A four-year legal saga over campaign finance laws came to an end as the Arizona Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Committee for Justice and Fairness, allowing an appellate court’s ruling against the group to stand.

Many of Tom Horne’s top staffers followed him out the door on Monday as newly inaugurated Attorney General Mark Brnovich cleared out remnants of his predecessor’s administration.

A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.

Attorney General Tom Horne says his loss in the Republican primary came about because he was targeted for defeat by the state’s largest circulation newspaper. Horne spoke about that, his accomplishments and disappointments in office, and what is next for him in a recent exit interview with the Arizona Capitol Times.

Courts in 2014 struck down Arizona laws by siding with gays, abortion providers, and illegal immigrants. Public school students also got a big win in court, but that case probably won’t be resolved any time soon.

Arizona will not be able to enforce controversial limits on medication abortions, at least not now. The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected a bid by attorneys for the state to overturn a federal appellate court ruling which had concluded the limits illegally infringe on the constitutional right of women to terminate a pregnancy. The justices gave no reason for their decision.

The U.S. Supreme Court is going to decide Friday whether to hear a dispute over Arizona’s requirement for doctors to use federal standards in administering medication abortions.

The Clean Elections Commission’s investigation into Sarah Beattie’s allegations against Horne came to an end today as commissioners approved a settlement with the outgoing AG. Horne immediately kept his end of the bargain by paying a $10,000 fine.

Attorney General Tom Horne paid a $10,000 fine to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, officially ending the agency’s investigation into allegations that he illegally had Attorney General’s Office employees working on his re-election during work hours.

Claiming consumers here were misled, Attorney General Tom Horne has filed a $3 billion lawsuit against General Motors alleging it sold vehicles to Arizonans the company knew were unsafe.