Attorneys representing the children of a father who sexually abused them and reported that abuse to church leaders are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reconsider its unanimous ruling last month siding with religious leaders who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting that abuse to authorities. The justices also declared that […]
The Arizona Supreme Court shot down a request from Republican lawmakers to preserve their summary of the voucher-regulating Protect Education Act in a voter education pamphlet, ruling that the description violates state law because it tries to sway voters against the initiative. The Protect Education Act, which will be on November’s ballots as Proposition 212, […]
More than a year after new regulations were signed into law, a state program that pays parents to be caregivers for their developmentally disabled children still hasn’t implemented required guardrails meant to rein in skyrocketing costs. State auditors said that the delay has cost Arizona hundreds of millions. “AHCCCS suspended implementation of the new standardized […]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing a real estate company that allegedly engaged in a predatory title scheme that defrauded approximately 1,500 Arizona residents, saying the company violated the state’s consumer fraud act. Non-Title Recorded Agreements for Personal Services, or NTRAPS, have been banned in multiple states because they use the promise of a […]
Military contractor aircraft equipped with high-end surveillance gear has been flying along the United States southern border above Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for months. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security won’t elaborate on what the aircraft are doing. “The Department of War contracts with a number of companies, including Metrea, […]
The Hobbs administration says a federal judge went for the nuclear option too soon when she turned over control of the state’s prison healthcare system to a receiver without exhausting other remedies in a lawsuit that has dragged on for 14 years, and is asking the judge to pause doing so. “Jumping from the current […]
Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue while critics warn it will only lead to intrusive policing and humiliation. For the past several years, Republicans across the country have pushed discriminatory policies barring transgender people from using […]
An attempt to temporarily block an Arizona law allowing state officials to jail immigrants failed, but there’s still a chance that opponents could pause the law’s implementation — though when that might happen and whether it will be too late to prevent any arrests is unclear. Earlier this month, the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights […]
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with religious leaders this week who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting child sexual abuse to authorities. And in declaring that any intervention by the courts would violate the First Amendment, the justices made clear they don’t think any changes to Arizona law aimed at forcing […]
A Republican-backed ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to ensure private school voucher funding for military families is protected was tossed off the ballot on Wednesday after a judge concluded that it unconstitutionally would also ban any future reforms to the voucher system. Maricopa County Judge Joseph Kreamer said in his ruling […]
