Arizona


10,000 Arizonans Eligible for VW Settlement

Thousands of Arizonans who own certain so-called “clean diesel” Volkswagen and Audi vehicles are eligible for compensation from a federal class action settlement over emissions claims. The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix the “clean diesel” vehicles and give out thousands of dollars to the owners, according to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. The affected cars include 2009 …


10,000 Arizona Vehicles Eligible for VW Settlement

The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix “clean diesel” cars and compensate the owners for their trouble. The affected cars include 2009 through 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel models of Jettas, Passats, Golfs, and Beetles as well as the TDI Audi A3. Owners will be paid full, pre-scandal fair market value for their vehicle, in addition to a cash payment of at least $5,100.


Pima County Wins Lawsuit Against State

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge is siding with Pima County in a lawsuit over an effort by the State of Arizona to shift more education taxes onto local taxpayers. Pima County’s lawsuit claims a state budget change last year unconstitutionally forces millions of dollars in education spending that previously had been handled by the state onto Pima County taxpayers. Before Judge Christopher …


Arizona Joins Lawsuit Over Obama’s Transgender Directive

Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced Wednesday that they have joined nine other states in a federal lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s mandate requiring all public K-12 schools to open up boys’ and girls’ locker rooms and restrooms to students of the opposite sex, based on student perceptions of their “gender identity.” …


Arizona Prisons Ordered to Improve Health Care for Inmates

A judge in a class-action lawsuit that protests the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons has ordered the state to improve medical and mental health services for inmates after attorneys who won a settlement in the case complained that officials were dragging their feet in making required changes. The order Friday from U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan requires the state to come up with a …