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Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that completely rewrites Arizona’s campaign finance laws, including a provision that critics say will open the state up to more dark money in elections.

Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed a bill to require schools to teach cursive handwriting to all Arizona students.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Thursday that would require some immigrants who are in the country illegally and convicted of crimes to serve longer sentences.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed three bills targeting abortion providers, including one requiring them to follow outdated federal guidelines for the most common abortion drug.

Following Tuesday’s fiasco in which voters across waited in line for hours to cast their ballots, Gov. Doug Ducey called for independents to be allowed to vote in Arizona’s presidential preference elections.

Whether Gov. Doug Ducey can get the Republican votes he needs to pass his proposed overhaul of the Arizona Commerce Authority seems beyond question. Getting the Democratic votes may be far trickier.

Rather than wait for the next regulatory fight over a “sharing economy” business to erupt somewhere in Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey wants to make sure cities, counties and the state can’t regulate them at all – at least not without the Legislature’s permission.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s chief of staff, Kirk Adams, decided against making another run for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District and will remain with the Ducey administration.

An audit aimed at eliminating some of the 200-plus boards and commissions in state government is still underway, but Gov. Doug Ducey isn’t waiting for the full results to get started on his plan.

The Arizona Senate unanimously passed a bill restoring most cuts to high school technical education districts and Gov. Doug Ducey promptly signed it into law.