State Courts
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GOP lawmakers bypass Hobbs to add 11 measures to ballot. What to look out for
Voters will be asked to weigh in on laws that would make school board races partisan, end term limits for judges, and lower the minimum wage for tipped workers, among other things.
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LUCHA sues to block anti-immigration ballot measure over single-subject law
Ballot measures can only address a single subject, but the Republican-backed proposal would change court proceedings, the criminal code, labor laws, prison regulations, and public health and safety requirements.
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GOP legislators’ latest ballot proposal: Shield appointed judges from being voted out
Arizona lawmakers voted Wednesday to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal from the bench over their support for a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War.
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Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties
The federal investigation runs parallel to a price-fixing lawsuit by the Arizona Attorney General against 400 other apartment complexes in the state.
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Republicans move to add ballot measure allowing warrantless arrests over immigration suspicions
The bill, disguised as an effort to address the fentanyl crisis, would allow law enforcement across the state to arrest anyone they suspected is an undocumented immigrant.
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Judge sets $10,000 bond after Giuliani fails to appear for booking in Arizona fake elector case
Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of forgery, fraud, and conspiracy in “preventing the lawful transfer of the presidency” from Trump to Biden in 2020.
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Former Trump lawyer pleads not guilty in Arizona fake elector case
The architect behind the failed scheme to hand the presidency to Donald Trump in 2020 claimed to have no involvement with Arizona’s fake electors.
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How Rep. Ciscomani helped pack the Arizona Supreme Court with anti-abortion judges
The four Arizona Supreme Court justices who ruled to reinstate the 1864 abortion ban were appointed while Ciscomani vetted judicial nominees for the governor’s office.
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Arizona Legislature repeals 1864 abortion ban. Here’s what happens next.
Though the total abortion ban repeal has passed, the law won’t go into effect until fall.
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Arizona Sens. Anthony Kern, Jake Hoffman, indicted for fake election scheme
Arizona Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern are among the 18 indicted for forgery, fraud, and conspiracy to overturn an election.
