Federal Judge G. Murray Snow didn’t require the sheriff’s office to show its work when an independent audit found it overestimated compliance costs by $160 million, but is now fed up with county ...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is asking a judge to stop an audit of the county’s election system after it was authorized by the Board of Supervisors. It’s the latest twist in an ...

PHOENIX – In a ruling issued Thursday, an Arizona judge rejected Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s request to stop an election system audit authorized by the Board of Supervisors (BOS). Heap, a ...

An audit found Maricopa County and its Sheriff's Office overstated compliance costs for a racial profiling lawsuit by $163 million. The misattributed expenses represent 72% of the total costs assigned ...