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☆ Judge allows indicted Arizona fake electors to travel to Republican National Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An Arizona judge is allowing several people facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results to travel to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The Arizona delegation to the convention includes three fake electors who have been charged in that state for their alleged roles in the 2020 plot. Earlier this month, the judge overseeing Arizona’s election subversion case approved a request from defendant Nancy Cottle to travel to the RNC. Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who was recently elected to serve as the Arizona GOP’s national committeeman, and state Sen. Anthony Kern also will be allowed to travel to Wisconsin for the convention. It is unclear if those charged with election-related crimes in other states have received – or need – permission to travel to the convention.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nancy Cottle, Cottle, Bruce Cohen, Sen, Jake Hoffman, Anthony Kern, Hoffman, Kern Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, The, RNC, Trump, Superior, Arizona GOP’s Locations: An Arizona, Milwaukee, The Arizona, Arizona, Wisconsin

☆ Arizona ruling puts abortion politics in the spotlight in battleground state
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

They’ll also have a chance to vote directly on the abortion ban the court has revived – abortion rights groups are currently in the signature gathering process, which has gained a new level of urgency. He added that he would not sign a federal abortion ban if one was passed through Congress. Katie Hobbs to “come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.” She also said she’s opposed to a federal abortion ban. Since then, abortion rights have proven to be a driving issue nationwide. Arizona is one of nearly a dozen states that could have an abortion rights measures on the November ballot.

Persons: Donald Trump, They’ll, ”, Barrett Marson, “ It’s, Trump, ” Trump, Juan Ciscomani, Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego, Katie Hobbs, “, she’s, Gallego, Lake, Roe, Wade, Doug Ducey, Weeks, Hobbs, Stacy Pearson, –, Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, ” Harris, ‘, ” Biden, Harris, ” Hobbs, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Marjorie Dannenfelser, “ We’ve, Chris Love, we’ve, ” CNN’s Kate Sullivan, Ebony Davis, Ali Main Organizations: CNN, Donald Trump . Arizona, Senate, Arizona GOP, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Republicans, GOP, Democratic Rep, Democratic, Republican, Biden, Trump, Arizona, SBA, ”, Abortion Locations: Arizona, Hobbs, Tucson

☆ Phoenix Encampment Is Gone, But the City’s Homeless Crisis Persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jack Healy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The tents and campfires were gone. The sidewalks where people had built makeshift shelters from wood pallets and blue tarps were empty. On Friday, all that was left of “the Zone,” a sprawling homeless camp in downtown Phoenix, were discarded clothes, trash and questions about what comes next. Housing advocates say the operation appears to have removed — at least temporarily — a notorious symbol of the homelessness crisis in American cities. “Overnight, they’re all gone.” He said he often woke to flashing lights of police cars and ambulances responding to fights, shootings, fires and overdoses outside his bedroom window.

Persons: ”, Joel Coplin Organizations: Housing Locations: Phoenix, Arizona

☆ Factbox: Corporate debt woes are on the rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Size of debt: 14 billion pounds ($18.33 billion). The firm said earlier in July shareholders would provide 750 million pounds, but warned it would need an extra 2.5 billion pounds between 2025-2030. Size of debt: 6.4 billion euros ($7.19 billion) in net debt. What's at stake: Casino faces 3 billion euros of debt repayments in the next two years, with rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's warning a default is likely. Deadlines to watch: Casino aims to secure an agreement with creditors by July 27.

Persons: Toby Melville, What's, Jean, Charles Naouri, Casino, Daniel Kretinsky, Kretinsky, Chiara Elisei, Dhara, Christina Fincher Organizations: Thames, REUTERS, Water, Casino, SBB, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, LONDON, Sweden, France, England, Czech, Brookfield, Spain, Barcelona

☆ ‘The Democracy Project’ Puts America Onstage, Warts and All
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Tourists who pause outside Federal Hall, a Wall Street memorial maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, will find its neoclassical facade covered in scaffolding. But until July 22, the man himself can be found inside, fussing over his dentures, his sleep and his coming inauguration. “Oh, hon,” his wife, Martha, says. The project began when Marie Salerno, the chief executive officer of Federal Hall, and Lynn Goldner, a producer, were strategizing how to raise the memorial’s profile ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. Where Federal Hall stands (the original hall was demolished in 1812) was the site of Washington’s inauguration and the first Capitol building.

Persons: George Washington, “, Martha, ” George, Tom Nelis, Erin Anderson, Michael R, Jackson, George, Billy Lee, Nathan Hinton, Ona Judge, Alexander McGillivray, ”, Lisa D’Amour, Marie Salerno, Lynn Goldner, —, “ Hamilton Organizations: U.S . National Park Service, Democracy, Federal Hall Locations: Washington, New York

☆ Brazil's Dani Alves jailed on remand in Spain over sexual assault allegation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Joan Faus | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BARCELONA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Spanish judge on Friday ordered that Brazil soccer player Dani Alves be jailed on remand without bail over an alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub, the regional court system said. Earlier on Friday, Alves appeared before a Barcelona judge after local police detained and questioned him. The alleged victim had filed a complaint earlier this month and the case remains open over a crime of sexual assault, Catalonia's court system said in a statement. Alves told Antena 3 TV earlier this month that he was at the club with other people but denied any such behaviour. Alves played for Barcelona from 2008-2016 and briefly returned to the LaLiga team for the 2021-22 season.

