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An Arizona sheriffs' group says private prisons have the advantage when it comes to bidding for inmate housing contracts.

Gov. Doug Ducey plans to sell three state planes, consolidate the state’s air fleet and cancel the planned purchase of expensive aerial camera equipment, which the Governor’s Office estimates will save the state nearly $2.5 million.

For about a day this week, Mark Brnovich was governor. Maybe. The attorney general discovered Tuesday that Doug Ducey was off on vacation with his family in California. And Secretary of State Michele Reagan left Tuesday morning for a conference.

When Gov. Doug Ducey was stuck in a six-way Republican primary one year ago, he promised to “fight back with every resource at my command” to secure the state’s border with Mexico. “Fencing, satellites, guardsmen, more police and prosecutors,” Ducey ...

Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona is remembering "19 brave men" on the second anniversary of the deaths of firefighters who perished during a wildfire in Yavapai County.

Gov. Doug Ducey's state hiring freeze has saved Arizona taxpayers $2.2 million since it was enacted by executive order in January.

A little-known state agency is being given a new name and focus with the ultimate goal of keeping the number of kids in foster care from growing.

If the U.S. Supreme Court returns authority for congressional redistricting to the Legislature, lawmakers will have to become familiar again with a process they haven’t used in nearly a quarter century.

Reversing course, the Ducey administration on Tuesday jettisoned plans to cancel upcoming briefings on the state’s jobless situation.

Following some less-than-spectacular jobless reports, the Ducey administration is scrapping at least temporarily – and perhaps forever – the monthly media briefings on the state’s unemployment situation.