The Daily Signal: “A student at an Arizona community college is challenging her school’s so-called ‘speech zone,’ arguing the policy “severely limited” her right to free speech and due process. Brittany Mirelez, a freshman at Paradise Valley Community College in Maricopa County, Ariz., was kicked out of the designated speech zone in October for failing to obtain permission to use the space.” See the lawsuit complaint.
Arizona Republic: “An Arizona real-estate developer was arrested last week on fraud and bankruptcy charges stemming from an alleged scheme to hide $17 million in assets. Alex Papakyriakou, also known as Alex Papas, 57, of Phoenix is accused of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bankruptcy-related offenses, including concealing assets and falsifying records, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The indictment, filed in Arizona, alleges Papas used more than $150 million from investors and $250 million in bank loans to buy and build shopping centers, mostly in Arizona, between 1997 and 2008.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona “State officials are set to pay $99,999 to a former criminal investigator for Attorney General Tom Horne who claimed she faced retaliation for reporting allegations of wrongdoing to the FBI, including that Horne may have violated campaign-finance laws, The Arizona Republic has learned. The dollar amount compensates former criminal investigator Margaret ‘Meg’ Hinchey for the salary and benefits she lost while on medical leave due to stress caused by the alleged retaliation.
Arizona Republic: “The pension system for Arizona police and firefighters has received a federal grand-jury subpoena to turn over ‘a long list’ of documents as part of a criminal investigation into whether pension-trust managers inflated certain real-estate investment values to trigger staff bonuses. The trust board of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System voted at a special meeting Friday to hire a criminal defense attorney to handle matters related to the grand-jury investigation.”
Arizona Republic: “Abortion providers have filed suit against Arizona to try to block new state rules limiting the use of the most common abortion-inducing drugs. The federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson by Planned Parenthood Arizona and Tucson Women’s Center alleges that the new rules required under a 2012 law will effectively block the ability of many women to use medication to induce abortions.”