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“Sometimes people think the First Amendment means you can say and do whatever you want. It doesn’t,” Mesa Judge Raymond Schumacher said Thursday.

Rachel Mitchell won a full term in office, returning a law-and-order era prosecutor back to power in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

An off-duty Phoenix police officer was arrested for DUI and then got in a fight with sheriff’s deputies. But he never faced criminal charges.

Governor Doug Ducey appointed Bill Montgomery to the state Supreme Court amid intense scrutiny in 2019. Now, voters will decide whether to keep him there.

A political action committee supporting Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell – and largely funded by owners of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Arizona Cardinals, as well as other local business tycoons – is facing criticism for a racially charged attack ad.

New billboards above freeways in the Valley criticize County Attorney Rachel Mitchell for her position on abortion-related prosecutions.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell’s recent promise not to prosecute women who get abortions comes after months of sometimes inscrutable, sometimes conflicting explanations about her position on the issue.

The case of a man who was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for selling marijuana has divided the two candidates for Maricopa County Attorney.

Three Arizona women will receive a total of $700,000 to settle their sex discrimination lawsuit against Lowe’s that alleged more than a decade of “open, notorious, and frequent” abuse by a male co-worker.

It’s the most recent move County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has touted as evidence that she is “cracking down on crime.”

The woman alleged that her Lyft driver sexually assaulted her in Phoenix. Now, she’s taking the rideshare behemoth to court.

Whoever said “third time’s the charm” must not have been talking about Joe Arpaio. The defrocked Maricopa County sheriff lost his latest bid to return to public office.

It’s down to Julie Gunnigle and Rachel Mitchell in the race for county attorney. One will helm a powerful – and long-troubled – office.

If you didn’t like him as sheriff, you’re not gonna like him as mayor.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, spiking abortion back to the states. In Arizona, future law oscillates between a 15-week limit and an all-out ban.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and returns abortion lawmaking to state legislatures.

Arizona attorneys Larry Hammond and Andrew Hurwitz clerked in U.S. Supreme Court when Roe v Wade was ruled. Arizona lawyers and justices have played a huge role in shaping abortion law.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said it found a “disturbing pattern” of overcharging by April Sponsel, the lead prosecutor on the “ACAB gang” charges levied against protesters.

For so many Arizonans, his vermillion billboards, bus shelters, buses, and trains are a hallmark of the daily commute to work. The prevalent advertisements echo a common instruction: “Call Rafi!”

Barry Jones, who has strong exonerating evidence in his case, is headed back to death row, just as the state of Arizona restarts executions.

Rachel Mitchell presented herself, initially, as a reasonable, no-nonsense conservative. It took only a few weeks for her to begin railing about George Soros, a bogeyman for the tough-on-crime right.

Goldwater Institute attorneys allege the city sidestepped state law when it got in bed with the Chicago-based Hubbard Street Group, gifting it a hefty handout of taxpayer dollars in the form of a $7.9 million tax break to spur local development.