Arizona Gov. Ducey in Israel for trade, water, security talks

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will meet with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Isaac Herzog as well as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also will meet with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides.

Arizona governor vetoes voter registration cancellation bill

HB 2617 would have allowed county recorders in Arizona to cancel a person's voter registration if they had reason to believe that they were not a U.S. citizen or had a driver's license issued in another state.

Arizona governor OK’s ban on school COVID-19 vaccines

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation that will prevent state health officials from ever adding a COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required school vaccinations and bar face mask mandates in any buildings operated by state or local governments.

Arizona Gov. Ducey urges social media firms to fight migrant smuggling

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey says smugglers are using social media platforms to glamorize human trafficking in order to recruit young people who are paid to sneak migrants across the border.

Arizona Gov. Ducey signs bill targeting state bar complaints

Under the new law, the bar will be required to pay for attorney fees and court costs if it pursues discipline but doesn’t win the case.

New Arizona law: insurance must cover cancer biomarker tests

The legislation’s signing was hailed by the American Cancer Society, which called biomarker testing a critical step in assessing precision cancer treatments.

Ducey signs bills limiting school mask, vaccination rules

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation that prohibits government agencies from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and bars schools from mandating masks for students under age 18 unless their parents approve.

Arizona Supreme Court reinstates massive income tax cuts

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state’s voters do not have the right to reject a massive income tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov, Doug Ducey.

Cash-flush Arizona lawmakers seek options to budget impasse

Arizona is flush with cash but lawmakers are weeks into an impasse over the coming year’s state budget and now looking at unusual solutions to try to break the logjam.

Lawsuits target newly signed Arizona voting law

Arizona is the only state that requires documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Arizona governor won’t say transgender people exist

Doug Ducey worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.

Gov. Ducey: Arizona sending surplus military equipment to Ukraine

The 17 pallets of Arizona military equipment will be transported to Ukraine by the Ukrainian Relief Group and is expected to be delivered in the next two weeks.

State fire officials telling Arizonans to expect an 'extreme' wildfire season in 2022

State fire officials have a dire warning for Arizonans, as they say above normal rainfall this past winter has contributed to a perfect storm of sorts that can mean an extreme wildfire season in 2022.

Arizona Gov. Ducey ends 2-year-old coronavirus state of emergency

“This virus isn’t completely gone, but because of the vaccine and other life-saving measures, today we are better positioned to manage and mitigate it,” Ducey said in a statement.

Arizona will require voters to prove citizenship and residency after Governor Doug Ducey signs election bill

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey's signing of an election bill means Arizonans will need to prove citizenship and residency to vote in the presidential election. Opponents say the new law will hurt more than 200,000 voters.

Arizona Gov. Ducey says COVID-19 state of emergency is over: 'The state is wide open'

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey officially ended our state of emergency on March 30. "This virus isn’t completely gone, but because of the vaccine and other life-saving measures, today we are better positioned to manage and mitigate it."

Arizona Gov. Ducey extends medical licenses, key to virus emergency end

Friday’s action extends temporary licenses issued since the Arizona governor first declared a state of emergency on March 11, 2020. They will be valid until the end of the year if they were active at the start of this month.