By Bill Pan A shooting in the border town of Yuma, Arizona, on Saturday night left two people dead and five others injured, police said. The police responded to a report of shots fired, which came in at “approximately 10:54 p.m.” local time, Yuma police Sgt. Lori Franklin said on Facebook. When police officers arrived at the […]
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Judge Rejects Arizona AG’s Attempt to Revoke Elections Agreement With County Recorder
By Elizabeth Dowell An Arizona judge has rejected state Attorney General Kris Mayes’s attempt to terminate an agreement between Cochise County and the county recorder in a Thursday ruling. The agreement, which was drafted in February 2023, permits the Cochise County’s recorder to be granted control over “almost all of the powers and duties of the election […]
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Arizona Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into Key Part of Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit
By Tom Ozimek The Arizona Supreme Court has sent a key part of Kari Lake’s election lawsuit back to trial court for review, breathing new life into the former gubernatorial candidate’s legal challenge to the outcome that she says was unfair. In an order issued on March 22 (pdf), the Arizona Supreme Court directed the […]
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in K-12 Public Schools
By Ryan Morgan Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill this week that would have prohibited schools from teaching the concept of judging an individual on the basis of their race or ethnicity, or that certain races or ethnicities are inherently racist or oppressive. Last month, lawmakers in the Arizona legislature passed state Senate Bill […]
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Arizona Supreme Court Agrees to ‘Expedite’ Kari Lake Lawsuit
By Jack Phillips The Arizona Supreme Court agreed to expedite a hearing for Republican Arizona candidate Kari Lake’s election lawsuit after two lower state courts rejected it. Lake had filed a “motion to expedite” the lawsuit and argued that such actions are needed “to resolve these issues is needed to safeguard Arizona voters’ right to […]
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Arizona Governor Won’t Proceed With Execution of Convicted Murderer
By Zachary Stieber The governor of Arizona on March 3 said an execution of a convicted murderer will not take place, despite an order from the state’s highest court. “Under my Administration, an execution will not occur until the people of Arizona can have confidence that the State is not violating the law in carrying […]
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Arizona Court Rejects Kari Lake’s Appeal of 2022 Gubernatorial Election Results
By Katabella Roberts An Arizona appeals court has struck down a challenge filed by Republican Kari Lake regarding the results of the Arizona gubernatorial election, denying her request to have the current results thrown out. Lake has claimed that a range of issues in Maricopa, Arizona, on Election Day—including problems with printers and vote tabulation machines—effectively disenfranchised Arizonans who were trying to vote. Such issues were […]
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Truck Overturns in Arizona, Spills Nitric Acid, Triggers Shelter-in-Place Alert
By Mimi Nguyen Ly An emergency shelter-in-place has been issued for nearby residents after a truck carrying hazardous materials overturned on Feb. 14 on a highway in Tucson, Arizona. Following a crash, a commercial truck tanker overturned on the Interstate 10 highway eastbound between Rita and Kolb roads, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. “The tanker involved in […]
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Kari Lake Responds to Top Arizona Election Official Demanding ‘Felony’ Probe
By Jack Phillips GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has accused Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes of weaponizing the justice system after Fontes called for an investigation into Lake’s release of voter signatures. “I am writing today to ask you to investigate and take appropriate enforcement action against Kari Lake for potential violations of Arizona law committed under her […]
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Arizona the Next Big Push for Drug Cartels as Border Crisis Worsens
By Allan Stein SAN LUIS, Ariz.—A tangled coil of razor wire marks the end of a segment of the border wall between San Luis, Arizona, and Mexico, but it’s just the beginning for illegal migrants entering the city day and night. Separating two parallel wall sections with 30-foot-high steel bollards is a narrow stretch of […]
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Arizona Supreme Court Responds to Kari Lake’s Second Election Petition
By Jack Phillips The Arizona Supreme Court struck down gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s second request to take up her election appeal that is currently being heard by a state Appeals Court as Lake said Wednesday that she believes her case will be eventually heard by the Supreme Court. In an order issued on Wednesday (pdf), the state’s high […]
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Kari Lake Files Petition to Transfer Election Lawsuit to Arizona Supreme Court
By Jack Phillips Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake filed a petition to transfer her election case from Maricopa County to the Arizona Supreme Court over the past weekend, coming as Democrat Katie Hobbs was sworn in as governor of Arizona in a ceremony. Lake’s petition claims that “evidence put forward in this case, including the changing and conflicting testimony of […]
