The Independent Redistricting Commission asked a judge Tuesday to quash an investigation by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne into whether members violated the state's Open Meeting Law, saying its members are not subject to its requirements.

A loosely organized effort to oust a state Supreme Court justice is forcing him to consider an unprecedented campaign to keep his post.

The Independent Redistricting Commission wants a judge to throw out efforts by Republicans to void the map it created for the state’s nine congressional districts.

The Independent Redistricting Commission wants a judge to throw out efforts by Republicans to void the map it created for the state’s nine congressional districts.

An antiabortion, antigaming, religious rights group is working to pressure Gov. Janet Napolitano not to appoint a political ally to the state’s high court.

An antiabortion, antigaming, religious rights group is working to pressure Gov. Janet Napolitano not to appoint a political ally to the state’s high court.

October 5, 2004

The state agency that oversees workers' compensation laws and coverage is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to force the Legislature to give back $4.6 million it took from the agency's funds.

The Ellman Cos. said it filed a motion Tuesday with Maricopa County Superior Court asking a judge to stop the Los Arcos public vote in Scottsdale this spring.

Backers of a plan to hike state sales taxes for the next 30 years filed suit Friday because they don't like the description to be given to voters about the ballot measure, at least in part because it spells out the size of the proposed increase.

Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she is resigned to not being able to choose whoever she wants to be Arizona’s next Supreme Court justice.

They protect and they serve. They’ll duke it out with bad guys, then help you change a flat. They’ll knock down a four-alarm fire, then roll on a pet-rescue mission.

A statewide immigration advocacy group plans to march outside the offices of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas on Friday.

A statewide immigration advocacy group plans to march outside the offices of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas on Friday.

Courtrooms can be destructive to families. That was the premise Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Norman Davis used in the summer of 2004 when he started massive reforms to Family Court.

Battle lines are drawn in the Mesa-based Mathon Management investment-fraud case with investors seeking to remove the court-appointed conservator who is overseeing the recovery of their assets.

An east Mesa defense contractor with a history of environmental violations is seeking a state permit allowing it to burn tons of hazardous chemicals in the open air just a few miles from homes, businesses and schools.

Gov. Janet Napolitano lashed out Wednesday at four farm groups who sued her and lawmakers after they balanced the state budget by taking money that members had taxed themselves for special projects.

The head of a group opposing an initiative to end affirmative action and other preferential programs said she wants to block the measure from getting on the ballot in part because she fears a majority of Arizonans will vote for it.

People such as the elusive Baseline Rapist are the real criminals on the street — not illegal immigrants. That was one of the messages that several hundred people conveyed in downtown Phoenix on Friday morning as they criticized Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas for interpreting a law against human smuggling that has allowed them to jail hundreds.

People such as the elusive Baseline Rapist are the real criminals on the street — not illegal immigrants. That was one of the messages that several hundred people conveyed in downtown Phoenix on Friday morning as they criticized Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas for interpreting a law against human smuggling that has allowed them to jail hundreds.

A law allowing parents to request jury trials when rights to their children may be severed has clogged the court system, sapped already overburdened CPS caseworkers and drained resources away from children at risk — and all this even though 70 percent of the cases have been dropped by the parents themselves, according to a report to be released today.

January 5, 2005

Former Gov. Janet Napolitano and state lawmakers acted illegally in seizing the funds belonging to farm groups to balance the budget, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled.