Special thanks
to our supporters

  • Edward Smith
  • Leslie Epperson
  • Jo Ann Swingle
  • Suzanne Horst
  • Michal Glines
  • Lara Rubio
  • Lincoln Steffens
  • Lester Bangs
  • Ida B. Wells
  • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
  • & many more!

We rely on readers like you. Join them & contribute to the Sentinel today!

Hosting provider

Proud member of

Local Independent Online News Publishers Authentically Local Local First Arizona Institute for Nonprofit News
 1 2 3 4 >  Last »
A section of the border wall east of Douglas in 2020, the same year Title 42 was implemented. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson agreed with the dismissal and said, for different reasons, that the case never should have been considered in the first place.

The Supreme Court has formally dismissed an Arizona-led effort to preserve Title 42, the pandemic-era immigration restriction that was officially ended by the Biden administration last week. Read more»

Since the lawsuit was filed, Kris Mayes and Adrian Fontes have taken over as attorney general and secretary of state, respectively.

A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether Arizona can enforce a law that advocacy groups say will disenfranchise Arizona voters and disproportionally affects people who move often, like young people and minority voters, as well as older folks who come to Arizona to retire. Read more»

The appeal to the state Supreme Court is headed by Dr. Eric Hazelrigg, medical director for Choices Pregnancy Centers, a chain of anti-abortion clinics in the Valley.

The anti-abortion doctor attempting to restore Arizona’s near-total abortion ban has no legal standing in the case and his petition should be rejected by the court, according to Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes. Read more»

In February, Arizona Gov. Hobbs announced her appointment of former federal court Magistrate Judge David Duncan as the commissioner who would investigate Arizona’s execution protocol.

In 2022, while was running for U.S. Senate, then-Attorney General Brnovich suddenly agreed to execute Aaron Gunches - even though he had not carried out any executions in the first seven years of his term - but the new regime had concerns about how executions were carried out. Read more»

Arizona had successfully challenged a Biden administration order that required federal contractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but an appeals court said this month that President Joe Biden had the authority to order the shots. State lawmakers have appealed the latest ruling to the Supreme Court.

Arizona legislative leaders have asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s ruling that said President Joe Biden had the authority to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on federal contracts in Arizona. Read more»

Arizona had successfully challenged a Biden administration order that required federal contractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but an appeals court said this week that President Joe Biden had the authority to order the shots. State lawmakers said they are likely to appeal the latest ruling.

Arizona legislative leaders said they expect to appeal a federal court ruling that said President Joe Biden had the authority to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on federal contracts in the state. Read more»

A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday confirmed the legality of President Joe Biden's COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractors, reversing a permanent injunction on enforcement in the state of Arizona. Read more»

State officials said they will seek a new warrant when the time is right – but that won’t be until after the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry has fixed its execution protocols.

Aaron Gunches was supposed to die Thursday night - but instead, the convicted murderer will spend at least two more months on Arizona’s death row while courts decide if the state can be forced to carry out an execution it says it is not ready for. Read more»

Gov. Katie Hobbs told the Arizona Supreme Court that the state’s 'deeply broken corrections system' lacks trained staff, proper procedures and may not even have the appropriate drugs to execute death-row inmate Aaron Gunches by April 6 as the court has ordered. But others have said Hobbs does not have any choice in the matter.

With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether Arizona will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6. Read more»

State Sen. Justine Wadsack speaking with the media at a press conference for the Arizona Freedom Caucus at the Arizona Capitol building in Phoenix, March 2.

Republican state Sen. Justine Wadsack has proposed a law based on claims that the State Bar told lawyers they would be disbarred if they took COVID-19 related court cases. But Wadsack wants you to take her word for it, as she refused to provide any evidence of those claims to lawmakers or to the Arizona Mirror. Read more»

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes overruled predecessor Mark Brnovich's finding that Tucson's source of income housing ordinance violates state law, giving the city the nod to move ahead with enforcing it.

Tucson has felt some of the first tangible results of the 2022 midterms, as the Arizona Attorney General's Office just told city officials that "source of income" protection for renters is kosher under state law. Read more»

U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the Procurement Act count, permanently enjoining the order from being enforced in Arizona as of Feb. 10.

A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether the Biden administration's COVID vaccine mandate exceeded the executive branch's authority after then-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued the Biden administration over rules regulating private employers. Read more»

Phoenix joined Tucson in passing legislation the prohibits 'source of income' discrimination against renters, which is when landlords reject applicants who rely on Section 8 vouchers, Social Security, disability payments or other public income. The Tucson law is under review by the attorney general, but Phoenix officials are confident the ordinance will survive.

Joining Tucson, the Phoenix City Council has also given overwhelming approval to a measure that would prevent landlords and property owners from discriminating against renters or buyers who rely on public assistance for income. Read more»

After an eight-year hiatus, Arizona executed three inmates by lethal injection in 2022. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday set an April 6 execution date for convicted murderer Aaron Gunches, but Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday that the execution will not proceed for now.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday that the state will not proceed with the execution of convicted murderer Aaron Gunches, one day after the Arizona Supreme Court said it had no choice but to order his death. Read more»

Attorney General Kris Mayes in January 2023.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will redirect the election crimes division’s focus to prosecute election-related threats and protect voting rights - and plans to investigate multiple fake elector schemes by Republicans in support of former President Donald Trump. Read more»

 1 2 3 4 >  Last »