A federal appeals court will hear arguments Monday that will determine if Buz Mills can financially bury Jan Brewer in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated one of the state’s Supreme Court justices to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a move that would give Gov. Jan Brewer the chance to put a third pick on the state’s high court.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated one of the state’s Supreme Court justices to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a move that would give Gov. Jan Brewer the chance to put a third pick on the state’s high court.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated one of the state’s Supreme Court justices to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a move that would give Gov. Jan Brewer the chance to put a third pick on the state’s high court.

There is nothing illegal about an Arizona law giving special privileges to small wineries, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Gov. Jan Brewer is making a bid this week to salvage part of what's left of the law she signed in 2010 aimed at illegal immigration.

Arizonans went home to stunning news last Thursday when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced it was suspending new state election rules that require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast ballots in person (rather than by mail).

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Andrew Hurwitz to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, paving the way for Gov. Jan Brewer to make another pick to the Arizona Supreme Court.

In a move that could result in faster decisions on Arizona cases, Congress has agreed to put another judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

We know this came as a shock to some of its Republican critics, but the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals has injected some common sense into the debate about Arizona’s support, or lack thereof, for the education of students who don’t speak English as their first language.

SAN FRANCISCO — The fact that no lawmaker has been charged or convicted of corruption since the AzScam scandal of the early 1990s proves Arizona’s public funding of elections works and is legal, an attorney for the Citizens Clean Elections Commission said Monday.

We expected -- almost could predict -- such a thing from the liberal makeup of the 9th Circuit, the most overturned court in the nation. We'll move on to the Supreme Court where I suspect that we'll have a much better success rate.   -- Senate President and SB 1070 author Russell Pearce.

Calling a woman's rights "unalterably clear,'' a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Arizona's nearly year-old ban on abortions at 20 weeks and beyond.

Gov. Jan Brewer -- or at least her attorneys -- will get a chance to argue that Arizona should be allowed to enforce a law aimed at those who harbor illegal immigrants.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal appellate judges on Monday picked apart legal arguments by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on why Arizona can ban abortions for most women at 20 weeks.

The state no longer faces $21 million in fines and has another chance to argue against claims that it failed to adequately teach English to students who aren’t proficient in the language, a federal appeals court decided Thursday.

Public schools are free to impose uniform requirements on students, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. In a precedent-setting decision, the judges rejected arguments by some students that their First Amendment rights were being violated.

Arizona cannot begin enforcing key parts of last year’s immigration law.

It’s not every day a 6-foot-9 transfer from Germany walks through the door.

An eleventh-hour federal appeals court ruling to suspend the voting provisions of Proposition 200 has created uncertainty about whether registration forms and early voting ballots filled out since Friday will have to be thrown out.

An eleventh-hour federal appeals court ruling to suspend the voting provisions of Proposition 200 has created uncertainty about whether registration forms and early voting ballots filled out since Friday will have to be thrown out.

Defense attorneys argued before the nation’s high court Tuesday that twice-convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan should get another hearing that could lighten his sentence.

Arizona has to allow residents of other states to circulate petitions to put independent presidential contenders on the ballot, the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded.

June 30, 2004