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Ducey dropped as Medicaid expansion defendant
Gov. Doug Ducey will get to keep his name off of the court case over his predecessor’s controversial Medicaid expansion program.
K-12 funding suit could bring fiscal doomsday scenario
In their attempt to balance Arizona’s budget, Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers have proposed some difficult and controversial decisions.
Skilled judge or judicial activist? Judge handling high profile cases praised by colleagues, drew fire from Brewer
Katherine Cooper went from a sound decision maker to an activist judge in a matter of months in the eyes of the governor who appointed her to the bench.
Schools, Legislature agree to use Appeals Court to resolve inflation funding suit
Attorneys for school districts and the Legislature are going to use the Court of Appeals to help them resolve a lawsuit over school funding.
Arizona judge denies knowing live-in boyfriend was fugitive
An Arizona trial judge who has handled several prominent cases denied knowing that her live-in boyfriend was a fugitive with a criminal record before he was arrested at her home.
Judge backs off settlement order in school inflation case
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday put a lawsuit over inflation adjustments for public schools on hold and suggested the parties try to settle.
Supreme Court won’t consider case favoring Arizona death-row inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1 let stand a lower court’s ruling granting a new hearing for Arizona death-row inmate Richard Dean Hurles in the 1992 stabbing death of a Buckeye librarian.
Maricopa County accepting applications for judges
The Maricopa County Superior Court will have two vacant judicial seats at the end of the year.
CD2 voters challenge recount procedures
A collection of Pima and Cochise County voters sued Arizona’s top election official on Monday, claiming that the secretary of state’s planned method for conducting a recount in Congressional District 2 was in violation of state law.
Possible judge bias could set convicted murderer free
A man convicted of the brutal murder of a Buckeye librarian could get to escape not only the death penalty but his conviction because of possible bias by the judge.
Clean Elections fines group $96K over anti-Smith ads
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted to impose a $96,000 fine against the Legacy Foundation Action Fund over ads it ran criticizing then-Mesa Mayor Scott Smith after deciding that they should have been reported as campaign commercials for the governor’s race.
Horne agrees to pay $10,000 to settle campaign case
Tom Horne will pay $10,000 out of his own pocket to end an investigation into whether he illegally used staffers at the Attorney General's Office in his reelection campaign.
