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Maricopa County estimates the election will cost $3.5 million.

Pinnacle West Capital Corp., parent company of Arizona Public Service, has donated $10,200 to the Ducey for Governor campaign through its political action committee.

Most lawmakers, not involved in the drafting, saw the first version of the measure when it hit their desks Monday night.

Arizona hospitals will pay more under Gov. Doug Ducey’s $10.1 billion spending plan.

Gov. Doug Ducey raised more than $2 million more than his Democratic competitors for the 2018 Arizona governor’s race.

One year after claiming local school officials can’t be trusted, Gov. Doug Ducey now has faith that state monies are going to pay teachers higher salaries.

Gov. Doug Ducey wants the state to add about $250 million in new spending to K-12 education, financed by new cuts and transfers among agencies and rehiring tax auditors who he previously laid off.

The Capitol Times caught up with the governor the Friday before session started to discuss his priorities and preview the next few months.

This time around, Arizona Democratic lawmakers aren’t falling for Gov. Doug Ducey’s centrist approach designed to add more money to schools and attack the opioid crisis.

The proposal would put an immediate $100 million this coming school year into an account that is earmarked for "soft capital,'' things like computers, books and school buses.