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Education advocates say Ducey’s teacher retention plan won’t cut it
According to a study by the National Education Association, the average salary for an Arizona teacher in 2016 was $45,477, lower than all but four other states
Ask your school board, not me
AZ Schools Now, the coalition of education groups that asked Ducey on Monday for a four percent across-the-board pay raise for teachers, is likely out of luck.
Ducey says state’s gap in anti-discrimination laws won’t jeopardize future events
Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he's does not believe that Arizona's lack of laws protecting gays and transgender individuals from discrimination will prevent the state from landing future national events as it has in North Carolina.
Top teachers call for 4 percent pay boost rather than 0.4 percent
Calling the governor’s salary hike proposal perhaps worse than nothing, the top teachers in Arizona want Gov. Doug Ducey to spend all of his new education dollars for a pay hike rather than spreading the cash around.
Ducey asks Congress to maintain Obamacare subsidies
Gov. Doug Ducey is giving Congress a roadmap of what he said needs to be done - both immediately and later - to repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act.
Donald, whatever you do…
The Ducey administration last week replied to US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who had sought governors’ input on how the federal government should repeal, replace and reform the Affordable Care Act.
Fiscal reality intrudes on Ducey’s ambitious agenda
After Gov. Doug Ducey’s State of the State address, the most common question among lawmakers of both parties was how the governor would pay for the grand ambitions he laid out. The answer, given a few days later in his executive budget plan, was to put a few drops in a lot of different buckets.
Senate panel OKs good Samaritan bill for hot car rescues
Legislation that would provide lawsuit protections for people who break into a hot car to rescue a child or animal passed its first hurdle Thursday in the Arizona Legislature.
Governor’s grab of cash for roads risks fight in legislature
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to again take for other uses state gas tax money intended to help cities and counties build and repair roads is getting a cold reception from some in the Legislature.
The state can’t raid the land trust again, right?
The $17 million in School Facilities Board funding that Ducey included in his executive budget plan won’t hold off a long-planned lawsuit over dollars for K-12 building maintenance and renewal.
Medical boards looking at Ducey’s recommendation of opioid education
Medical professionals say Gov. Doug Ducey’s letter urging that Arizona doctors receive more education on drug addiction is a step forward in the battle against opioid abuse, but that the curriculum must be detailed and useful.
Arizona governor to attend Trump’s inauguration
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is heading to Washington to attend the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.
