Feds sending medical team to aid with COVID-19 in Arizona
The federal government is sending medical personnel to Arizona to help with the ongoing COVID-19 surge. Arizona is one of a handful of states expected to receive additional resources.
Arizona governor signs executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates for government employees
The order will not allow the state, counties or cities to implement requirements for their workers. It does, however, allow health care institutions to require vaccinations for their employees.
Rural Arizona hospitals seek federal help for COVID staffing
The request form submitted to FEMA shows hospitals in Kingman, Bullhead City, Yuma, Douglas, Bisbee, Sierra Vista and Willcox are in need of nurses for COVID-19 care and emergency department support.
Arizona governor appoints two new Maricopa County judges
Gov. Doug Ducey named current court Commissioner David Garbarino and private practice attorney Quintin Cushner to judgeships in Maricopa County.
Arizona governor honors veterans at Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony
Arizona paused to reflect on the attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago.
Arizona Gov. Ducey kicks off holidays with lighting of Capitol tree
The lighting of the Capitol tree is an annual tradition and brings together schoolchildren, state workers and the governor.
Arizona’s anti-mask school voucher plan faces tough start
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also faces major pushback from the federal government for what officials say is an inappropriate use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Arizona certifies referendum seeking to repeal big tax cuts
The Arizona secretary of state's office says opponents of the massive tax cuts enacted by the Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey collected enough signatures to block them from taking effect.
Arizona will not stop using COVID money for anti-mask grants
Governor Doug Ducey is defying a demand from the Federal government that he stop using COVID relief money to fund an education grant program that can only go to schools without mask mandates.
Arizona Gov. Ducey, wife jet to Europe for anniversary
Ducey and his wife, Angela, left Monday night and will be out of the country for nearly two weeks, spokesman C.J. Karamargin said.
Longtime Arizona mine inspector quits; Ducey names successor
The resignation of Arizona's long-serving elected mine inspector was announced Oct. 29 and Gov. Doug Ducey immediately named a replacement.
Gov. Ducey's lawyer says Tucson can’t fire unvaccinated employees
“This is just another politically motivated attempt to micromanage Tucson and deflect from his utter failure to manage the COVID-19 pandemic,” Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said in response to the letter from Ducey’s lawyer.
US Labor Department warns 3 GOP states, including Arizona, over COVID rules
OSHA officials say Arizona, South Carolina and Utah are not complying with their promises to enforce labor standards that are at least as good as those adopted by the federal government.
Arizona Gov. Ducey defies federal order to stop using COVID-19 money for anti-mask grants
The governor had launched a multimillion-dollar grant program in August that gave families $7,000 vouchers if they wanted to move their kids to schools that don't require masks or COVID-19 vaccines.
Arizona Gov. Ducey goes to Texas in border push with other GOP governors
Ducey spokesman C. J. Karamargin said seven other GOP governors planned to attend the event, where they unveiled a 10-point border security plan.
Arizona can’t use COVID-19 money for anti-mask grants, feds say
In a letter to Ducey, the Treasury Department said the grant programs are "not a permissible use" of the federal funding.
Arizona launches command center to combat cyberattacks
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey says the command center will be critical in ensuring the state’s cyber infrastructure remains safe and secure.
Arizona Gov. Ducey appoints House chief clerk, 3 others, as judges
James Drake, Ashley Halvorson, and Keith Miller were appointed to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Frank Pratt, longtime Arizona GOP lawmaker, dies at 79
Speaker Rusty Bowers announced Frank Pratt’s death, calling the Casa Grande Republican "an irreplaceable figure in the Arizona state Legislature."