Courts

Surprise’s mayor sparked outrage when he had a woman arrested for criticizing a city official during a council meeting.

State Republicans claimed voting machines were improperly tested before the primary. They apparently misunderstood the law.

Rebekah Massie was criticizing a proposed pay raise for a city official when Mayor Skip Hall had her hauled out in handcuffs.

Scott Okland said he spent $7,500 for forensic analysis to prove he didn’t threaten a Scottsdale Christian Academy official.

A federal agency said male employees of Bark If You’re Dirty grabbed, propositioned and retaliated against female coworkers.

The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Proposition 139, which enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution.

Danny Tiner of Surprise was watching TikTok before distractedly plowing his semitruck into stopped traffic in January 2023.

Viable Solutions markets kratom products as an herbal supplement. This Gilbert man says the drug killed his wife.

For years, Matthew Willes used fake delivery slips to collect the personal information of homeowners. Now he’s paying for it.

The Arizona Attorney General sued the owner of the Buenas on 32nd apartments, which has lacked air conditioning all summer.

Her time as county attorney was troubled. After her death – and her husband’s violent demise – some wonder what they missed.

Tempe has Austin Davis on trial for feeding the unhoused and banned him from parks. Friday, he was jailed for trespassing.

Eduardo Granados killed Howard Levey in 1996. Now he’s parole-eligible, but Levey’s brother says he shouldn’t be.

State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, whom the state bar censured for his role in a 2020 election suit, is representing the GOP.

Tempe hauled Austin Davis into court for feeding unhoused people without a permit. The city’s now banned him from its parks.

Brandon Rafi’s face is all over the Valley. Now he and a rival lawyer are locked in a bitter feud exploding into public view.

Kari Lake is asking for your Senate vote. She’s also still asking the courts to overturn the 2022 election.

The suits involve the 2023 fatal shootings of Raul Mendez and Juan Manuel Reynoso and a car crash that killed Ashley Vailes.

The U.S. Department of Education also found Altadeña Middle School failed to protect Camdyn Chavez from antisemitic bullying.

The One Fair Wage Act would eventually exempt tips from minimum wage calculations. The restaurant industry is fighting it.

The Court’s ruling in United States v. Trump said a president’s official acts are entitled to presumptive criminal immunity.

The ruling said cities can arrest unhoused people for sleeping in public, even if they have nowhere else to go.