Gov. Doug Ducey is using hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for COVID-19 relief to pay for state operations, such as salaries, which some say contravenes the intention of Congress. Ducey, who controls nearly $1.9 billion of ...
Read More »Arizona average of new COVID cases doubles in past 2 weeks
Arizona on Tuesday reported over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fourth time within six days. The current surge in the coronavirus outbreak saw the state’s seven-day rolling average of daily new cases double in the past two weeks. The ...
Read More »Court expansion brings more cases, less efficiency
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel said the addition of two more justices has made the court less efficient. Brutinel’s assessment contradicts Gov. Doug Ducey’s justification in 2016 for signing legislation to expand the court from five to seven ...
Read More »Support reasonable liability protections for essential businesses
Given that many businesses operate in multiple states, a federal law would provide much-needed clarity for businesses and consumers alike. And essential businesses like mine deserve reasonable protections from frivolous lawsuits that could put us out of business.
Read More »Ducey to drop stay-at-home order 
Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that he will allow his stay-at-home order to expire and signaled that Arizona is one step closer to beginning to reopen its economy. Saying that the state has met the White House’s gating criteria to ...
Read More »Gov. Doug Ducey’s live town hall
Gov. Doug Ducey is holding a town hall at 6 p.m. tonight to give updates on the state's response to COVID-19.
Read More »COVID-19
Arizona Capitol Times has set up this one-stop page for all the COVID-19 news our staff has covered. We plan to update this page every day at 10 a.m. with the latest from Arizona Department of Health Services, Gov. Doug ...
Read More »Ducey, health director urge caution, calm as coronavirus spreads in US
Gov. Doug Ducey and public health officials said Monday the risk of a coronavirus outbreak is low for the vast majority of Arizonans, but they urged people to take precautions to prevent one.
Read More »Q&A with Governor Doug Ducey 
This year is Gov. Doug Ducey’s sixth legislative session and, although it’s an election year – but not for him personally, he said he’s not thinking about what his legacy will be because there’s still more work to do.
Read More »Next step? Make AZ a strong voice among Colorado River states
It didn’t take long for the completion of the Drought Contingency Plan to create value to Arizona and the Colorado River Basin.
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