Arizona Teachers Vote to Walk Out
Arizona teachers and school employees have voted overwhelmingly to walk out next week to demand increased education funding and better pay.
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Special Prosecutor Appointed to Defend Arpaio Case Ruling
A special prosecutor will be appointed to defend a court ruling that dismissed the now-pardoned criminal case against former metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio but did not erase his criminal record from his conviction for disobeying a 2011 court order to halt traffic patrols targeting immigrants.
Read moreArizona High Court Strikes Down Tuition Break for Dreamers
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday immigrant students protected from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program must pay out-of-state tuition at state universities and colleges.
Read moreArizona, Texas Prepare to Send Guard to US-Mexico Border
Arizona and Texas announced Friday that they were preparing to deploy National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to President Donald Trump’s call for more border security.
Read moreBorder Patrolman Says Killing Was in Self-Defense
The shifting opinions of doctors who performed an autopsy in Mexico could prove central in the second-degree murder trial of a Border Patrol agent who shot a Mexican teen in 2012 through a wall separating the United States from Mexico.
Read moreMedical Bills
The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday an injunction stopping Banner Health Network and others from enforcing liens for the balance between what the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System paid for its members’ health care and the hospitals’ customary charges, as federal law pre-empts the hospitals’ contracts with the system.
Read moreJudge: Government’s Wolf Recovery Plan Insufficient
A federal judge in Arizona ruled wildlife managers have not done enough to protect a subspecies of wolf endemic to the American Southwest.
Read moreIn-State Tuition for Dreamers Debated at Arizona High Court
The Arizona Supreme Court indicated Monday that the question of whether undocumented immigrants with deferred deportation status are allowed to pay in-state tuition rates hinges on whether they are considered lawfully present in the United States.
Read moreDispatches From the Road: Sedona, Arizona, or The Vortex
In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief ruminates on the supposed healing power of vortices in breathtaking Sedona, Arizona.
Read moreLawyer for Victim’s Family Says Matter With Uber ‘Resolved’
The family of an Arizona woman killed when struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle apparently has reached a settlement with the company.
Read moreNavajo Nation Sues DOJ, Arizona Law Officials Over Shooting Death
The Navajo Nation has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Justice, ttorney General Jeff Sessions and Arizona law enforcement officials stemming from the 2016 police shooting death of Navajo Nation member Loreal Tsingine.
Read more$344 Million School Funding Headache in Arizona
Arizona’s use of its state land trust to fund schools was illegal because the money was used without congressional approval, but the point is moot, because the state got authorization last week, a federal judge ruled — but it’s still uncertain whether the state must return $344 million to the trust.
Read moreSupreme Court Rejects Challenge to Arizona Death Penalty Law
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Arizona’s death penalty law that argued the state doesn’t sufficiently narrow eligibility for a death sentence.
Read morePrison Medical Director Claims Inmates Were Not Denied Health Care
The site medical director of an Arizona prison testified Wednesday that claims inmates were denied access to specialists were unfounded.
Read moreFeds Subpoena Mesa, Arizona, Police in Fatal Shooting
The Department of Justice has subpoenaed records from the Mesa Police Department for a civil rights investigation of a former officer who shot an unarmed man to death as he crawled along the floor at an Arizona hotel in 2016.
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Americans Muslims for Palestine brought a federal complaint against Arizona State University and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, claiming the state’s ban on “contracting with any boycotter of Israel” unconstitutionally prohibits it from inviting Dr. Hatem Bazian to speak to the group.
Read moreArizona Prisons Medical Care Scrutinized in Federal Court
An inmate at an Arizona prison told a federal court Wednesday that he went more than a year without treatment for lymphoma.
Read moreDamning Testimony on Medical Care in Arizona Prisons
A doctor who worked for an Arizona prison testified Tuesday of repeated instances in which nurses withheld medications from inmates, including insulin, and denied them access to specialists.
Read moreSpecial Congressional Election in Arizona Looks Safe for GOP
Two women on Tuesday clinched their parties’ nomination for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District to replace Republican Rep. Trent Franks, who resigned last year amid allegations that he’d approached staffers about being a surrogate mother for his child.
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