Lake trying to get Richer’s defamation lawsuit thrown out
Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she had a absolute right to publicly accuse Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer of illegally sabotaging the election with mis-sized ballots even though a judge ruling in her challenge to the 2022 election had already rejected that complaint as unproven.
Republican lawsuit threatens Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to US
Roughly 181,000 people have entered the U.S. under a humanitarian parole program since President Joe Biden launched the initiative. But 21 Republican-leaning states threaten to end the program through a lawsuit to determine its legality, which is set to be heard in a Texas court beginning Thursday, with a decision coming later.
Judge will let children sue on behalf of transgender people tied to birth certificates
A federal judge will allow several children to sue on behalf of all transgender people born in Arizona to force the state to change the gender on their birth certificates.
Judge rejects Dems’ bid to keep No Labels Party off 2024 ballot
A judge has rebuffed efforts by the Arizona Democratic Party to keep a potential competitor -- and, more to the point, its candidates -- off the 2024 ballot here.
Finchem aims to get reelected to Legislature after losing SOS election
Rebuffed in his bid to become secretary of state, Mark Finchem now wants to go back to the Legislature.
Big fight for a little bird: Pygmy-owl gets threatened species status
Federal officials this week granted threatened species status to the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl, capping 17 years of “litigation and controversy” from advocates fighting to win protection for the 6-inch raptor.
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.
Openings for wildlife will be installed in areas of U.S.-Mexico border wall
Openings intended for wildlife will be put into portions of the U.S.-Mexico border wall -- including sections in Arizona -- under terms of a settlement in a 4-year-old lawsuit over how the Trump administration paid for new construction.
Conservationists sue to stop mineral exploration in biologically diverse southern Arizona mountains
Conservation groups are suing to stop two mineral exploration projects in southern Arizona's biologically diverse Patagonia Mountains.
Judge considers Dem lawsuit against No Labels party
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge is mulling whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Arizona Democratic Party against No Labels, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and the county recorders.
Judge must decide timeline for Phoenix to clear out homeless camp
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge is now tasked with deciding the timeline for the city of Phoenix to clear out the 800 or so people living in the homeless camp, “the Zone.”
Attorneys for property owners in ‘the Zone’ ask for firm deadline for clearing out homeless residents
Attorneys for property owners in “the Zone” asked a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to set a firm deadline for the city of Phoenix to clear out the homeless population from the area, while the city asked the judge to allow the Office of Homeless Solutions to proceed at its own pace.