Efforts to enact a new $12.8 billion budget and tax cuts sputtered Tuesday as House Democrats refused to come to the floor, leaving the Republican-controlled chamber short of a quorum. The maneuver came on the heels of Majority Leader Ben ...
Read More »Some lawmakers question need for special session 
A bill moratorium and a budget stalemate meant the House and Senate weren’t conducting any real business before Gov. Doug Ducey called a special session – so why call one?
Read More »Some GOP lawmakers question flat-tax proposal
The bid by Gov. Doug Ducey to permanently cut $1.5 billion a year of state revenues is based on an economic theory and a set of numbers that may not hold up under closer examination.
Read More »Ducey cuts jobless benefits, offers incentives to work
Gov. Doug Ducey is cutting off the $300 a week in extra federal jobless benefits in a bid to help the restaurant and hospitality industry find more people willing to work for what they are paying.
Read More »Ducey appointee gets money from board she serves on 
A White Mountain rancher who received $66,000 in grants from a state board she serves on will get another term on that board.
Read More »School leaders decry Ducey dropping mask mandate 
Students and teachers at Arizona schools are no longer going to be required by the state to wear masks.
Read More »Ducey won’t challenge local mask ordinances
Gov. Doug Ducey is not taking any action to curb the decisions of some cities and counties to ignore his directive that they scrap their mask mandates.
Read More »Ducey first in his age group’s line for Covid vaccine
Getting a leg up on everyone else in his age group, Gov. Doug Ducey got his first dose of the Covid vaccine on Tuesday morning. But his press aide insists he wasn’t jumping the line. In an unannounced event, the ...
Read More »Choice of getting Covid shots related to politics
Nearly a month after vaccines have become available here a quarter of Arizonans remain unwilling to get inoculated against Covid.
Read More »Ducey seeks expansion of gaming to allow sports betting
Gov. Doug Ducey wants to open the door to allowing Arizonans to bet on -- or against -- the Diamondbacks and the Cardinals. And maybe even the Wildcats and Sun Devils.
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