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Ballot measure targets citizen initiatives prior to election
A ballot measure crafted to allow legal challenges to the constitutionality of voter initiatives before placement on the ballot is poised to upend decades of case law if approved in […]
Former Supreme Court justice to determine ballot printers’ issues
Maricopa County supervisors are bringing in a former state Supreme Court chief justice to figure out what went wrong with ballot printers on Election Day.
Governor uncommitted to funding fix of prison problems
Gov. Doug Ducey won't commit to ask the Legislature for all the dollars his departing head of the state prison system says are necessary to deal with the "critical public safety crisis.''
Ducey ‘not piling on’ embattled prisons boss
Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants to change the culture at the Department of Corrections, a culture that resulted in the agency chief cut off from what was happening by "yes'' men.
Report: Prisons director uninformed about faulty locks
The head of the Department of Corrections remained "surprisingly uninformed'' about nonfunctioning locks at one of the state's largest prisons and the resultant security risks and assaults on guards, according to a new report issued today.
Due process missing in municipal courts, Goldwater report concludes
Arguing that city courts are susceptible to political influence and aren’t giving Arizonans a fair shake, the Goldwater Institute wants to consolidate the state’s court system and judges to stand for election.
Keep cool and don’t escalate the situation, top women professionals advise
A great way to deal with adversity in the workplace: Make sure you’re always being the adult in the room.
Cap Times Q&A: Justice Rebecca White Berch ‘Our highest joy is to read the law’
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Berch is ending 17 years on the bench, 13 of them on the Arizona Supreme Court, with her retirement on Sept. 28.
Court rules parents of improperly identified girl can’t sue DPS for negligence
The parents of a girl whom Department of Public Safety officers incorrectly told was dead have no right to sue the agency for negligence, the state’s high court ruled Friday.
‘Criminal activity’ needed before police can frisk for weapons
Police cannot frisk someone they stop and question absent some “reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot,” the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
State Supreme Court explains ruling on contribution limits
In a rare split decision, the Arizona Supreme Court explained today that a law setting new contribution limits is valid because voters in 1998 would have set specific amounts into statute if they wanted them fixed.
AZ chief justice: Maricopa courts worse than believed
The Arizona Supreme Court says financial troubles with two Pinal County courts are worse than initially believed.
