TPT reform provision put on hold for 1 year
The Arizona Department of Revenue will delay the implementation of a key provision of Gov. Jan Brewer’s transaction privilege tax reform package because it cannot get a new electronic portal ready in time.
Arizona opens trade-investment office in Mexico
The Arizona State Trade and Investment Office has opened in Mexico City. Gov. Jan Brewer's says it's the latest major effort by the state to strengthen and secure economic ties with Arizona's largest trading partner.
Ducey, DuVal differ on gay rights, other social issues
Their plans to fix Arizona’s economy may be hard to decipher. And neither Democrat Fred DuVal nor Republican Doug Ducey is precise on exactly how they think the state will permanently come up with more money for schools.
Brewer urges lawmakers to compensate schools for inflation
State lawmakers should stop fighting public schools in court and come up with the money they are due to compensate them for inflation, Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday.
Brewer nixes special session request on TPT
Gov. Jan Brewer won’t call a special session requested by a contractors’ industry group to postpone the implementation of her 2013 transaction privilege tax reform law.
Ducey, DuVal spar on education funding, tax cuts, records
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey indicated that he would veto any measuring attempting to roll back the Medicaid expansion plan implemented last year by Gov. Jan Brewer and the Legislature during a debate broadcast across the state.
Ducey looked for, found the right opportunities in life
In the early 1990s, Doug Ducey’s career at Proctor and Gamble was on the rise. Just a few years after starting out with a sales and marketing territory in Los Angeles, he was in charge of the company’s food service distributorship for the entire state of California. But Ducey was looking for something different.
Governor’s team completes its examination of child welfare cases
A special team formed by Gov. Jan Brewer to address 6,596 reports of neglect and abuse that child-welfare workers set aside without investigating has finished examining the cases.
Brewer’s pre-debate advice to Ducey and DuVal: ‘Don’t pause.’
Gov. Jan Brewer has some advice for Fred DuVal and Doug Ducey as they face off in their series of gubernatorial debates.
Brewer declares state of emergency in Maricopa and La Paz counties due to flooding
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is declaring a statewide emergency because of flooding from major storms that dropped heavy rain and she's also telling non-essential state employees to stay home Monday.
Brewer seeking federal aid for New River, Laveen
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has requested federal disaster assistance for Maricopa County in the wake of last month's flash floods in the towns of New River and Laveen.
Arizona Supreme Court accepts Medicaid case
The Arizona Supreme Court will have the final word on whether a group of Republican lawmakers have the right to sue over last year’s Medicaid expansion vote.