☆ Arizona judge rejects Katie Hobbs' request to sanction election denier Kari Lake
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An Arizona judge on Tuesday rejected Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs’s request to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her failed effort to overturn the state’s election results. The suit was rejected by the Superior Court in Maricopa County on Saturday. Hobbs had asked the court to award her over $600,000 to compensate for fees and expenses accrued in defending against Lake’s lawsuit. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson said in Tuesday’s ruling that Lake’s claims in the lawsuit were not groundless. The lawsuit had targeted Hobbs, who is currently Arizona’s secretary of state and becomes governor next week, along with top officials in Maricopa County.

☆ Arizona judge rejects governor-elect's request to sanction election denier Lake
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Jim UrquhartDec 27 (Reuters) - An Arizona judge on Tuesday rejected Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs's request to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her failed effort to overturn the state's election results. The suit was rejected by the Superior Court in Maricopa County on Saturday. On Monday, Hobbs and Maricopa County deputy attorney asked the court to sanction Lake and her attorneys, alleging that Lake had filed a "groundless" lawsuit for a "frivolous pursuit." Hobbs had asked the court to award her over $600,000 to compensate for fees and expenses accrued in defending against Lake's lawsuit. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson said in Tuesday's ruling that Lake's claims in the lawsuit were not groundless.

☆ Katie Hobbs seeks sanctions against Kari Lake after Arizona judge dismisses election challenge lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The request for sanctions against Lake and her legal team comes after an Arizona judge denied her bid to reverse the results of the November election in a two-day trial. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson denied Lake’s challenge after the trial in a 10-page ruling Saturday. He said the court did not find clear and convincing evidence of misconduct that would have changed the election results. Thompson also noted that the defendants had stated their intention to seek sanctions against Lake, and ordered them to file a motion for sanctions by Monday morning. “But she has not simply failed to publicly acknowledge the election results.

☆ Arizona governor-elect asks court to sanction election denier Lake
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Arizona's Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs asked a court on Monday to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her failed effort to overturn the state's election results. Hobbs joined a motion by Maricopa County for sanctions on Lake and her attorneys in which the county's deputy attorney Thomas P. Liddy wrote Lake filed a "groundless" lawsuit for a "frivolous pursuit," court documents showed. Her suit claimed "hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected the election" in Maricopa, the state's most populous county. In a separate court filing, Hobbs also asked the Superior Court in Maricopa County to award her over $600,000 to compensate for fees and expenses accrued in defending against Lake's lawsuit. Lake was one of the most prominent of the Trump-aligned Republican candidates who lost battleground state races in the midterm elections.

☆ Arizona judge dismisses election denier Kari Lake's bid to overturn vote results
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 24 (Reuters) - An Arizona judge on Saturday rejected defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's effort to overturn the results of her election loss in the state's governor race. Lake was one of the most high-profile Republican candidates in the midterm elections to embrace former Republican President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud in 2020. Her lawsuit targeted Lake's Democratic opponent, Governor-elect Katie Hobbs, currently Arizona's secretary of state, along with top officials in Maricopa County. The suit claimed "hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected the election" in Maricopa, the state's most populous county. Lake, a former television news anchor, was one of a string of Trump-aligned Republican candidates who lost battleground state races in the midterm elections.

☆ Kari Lake’s Claims of Election Misconduct Rejected by Arizona Judge
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Erin Mulvaney | Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kari Lake previously had submitted other claims related to the election outcome, but those were also dismissed. An Arizona judge rejected the remainder of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake ‘s claims of election misconduct, saying she failed to prove the allegations that ballots weren’t counted correctly and mishandled in the state’s most populous county. Every witness brought before the court “was asked about any personal knowledge of both intentional misconduct and intentional misconduct directed to impact the 2022 General Election. Every single witness before the Court disclaimed any personal knowledge of such misconduct,” Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson wrote in the ruling. Mr. Thompson was appointed to the bench by former GOP Gov.

☆ Kari Lake Gets Hearing on Claims of Arizona Election Misconduct
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Eliza Collins | Laura Kusisto | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Defeated Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is scheduled to receive a two-day court hearing beginning Wednesday to air some of her allegations that electoral improprieties caused her to lose the race, but a judge said she’ll have to prove there was intentional misconduct that affected the outcome. An Arizona judge on Monday dismissed most of Ms. Lake’s claims that illegal voting and misconduct cost her a victory, saying they weren’t proper or valid. But Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson said Ms. Lake should be given the opportunity to attempt to prove a pair of claims related to the malfunctioning of ballot printers and the handling of ballots.

