October 28, 2016
A Native American tribe and a coalition of environmental and community groups lost their bid on Wednesday to halt a Phoenix-area highway project while the Ninth Circuit reviews a ruling that held federal and state agencies did not take shortcuts on environmental reviews when giving it the green light.
September 20, 2016
The Federal Highway Administration on Tuesday urged an Arizona federal court to deny a bid by environmental and community groups to halt a Phoenix-area highway project while the Ninth Circuit reviews the ruling that said the FHWA and the Arizona Department of Transportation didn't take shortcuts on environmental reviews when greenlighting the project.
September 07, 2016
Environmental and community groups on Tuesday said they are appealing a district court ruling that the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration didn't take shortcuts on environmental reviews when greenlighting a Phoenix-area highway project, while also asking a federal judge to halt the project pending the appeal.
August 22, 2016
The Arizona Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration did not take shortcuts on environmental reviews when greenlighting a Phoenix-area freeway project, a federal judge concluded Friday in a setback for a tribe and other groups trying to halt the road's construction.
April 26, 2016
The U.S. and Arizona Departments of Transportation on Monday implored an Arizona federal court to toss a Native American group's challenge to a $1.75 billion Phoenix area freeway project, saying that the agencies have demonstrated the need for the highway and the lack of viable alternatives.
March 07, 2016
The U.S. and Arizona Departments of Transportation on Friday implored an Arizona federal court to toss a Native American group's challenge to a $1.75 billion freeway project, saying that they have demonstrated the need for the highway and the lack of viable alternatives.
February 08, 2016
The Gila River Indian Community blasted a planned $1.75 billion freeway project near Phoenix in Arizona federal court Friday, calling on a judge to throw out the planned road for taking shortcuts on environmental reviews.
July 28, 2015
An Arizona federal judge on Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction bid launched by groups seeking to block a planned $1.75 billion freeway project near Phoenix due to its effects on wildlife and its impact on land sacred to the Pima tribe, saying that the plaintiffs didn't prove imminent and irreparable harm.
July 13, 2015
The Arizona Department of Transportation on Monday asked a federal judge to step down from overseeing lawsuits challenging a planned $1.75 billion freeway project near Phoenix, after the judge disclosed her ties to attorneys representing Native American tribes in one of the cases.
May 20, 2015
Environmental groups asked an Arizona federal judge Tuesday to block a planned $1.75 billion freeway project near Phoenix, saying the government glossed over alternatives to avoid harming wildlife and impacting land sacred to the Pima tribe.