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Chief justice asks Ducey to veto Supreme Court expansion bill
Chief Justice Scott Bales wants Gov. Doug Ducey to veto a bill that would add two new justices to the Arizona Supreme Court.
Bill settling lawsuits between Douglas, Bd of Ed becomes law
Gov. Doug Ducey signed the so-called “divorce bill” today, putting into clear language the separate powers and responsibilities of the Board of Education and state schools chief.
Reagan won’t cancel next week’s special election
Secretary of State Michele Reagan won’t cancel next week’s special election even though her office failed to mail out on time more than 200,000 pamphlets with details of what’s on the ballot.
Attorney Tom Ryan seeks to delay May 17 special election
A lawyer is asking Attorney General to delay the May 17 special election because Secretary of State Michele Reagan failed to meet the deadline for getting publicity pamphlets to voters.
In slap to lawmakers, Ducey vetoes ‘bad’ water bills
Gov. Doug Ducey today vetoed two measures that could ease water-supply requirement for developers.
Ted Cooke: Mastering Arizona’s rarified art of water policy
At a critical time for water in the West, Ted Cooke said the Central Arizona Project is prepared to look at innovative ways to manage the scarce resource.
Lawmakers end session after all-nighter with flurry of votes
The Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday morning, capping a nearly 20-hour workday that ended a grueling week in which lawmakers passed a budget, staged a coup over health insurance for children and approved hundreds of bills in the eleventh-hour of the legislative session.
Ducey signs KidsCare children’s health insurance bill
Arizona is going to restore a program it shelved six years ago to provide health care to the children of the working poor.
Legislative maneuver could undermine dark money referendum
A planned citizen referendum to reverse legislation that would make it easier to spend dark money in Arizona may be about to become twice as difficult.
The deal: Notable new policies make the state’s 2017 budget agreement more than just a group of numbers
Lawmakers like to say that a budget is a reflection of values. But it’s also a collection of policies, some of which might not have stood a chance as stand-alone measures.
Senate passes KidsCare, sends measure to Ducey
Thwarted in earlier attempts, Republican supporters of a program to provide health insurance to the children of the working poor outmaneuvered their own leadership Thursday night to have the measure given approved by the House.
McCain confident in re-election with Trump at top of ticket
U.S. Sen. John McCain acknowledged that Donald Trump’s presence at the top of the Republican ticket could make for a more perilous path to re-election, but said he was still confident that he would win a sixth term in November.
