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US Supreme Court · PhoenixKari Lake and Mark Finchem are not going to get a do-over of their losing claim that machines used in some Arizona counties to tally ballots are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the petition they filed to review the decisions of both a trial court judge and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that they should be allowed a new trial to present …See the Story
Attorney for Lake, Finchem promises more litigation after U.S. Supreme Court rejects claims on voting machines
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Asylum Seekers · Pima CountyPima County has been awarded $21.8 million to continue efforts with temporary shelters for asylum seekers. Organizations partnered with Pima County have been providing transportation, food and temporary shelter for migrants to prevent people from turning to the streets. The money was awarded as part of Homeland Security Shelter Service’s $650 million project. “We’re trying to do is continually make sure that the federal government pushing thi…See the Story
Federal funds go toward helping asylum seekers in Pima County
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixGov. Katie Hobbs has ordered what is essentially a hiring freeze for new state employees and instructed her department heads to send her a plan this week to cut $1.2 billion in spending out of their current and coming year budgets. The move is a major admission that the state’s budget shortfall is going to require big belt-tightening, and fast. The details were outlined in a Friday letter to state agency heads from Hobbs’ operations director obt…See the Story
Hobbs orders hiring freeze, wants agencies to propose spending cuts
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Abortion · PhoenixState lawmakers return Wednesday with another attempt to deal with the 1864 abortion law. But it won’t go away this week, no matter what happens in the House or Senate. The Senate appears poised to approve repeal. But not just yet. The Arizona Constitution requires all measures to be read “on three different days.” And with the Legislature now on a once-a-week schedule, Sen. Anna Hernandez, D-Phoenix, says that makes May 1 the earliest her chamb…See the Story
Abortion law to dominate action at Legislature again this week
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixAttorneys for two Cochise County supervisors facing criminal charges lashed out Friday in a hearing at Attorney General Kris Mayes for indicting them in the first place. Dennis Wilenchik who represents Tom Crosby called the move “vindictive and in retribution” because his client and Peggy Judd, both Republicans, said they had the right to get some questions answered before they certified the results of the 2022 election. He said the indictment w…See the Story
Retaliation or criminal conspiracy? Attorneys for indicted Cochise County supervisors aim to toss case
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixJames P. Weiers, the two-time speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, passed away Friday, April 19, 2024, after a battle with congestive heart failure. He died peacefully, surrounded in his final hours by his wife Gina, his four children, and his 12 grandchildren. Born in South Dakota, Jim moved to Phoenix where he met and married his wife, Gina. They moved to Texas and finally back for good to Phoenix, starting several businesses along…See the Story
Former Speaker Jim Weiers passes
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixThe Arizona Legislature has, in effect, put the Department of Child Safety on probation, allowing it to continue to function for another four years instead of the customary eight The decision is a healthy recognition that DCS, both in its current form and when it was a division of the Department of Economic Security, often does enormous harm to the children it is meant to help. But recognition is just step one. Lawmakers need to understand wha…See the Story
DCS is on probation; here’s how to fix it
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixAttorney General Kris Mayes wants a judge to toss a bid by a Mohave County Supervisor seeking a court order granting him immunity if he votes to scrap machine counting of ballots. In court filings, Emma Mark, one of the lawyers in Mayes’ office, told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Brad Astrowsky, what Supervisor Ron Gould really wants is a judicial declaration that he can vote to require that ballots be counted by hand. As part of that, th…See the Story
AG, Mohave County supervisor spar over hand counting ballots
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