical judgment'' that the procedure is necessary to prevent a woman's death or "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,'' Attorney General Kris Mayes said Thursday.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on opioid settlement mixed bag for Arizona
A new ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court could endanger more than $100 million of the settlement Arizona reached with opioid manufacturers.
Judge overturns order on opioid settlement funds
The state now has the go-ahead to immediately take $115 million in funds from an opioid settlement to balance the budget.
Prevailing wage ordinances in Tucson, Phoenix struck down
A superior court judge deemed Phoenix and Tucson prevailing wage ordinance illegal in a ruling Monday. Judge Bradley Astrowsky rejected arguments from the cities, premised on an earlier opinion from […]
Hobbs asks court to rescind order to stop opioid fund transfer
Gov. Katie Hobbs and state lawmakers are asking a judge to immediately overturn a Thursday order that blocks the state, at least for now, from seizing money from the opioid settlement fund.
