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Stories by Michael McDaniel
Posted Jun 21, 2022, 7:05 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Firefighters in Pima and Coconino counties continue to battle three major wildfires raging across Arizona, and though monsoon rainfall could help firefighting efforts, the risks of runoff and flooding are high in areas downstream of the burn scar. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 15, 2022, 6:36 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled against the petitioners in a case involving a presumptive First Amendment right where juror names remained anonymous during and after the trial.... Read more»
Posted Jun 15, 2022, 6:23 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
The Amazon Labor Union held a rally in Phoenix on Monday ahead of a National Labor Relations Board hearing to examine the legitimacy of the ALU’s victory in New York and outlined concerns about the daily heat Arizonan Amazon workers face.... Read more»
Posted Jun 9, 2022, 1:07 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
After hearing arguments and witness testimony Wednesday, a federal judge declined to reinstate three workers who accused Starbucks of firing them for trying to organize a union.... Read more»
Posted May 26, 2022, 6:20 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
The Republican-dominated Arizona House of Representatives looked to join the ranks of Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Utah by approving a bill Wednesday prohibiting public schools from teaching “divisive” academic concepts about racism. ... Read more»
Posted May 23, 2022, 6:57 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a slate of controversial bills that address hot-button conservative issues like COVID-19 care - after Arizona reported increasing COVID-19 positivity rates - and election reform, that purportedly addresses right-wing claims of fraud.... Read more»
Posted May 20, 2022, 6:35 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Arizona has standing to challenge a provision in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that bars states from using the federal funds to cut taxes, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday, reversing a federal judge’s decision. ... Read more»
Posted May 18, 2022, 7:05 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Arizona Republican lawmakers approved a slate of election reform bills Tuesday, including prohibiting same-day voter registration, lowering standards on automatic recounts and mandating a real-time tabulation of ballots on Election Day.... Read more»
Posted May 11, 2022, 1:21 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Arizona carried out its first execution in seven years Wednesday morning, lethally injecting Clarence Dixon with pentobarbital for the killing of 21-year-old ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 1978, less than a day after Dixon’s final appeal was denied.... Read more»
Posted May 10, 2022, 11:28 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether the Arizona Senate has the authority to conceal records from an "audit" of the 2020 presidential election that found President Joe Biden was lawfully elected. ... Read more»
Posted May 10, 2022, 7:49 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Arizona agreed to use a new batch of lethal injection drugs for the May 11 execution of death row inmate Clarence Dixon, after Dixon’s attorneys argued the drugs set to be used to kill him were expired, in violation of a 2017 settlement agreement.... Read more»
Posted May 6, 2022, 7:12 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
On Thursday, Indigenous men and women across Arizona gathered in solidarity for the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples rally to march in a plea to receive more support to fight against violence on their sovereign lands.... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2022, 3:32 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
An Arizona judge on Wednesday rejected the motion from convicted murderer and death row inmate Clarence Dixon to stay his execution slated for May 11 based on claims he is mentally incompetent. ... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2022, 6:58 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Pinal County Superior Court Judge Robert Olson heard oral arguments and expert testimony Tuesday to determine if he’ll stay the execution of death row inmate Clarence Dixon, currently slated for May 11. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 29, 2022, 8:11 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency declined a request for clemency by reasons of mental incompetency brought by a man convicted of killing an Arizona State University student in 1977. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 26, 2022, 1:04 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state sued state and county officials to bar the use of electronic voting machines ahead of the midterm election in November.... Read more»