Arizona Court of Appeals

A small town fight over a plan to overhaul a downtown area that made its way all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court has led to a new ruling making it much easier for residents across the state to block locally approved projects at the ballot box.

State schools chief Tom Horne has no legal power to force school districts to use only "structured English immersion'' to teach the language to students who are not proficient, the Court of Appeals has decided.

A bid by the Goldwater Institute to change how judges on the Court of Appeals are elected drew a skeptical response Monday from a trial judge who is hearing the case.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to review the legality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.KAWC’s Stephanie Sanchez has more.In the case between S.S.…