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Arizona Supreme Court bars cap on victim compensation …

5/5/2021
PHOENIX — State lawmakers cannot limit how much errant drivers have to pay the people they kill or injure, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled. The justices on Tuesday said there's nothing …

Supreme Court rejects last Arizona lawsuit on 2020 …

5/3/2021
PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out what is likely the last legal challenge remaining about the choice of Arizona voters of Joe Biden for president. Without comment, the …

An audit of 18 Apache Junction claims, settlements

4/26/2021
The city of Apache Junction has had 18 claims or out-of-court settlements during the past two years, with four of them open and involving police actions, according to a review of records. The …

Arizona Gives nonprofits impact Glendale community as …

3/23/2021
Companion Pets In Crisis (CPiC) sums up its mission pretty clearly. “Help(ing) others especially on their worst day,” their call to volunteerism specifies.

Department of Labor calls for Tempe plastering company …

3/12/2021
The U.S. Department of Labor launched a search for employees from a Tempe-based plastering company that allegedly falsified records to avoid paying workers overtime, violating the Fair Labor …

Arizona ‘Ballot harvesting’ decision spins on …

3/2/2021
The question of whether Arizona gets to keep its ban on “ballot harvesting” could turn on what was in the mind of a now-ejected state legislator who first proposed the law and how that …

Maricopa County Juvenile Court water line, …

2/9/2021
Water line and temporary construction easements in Mesa will be considered at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The easements are at the Maricopa County Juvenile …

Hassayampa constable named chairman of ethics board

2/1/2021
Hassayampa Constable Scott Blake was voted in mid-January to be the chairman of the Constable Ethics, Standards and Training Board.

Education tax debate continues in county court

12/24/2020
PHOENIX — The fate of a voter-approve tax on the rich to fund education could depend on whether a judge believes the money raised will be “grants” to school districts.

Proposition 208 legal challenge rests on claim new law …

12/1/2020
Minutes following the official canvass of the 2020 November general election, litigation challenging tenets of the new education funding law ratified by the Arizona electorate was filed in Maricopa …

Lux: Questions ‘packed’ high court

10/23/2020
In response to Rich Andrews letter (“Calls for confirmation for Barrett,” Daily Independent, Oct. 22, 2020), you believe Congress electing, or more accurately placing, Judge Barrett on …

Bar owners contend Arizona governor can't shut them …

7/10/2020
PHOENIX — Bar owners from around the state are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that Gov. Doug Ducey does not have the constitutional authority to shut them — or any other business — down.