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Ducey defends using public funds for private schools
Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday defended state laws that let parents use public funds to send children to private and parochial schools.
Silence of the hawks: Response muted to Ducey’s billion-dollar borrowing plan
Gov. Doug Ducey is proposing to add a billion dollars to Arizona’s outstanding borrowing load of $7.3 billion, a dramatic leap into indebtedness, and yet the opposition to it has been mostly muted, even from groups that traditionally balk at borrowing.
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.
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.
Office babies: Ducey wants to let more parents bring infants to work
Gov. Doug Ducey wants the Infant at Work program, currently in place at Health Services and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, to expand to other state agencies, citing the program as a “win-win-win” for parents, babies and employers.
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.
Former AZ Governor Napolitano in hospital for cancer
University of California President Janet Napolitano, a former U.S. Homeland Security secretary, has been undergoing treatment for cancer and was hospitalized Tuesday with complications, the school system said.
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.
Ducey finds $176 million more to spend in FY18
Ducey is seeking $176 million in new spending for FY18. All told, the governor unveiled a $9.8 billion budget that favors K-12 education, and, to a certain extent, universities.
Ducey proposes $176 million in new spending, largely on K-12 education
Gov. Doug Ducey filled in the details of many of the proposals he unveiled in his State of the State address with an executive budget plan that includes $176 million in new spending for fiscal year 2018, with the lion’s share going to K-12 education.
Q&A: Ducey looks forward to new opportunities in third year of term
Gov. Doug Ducey sees new opportunities for Arizona as he enters the second half of his term.
