A federal judge on November 10 rejected a bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to issue an immediate nationwide injunction blocking President Biden from requiring federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated against Covid.
Read More »Feds want anonymous vax mandate challenger unmasked
Attorneys for the federal government are making a last-minute effort to unmask a federal employee who wants to challenge the president's vaccine mandate but does not want to reveal his identity.
Read More »Feds say Brnovich lacks authority to sue over vaccine mandates
A challenge by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to the Biden administration's vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors is legally and factually flawed, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice is charging.
Read More »Republicans want US Supreme Court to scrap legislative district map
Claiming illegal political motives, attorneys for Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to void the lines drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission for the state’s 30 legislative districts.
Read More »Runaway spending: ‘Dark money’ groups facing regulatory scrutiny 
The amount of campaign cash that’s been spent by third party groups that don’t have to disclose their donors and have no spending limits — so called “dark money” — has reached an all-time high in 2014.
Read More »Ducey campaign files complaint over pro-Jones attack ad 
An attorney for Arizona gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey filed a complaint with the Arizona Secretary of State Thursday alleging that the IE group Better Leaders for Arizona violated state law by failing to provide Ducey timely notice of an attack.
Read More »Analysis shows state could face big deficit in wake of school inflation ruling 
A state budget analysis shows that Friday’s decision on school inflationary funding by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper could send the state into a severe fiscal jam at a time when revenue collections are falling short of expectations.
Read More »Outside spending, dark money fuel attack ads in race for Arizona governor 
Conservative groups backed by dark money or yet to be-disclosed funding sources are trading blows on the airwaves now that a pro-Christine Jones IE began airing ads attacking Doug Ducey for his own alleged ties to dark money ads.
Read More »Senate panel advances bill to restrict Clean Elections Commission 
An Arizona Senate panel advanced a bill that would bar the Citizen Clean Elections Commission from enforcing the state’s campaign contribution limits. That would leave the task of investigating and enforcing complaints involving traditionally-funded candidates to the Secretary of State and Attorney General.
Read More »Beyond 2305: Lawmakers consider new election law changes 
The attempt to repeal last year’s big election law has taken up much of the spotlight so far this session, but it’s far from the only election issue lawmakers are tackling before they hit the campaign trail this year.
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