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Ducey retains several Brewer agency directors
Gov. Doug Ducey announced that he will hold onto several of his predecessor’s agency directors, including the heads of AHCCCS, the Arizona Department of Corrections and the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Gov. Ducey to greet President Obama in Phoenix
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey plans to meet President Barack Obama when he arrives in Phoenix.
Brewer granted 6 clemencies in 2014, mostly to dying inmates
Gov. Jan Brewer cut three years off the sentence of a 24-year-old man convicted of manslaughter, the only prisoner she gave mercy to in 2014 who wasn’t dying.
GOP lawmaker proposes adding ‘non citizen’ to Dreamers’ driver’s licenses
A proposal from a newly elected Republican legislator to add the label “non-citizen” to licenses now being issued to Dreamers is drawing fire from on Democratic legislator as “another SB1070 waiting to happen.”
Arizona Supreme Court to announce Medicaid ruling
The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday will announce whether it will allow a lawsuit against Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan to move forward.
Who’s hot, who’s not heading into 2015
A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.
Brewer leaves complicated legacy
When Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano punched her ticket for President Obama’s Cabinet, Republicans were ecstatic that they’d get to replace her with Brewer, a staunch conservative with a record spanning more than two decades. Then Brewer made a swift departure from the conservative playbook, calling for a temporary sales tax increase to deal with the state’s massive budget woes.
Q & A with Secretary of State Ken Bennett
Secretary of State Ken Bennett isn’t ready to ride off into the sunset after a nearly 30-year career of political and appointed office, but he’s not trying to execute a grand plan of attaining high political office either.
Bills to remember from 2014, from chickens to pink mustaches
The 2014 legislative session will forever be remembered as the year lawmakers attempted to approve a bill allowing religious-minded business owners to discriminate against gay people, landing Arizona in the national spotlight as much as the immigration measure, SB1070, previously did. But lawmakers debated dozens of other bills that made interesting headlines and many that flew below the radar. Th[...]
‘Dreamers’ policy takes away drivers licenses from domestic violence victims
Forced to surrender on “dreamers,” Gov. Jan Brewer is denying licenses to drive to a potentially more vulnerable group of migrants: domestic violence victims.
Arizona ‘Dreamers’ can get licenses starting Monday
Come Monday, thousands of dreamers can get in line at the Motor Vehicle Division to apply for their licenses to drive.
‘Dreamers’ ruling could lead to drivers’ licenses for 150,000
Supreme Court decision could reach a broader group affected by President Obama's executive order on immigration