An Arizona judge on Friday dismissed Republican Mark Finchem's lawsuit seeking a new secretary of state election after he lost the race in November to Democrat Adrian Fontes. In her ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian dismissed Finchem’s lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, and Fontes, confirming Fontes' election win. The judge dismissed his misconduct allegations with prejudice — barring them from being brought back in another court — and called some of his claims "fatally flawed." He also supported a partisan review of Maricopa County’s election results, even though the review reaffirmed Biden’s victory. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate who lost Arizona's governor's race, filed a lawsuit this month challenging certification of the state's election results and seeking a court order that declares her the winner.

☆ Holdout Arizona County Certifies Midterms Results After Court Order
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Laura Kusisto | Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cochise County, Ariz., elections officials voted Thursday to certify the results of the midterm elections following a court order, ending a gambit that had left the fate of tens of thousands of votes in the state uncertain. The county’s three-member board of supervisors voted 2-0 in favor of certification, shortly after an Arizona judge ordered them to certify the results immediately. One Republican member of the board didn’t participate in the vote.

☆ Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Still, rents nationwide were up 9% in September, compared to a year earlier, and more than a dozen cities had double-digit rent increases, it said. In Phoenix, for example, rent increases have slowed in recent months, but in June were up 24% year over year, with a median asking rent of $2,261. In Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, evictions are at their highest levels since at least 2016, with more than 45,000 filings this year. Zenovia Johnson is one of those Phoenix renters who’s been struggling to stay in her home because of rising rents. In Minneapolis, where rent increases have trended below the national average, evictions in September were 37% above their historical averages after shooting up in June, when the state lifted its eviction moratorium.

“We are seeing more litigation in 2022 relating to elections and election administration and the like than we have ever seen before,” Elias said. Consovoy McCarthy, a 20-lawyer Washington law firm that represented Trump in lawsuits over congressional subpoenas, is playing an especially active role on the Republican side. The lawyers' real test may come after election day, when close or contested results are likely to spark fresh lawsuits, attorneys said. Whatever shape those cases take, "you have to be ready,” said Adam Bonin, an election lawyer who has represented Democrats in Pennsylvania. Opinion polls show Republicans are set to win back control of the House of Representatives and perhaps also the Senate at the midterm elections.

FILE PHOTO - Fencing including razor wire forms a barrier to the Arizona state Capitol complex after it was installed following protests against the United States Supreme Court after it overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 27, 2022. Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson granted a request by the state's Republican attorney general to lift a court injunction that had barred enforcement of Arizona's pre-statehood ban on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade in 1973. The Supreme Court in June overturned the right to abortion it had recognized in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Democrats have been eager to cast Republicans as extreme on the abortion issue since the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade and many states began enforcing abortion bans. Democrats are increasingly hopeful the Supreme Court decision will boost voter support in the midterm elections, with its control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate at stake.

☆ Arizona is using a 121-year-old law — written more than a decade before it achieved statehood — to enforce a near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Arizona judge on Friday ruled in favor of a 1901 law that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The only exemption to the abortion ban is if the mother's life is in danger. The law banning abortion was created more than a decade before Arizona became a state in 1912. The decision came one day before a new law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy was set to take effect in the state. In March, the governor wrote a letter: "In Arizona, we know there is immeasurable value in every life – including preborn life.

☆ Arizona abortion ruling will set women back 'more than a century' - White House
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fencing including razor wire forms a barrier to the Arizona state Capitol complex after it was installed following protests against the United States Supreme Court after it overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara REFILE -WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Friday's ruling allowing Arizona to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions, if allowed to stand, will result in "catastrophic, dangerous, and unacceptable" consequences for women, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Saturday. "Yesterday’s ruling in Arizona is dangerous and will set Arizona women back more than a century – to a time before Arizona was even a state," Jean-Pierre said in a statement. The Arizona ruling by Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson granted a request by the state's Republican attorney general to lift a court injunction that had barred enforcement of Arizona's pre-statehood ban on abortion after the Supreme Court decision. Johnson's ruling bans all abortions in Arizona except when the procedure is necessary to save the mother's life.

☆ Arizona Judge Allows Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked for 50 Years
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Laura Kusisto | Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Demonstrators in favor of abortion rights at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix in June, after the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. An Arizona state court judge lifted a 50-year-old block on a 19th-century law banning nearly all abortions in the state Friday, ending three months of confusion about the legality of the procedure in the state. Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson said in her ruling that a previous decision blocking enforcement of the state’s pre-Roe v. Wade ban must now be vacated since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe, the 1973 decision that created a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich , a Republican who filed a motion in mid-July asking a court to lift the injunction on the law, shared a copy of the judge’s decision.

☆ Arizona judge says state can enforce near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics across the state will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers. An injunction has long blocked enforcement of a law, on the books since before Arizona became a state, that bans nearly all abortions. The ruling also means people seeking abortions will have to go to another state to obtain one. In another state, Wisconsin, clinics have stopped providing abortions amid litigation over whether an 1849 ban is in effect. Georgia bans abortions once fetal cardiac activity and be detected and Florida and Utah have bans that kick in after 15 and 18 weeks gestation, respectively.

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