Applications are being accepted for a vacancy created on the Superior Court in Maricopa County by the retirement of Judge Linda Akers.

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy created on the Superior Court in Maricopa County by the retirement of Judge Linda Akers.

The state’s highest-ranking justice on Wednesday appointed a retired Supreme Court justice to oversee the administration of cases among the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the sheriff’s office, Board of Supervisors and Superior Court.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is asking the state Supreme Court to restore some of his duties.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office bomb squad has determined a suspicious package found in the plaza of the county complex in downtown Phoenix Wednesday was not a bomb.

A Maricopa County sheriff's detention officer who was jailed for defying a judge's order to publicly apologize to an attorney for looking at her documents will be released from custody.

November 2, 2004

Leadership is on people’s minds these days amid all the political contests. We are in the throes of deciding who will lead us, from president of our nation to local officials.

Conservative author and political novice Andrew Thomas easily whipped his Democratic opponent in the race for Maricopa County Attorney.

The restraint chairs that have been linked to up to three inmate deaths in Maricopa County’s jails have been replaced by a new piece of furniture.

The restraint chairs that have been linked to up to three inmate deaths in Maricopa County’s jails have been replaced by a new piece of furniture.

A team of consultants will inspect Maricopa County jails and ensure conditions are brought up to standards that no longer violate inmates' constitutional rights.

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of the top 20 news stories for Maricopa in 2007.

Dave Wells: In countries like Iran we regularly see dissent brutally crushed and political enemies jailed. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas are behaving in similar fashion.

Hoping for a speedy conclusion, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on Friday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to immediately take up his challenge to the state's medical marijuana law.

The state Court of Appeals on Thursday rebuffed a request by Maricopa County to delay a medical marijuana dispensary.

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy created on the Superior Court in Maricopa County by the retirement of Judge Michael Jones.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced the appointment of Assistant Attorney General Boyd Dunn to the Maricopa County Superior Court.

Pinal County’s new mobile health clinic is now serving residents of the town of Maricopa two days a week.

Maricopa County is seeking the public’s input on nine candidates for a vacancy on the Superior Court.

Two men employed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are suing the county over claims that they were denied salary market adjustments.

Across the nation, people who wanted to become judges in state courts in recent years have been engaging in some of the nastiest and newly expensive political campaigns in history.