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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.
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.
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.
Prescott Republican aims anew at hiking gas tax
Rep. Noel Campbell, R-Prescott, said Sept. 26 he hopes to convince colleagues that the revenue from the current levy – about $750 million a year – is insufficient to meet the state’s’ needs, both for building new roads and maintaining current ones. He argued it’s simple math – the tax rate hasn’t changed since 1991.
Brnovich asks Supreme Court to allow him to sue regents
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is making a last-ditch effort to get the right to sue the Arizona Board of Regents over what he contends is the unconstitutional tuition at the state's three universities.
The Breakdown: Going courting
On this edition of The Breakdown, our reporters discuss Mark Brnovich, Criminal Justice Reform, and Gov. Doug Ducey's latest court appointment.
Montgomery to high court opens way for criminal justice changes
Lawmakers and advocates who’ve sought for years to overhaul Arizona’s criminal justice system are cautiously optimistic that longtime Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s ascension to the state Supreme Court will clear the way for substantive change next legislative session.
Justice Bolick says attendance at political dinner wasn’t improper
An Arizona Supreme Court justice defended himself August 20 from a storm of criticism after being spotted at a conference known to push conservative legislation.
Ducey ‘not piling on’ embattled prisons boss
Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants to change the culture at the Department of Corrections, a culture that resulted in the agency chief cut off from what was happening by "yes'' men.
Laetitia Hua: Lawyer, criminal justice advocate and beauty queen
A recent panel on prison conditions featured two state representatives, an adviser to Gov. Doug Ducey, a pair of former prisoners, the director of inmate programs at the Arizona Department of Corrections – and a beauty queen.
Bill Montgomery still not qualified for Arizona Supreme Court
Gov. Doug Ducey now faces a moment of truth that will have a major impact on his political legacy.
House minority leader calls for special session on gun control
With two mass shootings fresh on people's minds the top state House Democrat wants a special session to debate -- and presumably enact -- a series of gun control measures.
