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State Supreme Court declines to intervene in suit against DES
The Arizona Supreme Court has refused to stop the state from cutting millions of dollars from health care programs that serve developmentally disabled people. On June 1, the high court declined without comment to review a Court of Appeals ruling that erased a preliminary injunction issued by a trial judge.
Supreme Court to hear challenge of First Things First fund sweep
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge of a legislative fund sweep that targeted money generated by a tobacco tax and intended to pay for children's health care. But in the same stroke on June 1, justices declined to address a dispute of a fund sweep protested by a state labor commission.
Court of Appeals rules against MCSO’s public records request
A panel of Arizona Court of Appeals judges has ruled unanimously that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is not entitled to review thousands of documents and e-mails sent by senior officials and staff of the Maricopa County Superior Court.
State Supreme Court asked to intervene in suit against DES
The Department of Economic Security may be forced to roll back millions of dollars in budget cuts to health care programs serving the state's disabled population if the Arizona Supreme Court agrees to hear a lawsuit filed against the department earlier this year.
ACLU files discrimination suit against MCSO
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on behalf of a Muslim man who claims he lost his job as a jail detention officer over a fight to wear a beard.
Goddard drops anti-trust case, saying it won’t save Citizen
Attorney General Terry Goddard on May 26 stopped pursuing a federal lawsuit to stop the closure of the Tucson Citizen, the state's oldest continuously published newspaper.
Goddard shot down in attempt to immediately stop Citizen closure
A federal judge on May 19 refused Attorney General Terry Goddard's request to immediately stop the state's oldest continually publishing newspaper from shutting down operations.
Farmers to judge: Fund sweeps violate state, federal constitutions
Attorneys for farmers and the state of Arizona argued in front of a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on May 18 over the legality of the Legislature's 2008 fund sweep of money meant to advance agriculture interests.
Science Foundation sues state over sweep of 21st Century Fund
Science Foundation Arizona has filed a lawsuit claiming that the state breached a contract when lawmakers raided the 21st Century Fund in January and failed to reimburse $18.5 million the nonprofit already had spent.
Goddard steps in to save Citizen, cites anti-trust laws
Attorney General Terry Goddard has asked a federal court to stop one of the state's oldest newspapers from shutting down print operations, arguing the closing of the Tucson Citizen violates state and federal anti-trust laws.
Maricopa County inmates’ hunger strikes continues
More than 1,500 inmates in Maricopa County jails are on a partial hunger strike as part of an ongoing protest against food quality.
Environmental group plans to sue over jaguar capture
A Southwest environmental group put the Arizona Game and Fish Department on notice it intends to file a lawsuit over a jaguar capture that might have contributed to the animal’s death.
