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As teachers, students and their families eagerly wait to hear when they will return to the classroom, education policy wonks, advocates and school districts are trying to figure out how they’ll spend coming federal money.

Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that he will allow his stay-at-home order to expire and signaled that Arizona is one step closer to beginning to reopen its economy. Saying that the state has met the White House’s gating criteria to ...

Bowing to a barrage of bad press, the Arizona Department of Health Services on Thursday reinstated the group of COVID-19 researchers it fired May 4.

A terminally ill prisoner whose recommendation for commutation has gone unsigned by Gov. Doug Ducey is also getting lousy care from prison doctors, his family and advocates allege.

A public health expert who was part of a group that conducted modeling on the spread of coronavirus said Wednesday the state’s decision to abruptly end the group’s work was politically motivated and a half-baked attempt to justify reopening the state as soon as possible.

Saying Arizona can handle the projected toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Doug Ducey Monday quickened the pace for his plan to reopen the state.

As part of Ducey’s phased approach, he will allow retail stores to voluntarily reopen on May 4, and expand their operations with strict public health requirements on May 8. In addition, his goal is to allow restaurants to reopen in May, he said. The governor said he is listening to business leaders in that industry and argued it would not make sense for restaurants to reopen when people aren’t going out.

COVID-19 will make the coming wildfire season one of the toughest yet, Arizona fire officials said Thursday.

Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order Wednesday allowing hospitals and surgical centers to resume elective surgeries if they have “adequate capacity” beginning May 1.

The Governor’s Office told Arizona mayors Monday the state will essentially mirror President Trump’s plan to reopen the economy in phases, but that it’s not yet ready to take the first step.