Gary Grado

Voters in Maricopa County decided to keep Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry despite a poor job evaluation from a 32-member commission that rates judges.

Julie Erfle has gone from a journalist who suppressed her fascination for politics to a political operative, beginning work in July as executive director of ProgressNow Arizona, a liberal advocacy group.

The Arizona Department of Corrections is deciding which company will run a general store that sells prisoners a wide range of merchandise, from toilet paper to television sets.

A 30-year-old political novice who has never voted shook up the race for a little known, down-ballot office in Pinal County by outmaneuvering a veteran attorney in court on a challenge to her petitions.

A bill sailing through the Legislature would make it a right for child victims to have service dogs at their side for comfort when testifying.

The Department of Public Safety has completed its look into a stash of guns and ammunition found in the Department of Economic Security building after the dismissal of the agency’s head, Tim Jeffries, in November.

The media usually seeks out the analysis and opinions of Arizona State University law professor Paul Bender when there’s a news story involving questions of Arizona law or the U.S. Constitution.

Vance Phillips and Tasya Peterson were impressed with the popularity of a Fox News tweet featuring the indictment of Rep. Ceci Velasquez on charges related to food stamp fraud.

Arizona’s “smokies” will be sporting a new title and new colors as part of an image change for the Highway Patrol. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves said the people who patrol the highways will be called troopers instead of officers from now on, and department leaders are picking a n…

The Arizona Supreme Court has taken the unprecedented step of disqualifying itself from ruling on a case and appointing five lower-court judges to take it over.