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There is no more consistent theme to Gov. Doug Ducey’s one-and-a-half years in office, and no area where he’s been more aggressive, than deregulation

State archivists are going through hundreds of boxes of previously missing files from the administration of former Gov. Fife Symington, who was forced from office in 1997.

As Republicans gather in Cleveland, three Arizona governors say they know what it will take for Donald Trump to unite the party behind him: Focus.

The power of the executive branch, a force to be reckoned with under any gubernatorial administration, has become noticeably more pronounced since Doug Ducey moved into the Governor’s Office.

Several months after attributing the defeat of a key piece of legislation to “special interests,” Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the termination of state entities’ contracts with outside lobbyists, a move that was both praised as a good-government reform and criticized ...

Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the unilateral termination of state agencies’ contracts with outside lobbyists, calling the practice a system of cronyism that benefits lobbyists and special interests at the expense of citizens.

The governors of Sonora and Arizona said they are not going to let the rhetoric of the presumed Republican presidential contender get in the way of their efforts to expand the cross-border economy.

Gov. Doug Ducey met with Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, pledging his commitment to keeping Arizona red in November during his first meeting with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has proclaimed June 13 as "Don Bolles Day" in honor of an Arizona investigative journalist who died 40 years ago.

Economic circumstances may prove to be quite the obstacle for Gov. Doug Ducey’s goal of making major cuts to Arizona’s income tax rates.