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Ducey wants budget deal before more bills are signed
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is increasing the pressure on the Legislature to reach a budget deal by sending word to lawmakers that he doesn't want to see more bills until a state spending plan hits his desk.
Ducey’s first tax cut targets ‘hidden’ increase
On the campaign trail last year, Gov. Doug Ducey pledged that if elected, he would submit tax-cutting legislation each year he was in office, a vow he could begin to fulfill through his plan to eliminate a “hidden tax increase” by pegging Arizona’s income tax rates to inflation.
Budget winners: Proposal favors prisons, inmates and Department of Revenue
Gov. Doug Ducey’s first executive budget slashed higher education funding and some Arizona Commerce Authority programs, but some groups came out ahead in the recommendation.
Principles vs. practicalities: Ducey’s Medicaid dilemma
In what may be one of his first acts as governor, Doug Ducey will have to decide whether to spearhead the defense of a policy he dislikes, kick a quarter million people off AHCCCS or drop a nuclear bomb on the state’s overstretched budget by taking a principled stand.
