Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has notified Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that he will not enter his state’s high-profile Senate contest, a disappointing development for establishment Republicans who saw Ducey as their best hope to defeat Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly ...
Read More »Ducey again says no to Senate, tells McConnell and donors
Draft bill of major water plan surfaces 
Legislators are passing around a draft bill that would deliver Gov. Doug Ducey’s promised Arizona Water Authority – a new state agency charged with hunting down new water sources and buying water for the state. The Legislature started soliciting feedback ...
Read More »Legislature, Ducey, fast-track 2022 petition signature bill 
A bill clarifying the signature thresholds for candidates’ nominating petitions has become law after being rushed through the Legislature Thursday. The House suspended its rules this morning to pass House Bill 2839 on a 58-0 vote. The Senate took action ...
Read More »Ducey reveals his vision for water: a new state agency 
Gov. Doug Ducey wants to create a new state agency that can invest in water projects; dole out grants; build or purchase water-related infrastructure; and even buy and sell water. The proposed Arizona Water Authority is the governor’s vehicle ...
Read More »Former Senate Minority Leader David Bradley dies 
Former state Senate Minority Leader David Bradley died Saturday. Bradley, a Democrat, was first elected to the state House in 2002. He made an unsuccessful bid for Arizona Corporation in 2010 before returning to the Capitol as a state senator ...
Read More »Border invasion opinion thrusts pressure to Ducey 
While Gov. Doug Ducey blames the Biden administration for the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, figures in former President Donald Trump’s circle are putting pressure on Ducey to take more aggressive border enforcement action by declaring that Arizona faces an ...
Read More »AG Brnovich: Arizona can ‘engage in war’ on border
The actions of drug cartels and smugglers on the border constitute an “invasion” that allows Gov. Doug Ducey to use the National Guard to “engage in war,” according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich. In a new legal opinion Monday, Brnovich ...
Read More »Kelly leads cash game, but polls show tight Senate race 
New fundraising figures and another poll show Arizona’s Senate race beginning to shape up, though the big question still remains – which Republican challenger will face Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly in November? Publicly available polling has shown Attorney General Mark ...
Read More »Ducey summer camp program preps plans 
Gov. Doug Ducey’s office is gearing up to release an application form for schools or other community organizations that’s aimed at helping kids catch-up from Covid impacts.
Read More »Border ‘invasion’ theory gains steam
A group of former Trump administration officials are pushing a novel legal theory they say could give Arizona broad powers to conduct immigration enforcement.
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