- Phoenix: 86 degrees Fahrenheit, Cloudy
- Tucson: 94 degrees Fahrenheit, Rain
- Yuma: 104 degrees Fahrenheit, Clear
- Flagstaff: 75 degrees Fahrenheit, Partly cloudy
Saguaro Signal desk
The attorney general, major cases, rulings, and constitutional fights.
Courts
WASHINGTON — Historic preservationists asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump’s appeal to continue construction on his $400 million White House ballroom on the grounds of the demolished East Wing. In response to Trump’s application to the high court, the National Trust for Historic...
Courts
Courts
Giles said his views on the issue were affected by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion. The post Giles defends abortion vote, says he’s still ‘pro-life’ first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Courts
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has disqualified the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and the Pinal County Superior Court from trying a high-profile capital murder case plagued by legal scandal. Judge Patricia Starr issued her order Aug. 12. It’s still unclear which county will prosecute the case and where it...
Courts
Arizona's high court rejected GOP lawmakers' request to keep their voucher-measure summary in the voter pamphlet, ruling it was argumentative and ordering a rewrite, Arizona Mirror reported.
Courts
A federal judge allowed the construction of 62 miler of new border wall to proceed along the Tohono O’odham Nation’s southern boundary with Mexico. The post Judge denies Tohono O’odham request to halt border wall construction first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Courts
Attorneys for abuse victims want the Arizona Supreme Court to revisit last month's unanimous clergy-penitent privilege ruling, a move that could reshape when religious leaders must report alleged child abuse, according to the Arizona Mirror.
Courts
Prosecutors say a Miami man used unwitting Uber drivers to collect more than $65,000 in cash from Phoenix-area seniors after phone impersonators pushed victims to make withdrawals.
Courts
After a Massachusetts judge expanded a nationwide injunction against a federal executive order restricting voting, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to rule quickly ahead of the midterms, seeking clarity on both authority and remedy.
Courts
Judge tosses thousands of Protect Education Act signatures, but final ballot eligibility hinges on pending county validity rates and a likely Supreme Court appeal before the Aug. 20 printing deadline.
Courts
Yuma County deputies, U.S. Marshals, and Border Patrol arrested 52-year-old Mark Alan Spadt on first-degree murder and related charges; the tight-lipped case now moves to costly detention and prosecution.
Courts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to intervene in a lower court decision that halts his $400 million White House ballroom construction unless he receives authorization from Congress. The administration requested the justices grant an immediate stay to a 2-1 federal appeals...
Courts
The ACLU is dropping its bid to block state and local police from arresting some people who cross the Arizona border illegally — for now. The post ACLU pauses legal fight over Arizona’s Prop 314 immigration law first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Courts
A Maricopa County judge ruled Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally by labeling Arizona's ESA program as "vouchers" in the Proposition 212 ballot description, finding the term misleading because ESAs and vouchers are legally distinct.
Courts
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally in using the word "vouchers'' to describe the program that gives tax dollars to parents sending their children to private and parochial schools, a judge ruled. The post Judge says Fontes can’t call ESAs ‘vouchers’ on ballots first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Courts
The Trump administration on Wednesday renewed its request to the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly decide a case over an executive order restricting voting, a day after a Massachusetts federal judge expanded an injunction on the order nationwide. The Tuesday order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani that blocked...
Courts
The Republicans running to flip Arizona’s governor and attorney general offices are framing the races as a chance to reshape the state’s judiciary. The post Biggs and Petersen eye Arizona judiciary, redistricting commission first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Courts
A group of leading anti-abortion organizations sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche urging him to review the U.S. Department of Justice’s authority to use a 150-year-old anti-obscenity law to prevent people from obtaining abortion medication or other related materials through the...
Courts
Court records show Aaron Farinacci pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Arizona in 2012 after an initial first-degree murder charge, served 10 years of a 12-year term, later transferred probation to Washington, and is now jailed there on arson...
Courts
Some of the stories we’re watching this week
Courts
Public school advocates hoping to rein in the Grand Canyon State’s billion-dollar universal private school voucher program told the Arizona Supreme Court that Republican legislators hope to “weaponize the popularity” of protecting money for military families to gut a citizens initiative — and rewire the separation...
Courts
A Maricopa County judge enjoined Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from using his Prop 145 ballot language, ruling it violated A.R.S. 19-125(D) by referencing Prop 212, which is not existing law.
Courts
FBI records show an intruder scraped about 633,000 Maricopa voter-registration records before the 2020 election.
Courts
Arizona's U.S. Attorney touted a conviction of an online seller who admitted to $92,000 in fake Native jewelry sales but pleaded to a sub-$1,000 count and paid a $10,000 fine. The rhetoric is strong. The deterrence looks weak.
