A Maricopa County Superior Court judge who served as former Gov. Jan Brewer's top legal counsel is stepping down from the bench.

Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed six new Maricopa County Superior Court judges, selecting two Republicans, two Democrats and two independents.

The former chief procurement officer for the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System was arrested today on allegations he embezzled $1.5 million from the Medicaid program.

The Kyl Center for Water Policy opened last November at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. Since Sarah Porter was hired as director in January, she and her team have set out to resolve the long-standing issue of determining the nature, extent and relative priority of water rights in Arizona. The process is known as general stream adjudication.

Attorneys for the state and Planned Parenthood are headed to court Friday to try to put an early end to a lawsuit over a restriction on medication abortions.

A power struggle between Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas and the state Board of Education over authority to hire and fire the board's staff is poised for another court battle.

Denied a hearing by the Arizona Supreme Court, Pima County will soon take its legal challenge over a budget provision regarding the 1 percent property tax cap to Maricopa County.

The debate over whether a hospital assessment that funds Arizona’s 2013 Medicaid expansion program should have needed a two-thirds vote in the Legislature hinged on not only whether it’s a tax or an assessment, but whether that even matters in determining if a legislative supermajority was required.

A four-day delay in filing an appeal against the Citizens Clean Elections Commission could cost an Iowa-based group nearly $100,000 in fines. But it may cost Secretary of State Michele Reagan something much bigger – a chance to settle, once and for all, who has the authority to enforce Arizona’s election laws.

The State Board of Education is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, calling it an attempt by the state schools chief to convince the courts to settle a political dispute.