Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Suit over Woman Shot by University of Arizona Officer Revived
Dec 6 2016 // A federal appeals court has resurrected an excessive-force lawsuit by a woman who was shot by a University of Arizona police officer six year ago as she held a knife in her hand outside her home. Amy Hughes had lost her...
Lovitt & Touché in Arizona Taps Spong and Muzzy
Nov 30 2016 // Lovitt & Touché in Arizona recently hired Will Spong as senior vice president of employee benefits. The firm also recently hired Scott Muzzy as sales executive. Spong will oversee business development, with a focus on...
Holiday DUI Enforcement Push in Arizona Underway
Nov 29 2016 // Law enforcement officials plan to gather at Arizona’s Capitol to publicize the launch of their annual DUI enforcement and sober designated driver campaigns. State, local and federal officials are set to speak at...
Brightway Insurance Opens Office in Arizona
Nov 14 2016 // Brightway Insurance opened a location in Arizona. Shauna Summ has opened Shauna Summ Agency in Phoenix. The Landers Agency, owned by Kandie Landers, opened in Glendale, Colo., recently. Brightway Insurance is a national...
Crest Names Abud Commercial Lines Producer in Arizona
Nov 3 2016 // Crest Insurance Group LLC has named Rosette Abud a commercial lines producer in its Arizona office. Abud has a background in human resources. She was formally the district manager of BenefitMall Payroll and Human Resource...
Fired Arizona Child Safety Workers Seek Revival of Wrongful Firing Suit
Oct 21 2016 // The Arizona Court of Appeals is set to consider reviving a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by five Arizona child welfare workers fired in 2014 amid an agency scandal. The ex-Child Protective Services employees argue...
MJ Insurance Adds Moore as Consultant in Arizona
Oct 17 2016 // MJ Insurance has added Pat Moore as an employee benefits and risk management consultant in its Phoenix, Ariz. office. Moore will drive sales and service to new and existing clients while specializing in benefits consulting...
Autonomous Vehicles Involved in Arizona Crashes
Oct 3 2016 // Google says three of its self-driving vehicles were involved in crashes in the Phoenix, Arizona, metro area in August. The California-based company says its drivers were manually controlling the vehicles during two of the...
Arizona Court Considers Allowing Homeowners Lawsuit over Yarnell Fire
Sep 26 2016 // Attorneys for Yarnell residents who lost their homes in the deadly 2013 Arizona wildfire are asking the Court of Appeals to allow their clients to sue the state. KJZZ-FM reported that previously homeowners sued the state...
Worldwide Facilities Taps Perry As a Broker in Arizona
Sep 21 2016 // Worldwide Facilities LLC has added Aaron Perry to its team of brokers in Phoenix, Ariz. He focuses on construction and manufacturing. Perry has six years of wholesale insurance experience. He was previously with firms...
Autonomous Vehicles Involved in Arizona Crashes
Sep 21 2016 // Google says three of its self-driving vehicles were involved in crashes in the Phoenix, Ariz. metro area in August. The California-based company says its drivers were manually controlling the vehicles during two of the...
Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
Sep 6 2016 // The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has sued the business, alleging it should not have allowed a child to use the high-powered weapon. The wrongful-death...
Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
Aug 29 2016 // The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has sued the business, alleging it should not have allowed a child to use the high-powered weapon. The...
New Arizona Pot Dispensary Licenses Draw Hundreds of Applicants
Aug 25 2016 // Arizona officials say they received hundreds of applications for roughly 30 new licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries. The Department of Health Services says it has processed 750 applications and that it anticipates...
Worker Dies in Catwalk Fall at Amazon’s Arizona Facility
Jun 23 2016 // Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. had a preexisting medical condition. Phoenix police say the incident occurred about 1:15 a.m....
Wildfire in Southern Arizona Grows
Jun 20 2016 // Firefighters say a wildfire not far from the Arizona-Mexico border has grown but is not threatening any homes, so far. Carrie Dennett, of the Arizona State Forestry, said on June 18 that the blaze is burning about 20 miles...
Arizona Closes Agent Malpractice Loophole
Jun 6 2016 // Arizona’s governor has signed a bill to fix a loophole that exposes agents who write auto policies to malpractice suits. The bill was written in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling in July 2015 favoring an...
Arizona Governor Signs Law to Close Agent Malpractice Loophole
May 19 2016 // Arizona’s governor has signed a bill to fix a loophole that exposes agents who write auto policies to malpractice suits. The bill was written in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling in July 2015 favoring an...
Arizona Governor Signs Legislation to Enforce Statewide Rules on Drones
May 13 2016 // Cities and towns will be barred from making their own rules regulating drone use under legislation signed this week by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey that was designed to prevent a patchwork of regulations that would make it...
$17M Award in Asbestos Death of Navy Civilian Employee in Arizona
Apr 22 2016 // A federal jury in Phoenix, Ariz. on Friday awarded $17 million in damages to the family of a retired civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who died from the fatal asbestos disease mesothelioma after working for years in the...
