When the Goldwater Institute recently recruited attorney candidates from out of state, I was able to use a lure I never would have thought possible: Arizona has the best public schools in the country.

An attorney for Shea Homes wrote to the Chandler Unified School District superintendent and governing board this week, asking the district to reconsider boundaries for Riggs Elementary School that sits on land the homebuilder had donated.

A handful of charter schools — including three in the East Valley — are going to court to block state education officials from telling them exactly when they have to teach certain subjects.

Top-performing charter schools in Scottsdale, Chandler and elsewhere are going to court to block state education officials from dictating to them exactly when they have to teach certain subjects.

Guest commentary by Clint Bolick

The next time you go to the polls, feel free to wear that T-shirt with a Democratic donkey or those Republican elephant earrings.

Clint Bolick: Efforts to keep the Chicago Cubs in Mesa present the first opportunity to see if Arizona elected officials were paying attention to the Arizona Supreme Court decision striking down government subsidies to individual businesses.

A planned romantic mountaintop anniversary date at a one-table dining room in Fountain Hills turned into a $10,000 lawsuit when a lawyer and restaurateur accused each other of bad manners.

The Goldwater Institute and its chief litigator, Clint Bolick, are taking a skeptical view of Mesa’s proposed $136 million in tax breaks to land a private convention center and two major resorts at the former GM Proving Grounds. But it appears Goldwater isn’t going to interfere with Mesa voters deciding if the city should pursue these projects.

The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to void a requirement imposed on utilities to generate at least 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

A judge has tossed out efforts by a Gilbert salon owner to demand that the state let her use fish to give pedicures.

The Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block national healthcare reform, arguing it violates the rights of a Tempe business owner, Arizona lawmakers and even members of Congress.

The Goldwater Institute is appealing a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling earlier this week that allows Mesa to continue to charge impact fees for expansion or additions to its museums and other cultural facilities.

 State senators approved a controversial - and potentially illegal - measure on Monday designed to block Congress from implementing the "card check" system for labor unions organizing in Arizona.

Rebuffed by the state's high court, the Goldwater Institute is trying another venue in its effort to void a requirement that utilities generate 15 percent of their power from renewable sources.

Rebuffed by the state's high court, the Goldwater Institute is trying another venue in its effort to void a requirement that utilities generate 15 percent of their power from renewable sources.

The Goldwater Institute has gone to court to stop Phoenix from giving nearly $100 million in sales tax rebates to a developer building an upscale shopping center called CityNorth.

A federal judge will decide whether Tea Party members who wear their hearts on their sleeves can wear their politics on their shirts at polling places.

A new lawsuit seeks to stop Arizona's decade-old Clean Elections Law in its tracks. If successful, the suit filed Friday by the Goldwater Institute could affect the outcome of this year's Sept. 2 primary election, where early voting has already started.

The state's highest court refused Tuesday to overturn a requirement on utilities to generate at least 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

A conservative think tank whose litigation arm plans an appeal in a suit challenging a multimillion-dollar government subsidy could be forced to pay $688,000 in legal fees to Phoenix and developers.

A law firm is seeking $170,854 in legal fees from Mesa for defending Randy Bailey against the city's effort to condemn his brake shop for a city redevelopment project.