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Jun 27, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court ruling on opioid settlement mixed bag for Arizona

A new ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court could endanger more than $100 million of the settlement Arizona reached with opioid manufacturers.

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Apr 22, 2024

Attorney for Lake, Finchem promises more litigation after U.S. Supreme Court rejects claims on voting machines

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem are not going to get a do-over of their losing claim that machines used in some Arizona counties to tally ballots are so inherently unreliable... […]

People gather in front of the Idaho Statehouse in opposition to anti-transgender legislation moving through an Idaho Republican congress, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Boise, Idaho. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Monday, April 15, 2024, allows the state to put in place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18. A federal judge in Idaho had previously blocked the law in its entirety.
Apr 19, 2024

Courts and lawmakers act on transgender kids’ rights

Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids, including the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten involved in a ban on gender-affirming care. 

Apr 11, 2024

Republicans, lawyers struggle with next step on abortion ban

Tuesday’s ruling on abortion in Arizona leaves attorneys, lawmakers and candidates at the precipice of a significantly shifted political and legal paradigm.  

House Speaker Ben Toma, left, confers with Rep. David Cook ahead of a vote on whether to debate repeal of the state's 1864 abortion law. Cook agreed to delay action even though he said he believes the law is out of date. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fi
Apr 11, 2024

GOP majority blocks efforts to repeal territorial abortion ban

A Republican in the state House of Representatives attempted to put up a bill for a vote Wednesday that would repeal the 1864 state ban on abortion procedures, leading to chaos on the House floor after the chamber went into recess instead of voting on the measure.  

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Apr 9, 2024

BREAKING: Abortion in Arizona outlawed

Arizona's territorial-era law outlawing abortion except to save the life of the mother is enforceable, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Mar 30, 2024

GOP lawmakers pushing leaders to put border legislation on ballot

Not content with all the social and political issues they already are putting to voters in November, a majority of House Republicans want a special hearing to add one more: enacting a Texas-style border enforcement law here.

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Mar 17, 2024

Lake takes election legal fight to U.S. Supreme Court

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem want the U.S. Supreme Court to give them a do-over of their losing claim that machines used to tabulate votes in some Arizona counties are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

Mar 15, 2024

Abortion is on the ballot in Arizona and nationwide

Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Phoenix on the fifth stop of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, part of the Biden-Harris campaign’s unprecedented effort to center abortion rights... […]

Mar 14, 2024

Democrats fail to get vote on right to contraceptives

House and Senate Republicans used their rules Wednesday to block a vote – or even a debate – on a proposal to enshrine the right to contraceptives in Arizona law. 

Mar 12, 2024

GOP lawmakers to return vetoed border bill to Hobbs

Refusing to take "no'' for an answer, Republican legislators are going to resend the same border law enforcement bill back to Gov. Katie Hobbs that she vetoed just a week ago.

Mar 12, 2024

Arizona voters could have say on Tucson elections

Republican lawmakers are moving to allow voters around the state to decide and possibly overrule how Tucson elects members of its city council. 

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