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Arizona's governor says an excessive force investigation into police in a Phoenix suburb seems to have been "whitewashed" and should be reopened.

Arizona is looking into whether it can remove the board of directors of a long-term care facility where a nurse is accused of raping an incapacitated woman who later gave birth, the governor said Friday.

I think that you’ll see a “State of the State” that focuses on things that matter, things that are important inside our state and things that will secure the future for Arizona and put us in a position to continue to grow and prosper.

Gov. Doug Ducey has tapped a state parks director from Colorado to serve as the new director of Arizona State Parks and Trails.

Records obtained Wednesday by Capitol Media Services show Jim Click at the top of the donor list at $25,000. That made him $10,000 more generous to finance the ceremony to swear in Gov. Doug Ducey and five other state officials.

"This is just a way for us to work with our neighbors and promote binational trade,'' the governor said, pointing out that Sonora already is Arizona's largest trading partner.

Kyl, who never planned to serve beyond this congressional term, will step down from the appointed position, leaving Gov. Doug Ducey to appoint someone new to serve until 2020.

Gov. Doug Ducey threatened Tuesday to veto any drought contingency plan that does not equitably divide up the pain of Arizona having less water in 2020 and eventually leads to lower water use in the state.

Gov. Doug Ducey said Friday he has no knowledge of Arizona "bracing for a massive surge'' of migrants through a "non-walled'' part of the border despite a warning by President Trump.

Fifty four Arizona school districts are getting new school buses at no cost to taxpayers.