The Arizona State Legislature is about halfway through according to most estimates and the bills the Hertel Report has been tracking for the last few weeks are moving ahead.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1001, which would immediately end Governor Doug Ducey's emergency order put in place to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, received...Arizona News
Last summer Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Charles Ryan was found to be in civil contempt-of-court in a federal judge ruling, but Governor Doug Ducey has continuously expressed confidence in Ryan to run Arizona prisons. At a town hall last week, various attendees called for the firing of the director after recounting...Arizona News
The state's inmate lawsuit filed in 2012 is far from a case-closed as attorneys remain unsatisfied with Arizona prison healthcare conditions and request an additional round of contempt-of-court fines for the state's continued failure to comply with settlement requirements.
According to an AP News story, attorneys challenging the...
