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Arizona's high court defers to churches on what counts as a "confession," a federal judge keeps Medicaid work rules on track for January, and a D.C. vandalism case tests grand-jury secrecy against a defendant's damages challenge.
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ASU reporters were told in three Arizona immigration courts that public attendance requires a judge's approval, clashing with federal guidance. Lawsuits in D.C. and New York now test how far courts can go in closing the doors.
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Arizona Mirror says all three women on Arizona's death row faced a "lockdown limbo" this month. With a cohort of three, prison officials can and should publish the dates, reasons, services affected, and durations. Show the log and the ratios, not just the rhetoric.
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Doctors and progressive groups are pressing abortion and health care access into the center of Arizona's governor's race. In a contest rated Lean Democrat, the real test will be which candidate can deliver durable, court-tested policy rather than injunction bait.
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Judicial Watch sues Gov. Katie Hobbs over records for her ICE-rights website as a Maricopa County justice of the peace wins a primary under a misconduct cloud, putting transparency and accountability on the line.
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Andy Biggs clinched the GOP gubernatorial nomination while Warren Petersen opened a sizable lead in the Republican attorney general race, sharpening a November choice over Arizona's litigation posture under Democratic incumbents Katie Hobbs and Kris Mayes.
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An Arizona congressional candidate's lawsuit over unlabeled AI campaign images arrives as 31 states test new deepfake laws, with courts weighing authority, remedies and First Amendment limits amid uneven enforcement.
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Arizona's new policy routing all prison legal mail through a centralized Phoenix scanner, with barcodes required on every envelope, has attorneys and advocates warning of missed deadlines and lost cases.
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A reported federal threat to prosecute noncompliant election officials sets up a classic authority fight over state voter rolls. Arizona should expect injunction requests and legal fees if Washington proceeds by intimidation rather than law.
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A federal judge put Arizona's prison healthcare under a five-year receivership. Conservatives should not cheer a takeover, but after 14 years of failures, the Constitution forced the issue. Now comes the bill, the benchmarks, and the accountability.
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A federal judge put Arizona's prison healthcare under a five-year receivership led by Ohio's former prisons chief, handing her broad authority over staffing, policy and contracts as the state plans an appeal.
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A Florida federal judge found President Donald Trump acted in bad faith by dropping his tax return lawsuit and directing a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, a ruling the Arizona Mirror says condemned an effort to "manipulate" the courts.
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At his confirmation hearing, Acting AG Todd Blanche signaled DOJ would not oppose a congressional ban on a controversial funding mechanism and said he'd consider new information on issues senators raised, according to the Arizona Mirror.
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House passage of the Common Cents Act would end penny production, shift some cash transactions to five-cent rounding, and leave Arizona's copper sector largely untouched. The Senate is next.
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After a one-day pause, President Trump ordered ICE to resume traffic stops, Arizona Mirror reports.
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Trump's revived "communist" warning collides with the historical and policy record. Experts told Cronkite News the label blurs real differences between communism, democratic socialism and social democracy, even as Trump-era policy took equity stakes in U.S. firms.
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Arizona's public records law is a citizen tool, not a journalism club membership. Knowing the ask, and the exemptions, is the whole game.
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An elected AG sets enforcement priorities with finite lawyers. The docket is a policy document written in captions.
