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How Arizona is shaping America’s response to virus crisis
As the nation faces the unprecedented coronavirus health care crisis, Arizona’s innovative spirit and fidelity to our state’s constitutional protections has paved the way for us to have an outsized role in the way Washington is responding.
Lawmakers put pet projects in perspective as virus rages
Lawmakers introduced a record 1,731 pieces of legislation this year, from small tweaks to sweeping changes to state statutes.
At Healthcare Rising Arizona public health is top priority
While we have paused our signature-gathering campaign, we still believe that we can improve public health in Arizona by passing our measure. The Stop Surprise Billing and Protect Patients Act would crack down on hospital infections, ban surprise bills from “out-of-network” providers, protect coverage for people with so-called “pre-existing conditions,” and give a much-deserved pay raise to[...]
Coronavirus puts brakes on signature gathering for ballot measures
Initiatives face a strong possibility of not collecting enough signatures to land on the November ballot with the COVID-19 becoming widespread, and the latest projections of cases could mean a shelter-in-place policy is coming.
COVID-19 cases could peak in April, hospitalizations in May
Arizona’s health director said today statewide cases of COVID-19 will peak in mid to late April and hospitalizations will peak in May.
Mayors at odds with Ducey’s list of essential services
A new executive order by Gov. Doug Ducey on "essential services'' appears less designed to empower him to force people to stay home than to preclude Arizona cities from once again getting out in front of him on actions to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Ducey orders evictions delay as economy plunges amid pandemic
In an attempt to relieve some economic anxiety from the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order delaying the enforcement of eviction orders for renters impacted by it.
Unemployment skyrockets
The number of Arizonans applying for jobless benefits jumped by a factor of seven this past week, providing the first clear indicators of the effect COVID-19 is having on the state economy.
Legislature passes $11.8B budget, $50M for COVID-19 aid
The Arizona Legislature will adjourn until April 13 after lawmakers in the House passed a $50 million deal Monday intended to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State to fund hotline mired in controversy for COVID-19 information
The viral pandemic is finally getting the state to fund a hotline that has been mired in controversy for years.
Ducey: Troops needed for more than grocery help, state ‘catastrophically affected’ by COVID-19
Gubernatorial press aide Patrick Ptak denied late Sunday that his boss was withholding information from the public about conditions in Arizona or the role Ducey wants the Guard to play.
Ducey extends unemployment benefits to Arizonans affected by COVID-19, delays tax deadline
In an executive order, Ducey allowed people out of a job or facing economic hardship because of the pandemic to access unemployment benefits. He also unveiled an administrative action from the Arizona Department of Revenue to extend the income tax filing deadline to July 15, mirroring the new federal deadline.
