Judge Throws Out Charges Against Arizona Mom Arrested for Criticizing Officials at a City Council Meeting
Rebekah Massie's removal and arrest from a city council meeting was "objectively outrageous," the judge ruled.
Rebekah Massie's removal and arrest from a city council meeting was "objectively outrageous," the judge ruled.
Tyron McAlpin's lawyers say he couldn't hear the commands of the officers when they jumped out of a police cruiser and immediately attacked him.
Families like guiding their kids’ education, but the governor and state attorney general disagree.
Plus: the transformation of California's builder's remedy, the zoning reform implications of the Eric Adams indictment, and why the military killed starter home reform in Arizona.
Rebekah Massie criticized a proposed pay raise for a city attorney. When she refused to stop, citing her First Amendment rights, the mayor had her arrested.
Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.
A recent boom in entrepreneurship challenges red-tape hurdles.
A handful of Republican lawmakers worked with Democrats to repeal an 1864 law banning most abortions.
Phoenix police are trained that "deescalation" means overwhelming and immediate force, whether or not it's necessary.
Law enforcement could arrest those they suspect of crossing into the state illegally—and they’d be “immune from liability for damages.”
The Sixth Amendment was originally seen as vital to preserving liberty. Yet it has been consistently watered down.
A new California law amends the state's ban on out-of-state doctors practicing medicine to allow doctors from Arizona to perform abortions for patients who are also from Arizona.
Plus: Austin shrinks its minimum lot sizes, Florida builds on past zoning reforms, and Arizona passes ADU and missing middle bills.
The case hinged on statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban.
State government officials deploy scare tactics against families of special needs students seeking alternatives.
Plus: Defunding NPR, defending Lionel Shriver, and more...
Plus: New York refreshes rent control, AOC and Bernie Sanders call for more, greener public housing, and California's "builder's remedy" wins big in court.
Tucson and Pima County have a history of passing restrictions that conflict with state law.
And the real kicker is that Intel was probably going to create those jobs without taxpayers funding anything.
Plus: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is fooled by TikTok housing falsehoods, Austin building boom cuts prices, and Sacramento does the socialist version of "homeless homesteading."
Plus: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs dithers over whether to veto bipartisan Starter Homes bill, Biden says "build, build, build," and Massachusetts sues anti-apartment suburb.
The proposal would harm business owners, consumers, and workers without much benefit in return.
Parents in Arizona have already proven themselves capable of holding schools accountable.
"Governors don't get to print money," the former Arizona governor tells Reason.
The Supreme Court supposedly put an end to “home equity theft” last year. But some state and local governments have found a loophole.
It's taxpayers who lose when politicians give gifts, grants, and loans to private companies.
Gov. Katie Hobbs hates that families are guiding their own children’s schooling.
A veto from Gov. Katie Hobbs killed a bill that would’ve brought the trade above ground. Now lawmakers have launched a new legalization effort.
Plus: the Supreme Court weighs housing fees and homelessness, YIMBYs bet on smaller, more focused reforms, and a new paper finds legalizing more housing does in fact bring costs down.
The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."
The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."
The good news: Regulators have exercised unusual restraint.
Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.
Flagstaff keeps digging a hole over commercial free speech.
The Arizona Department of Agriculture says all eggs sold must be cage-free, a power that according to the lawsuit belongs to the state legislature.
A zombie law, thrown out in court, continues to wreak havoc because it’s referenced in a contract.
States that allow home chefs to sell perishable foods report no confirmed cases of relevant foodborne illness.
“The whole woke movement, it’s obviously an echo of those times.”
The era of the internet could use a little of the discipline, moderation, and tolerance imposed by a familiar, physical community.
It may be part of a larger reassessment of subjecting all areas of life to ideological tests.
The designation will prevent new uranium mines in a lucrative area.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company cites regulatory costs and a lack of skilled workers as specific impediments. Biden and Congress can fix those without giving out billions of taxpayer dollars.
Both the state attorney general and the state legislature declined to defend the law in court after the ACLU of Arizona and news media organizations sued to overturn it.
Publicly funded leagues of cities are fighting zoning reforms in state capitals across the country.