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Rep. Diego Espinoza, D-Tolleson, left, looks at a computer with Rep. Walter Blackman, R-Snow Flake, during a vote on the Arizona budget Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
GOP-led Arizona Legislature OK's $1.9B income tax cut

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 24, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

Arizona GOP advances wish list on race, taxes, elections

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 23, 2021 05:40 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate passed a $12.8 billion budget for the coming fiscal year early Wednesday that contains massive income tax cuts after a...

Arizona Senate passes budget, tax cut after House Dems walk

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 22, 2021 08:29 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona House Democrats refused to show up at the Capitol on Tuesday, blocking debate on a budget and a major tax cut primarily benefiting the...

FILE - This April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. A group of Harvard researchers are coming out against the U.S. Census Bureau's use of a controversial privacy method on the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn't produce data that are good enough for redistricting. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data

By Adrian Sainz Jun. 22, 2021 05:07 PM EDT

Arizona reports 385 new COVID-19 cases and 5 more deaths

Jun. 20, 2021 11:51 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 385 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths. They said the state now...

Arizona reports 364 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths on Friday

Jun. 18, 2021 07:30 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials reported 364 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 13 additional deaths. The state has recorded 888...

Arizona reports 332 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

Jun. 17, 2021 12:59 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona reported 332 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, as the state gets closer to half of its residents receiving at least one dose of...

Ducey blocks ASU policy requiring masks for unvaccinated

By Bob Christie Jun. 15, 2021 03:53 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday blocked a new Arizona State University policy that would have required unvaccinated students to submit to twice...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. June 9, 2021. Editorial: Only authentic artifacts to remember the Alamo Immortalized by a...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jun. 08, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. A budget deal struck between Republican leader Fann and Rep. Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, and Gov. Doug Ducey includes implementing a flat 2.5% income tax that cuts $1.5 billion a year from state revenue and keeps higher earning taxpayers from having to directly pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass budget falls flat

By Bob Christie Jun. 07, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

Arizona passes 6 million in administered vaccine doses

Jun. 07, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered since becoming available in the state. Gov. Doug Ducey...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Former head of Arizona Guard files papers for Senate run

Jun. 01, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. May 26, 2021. Editorial: CT lavishes former UConn presidents with cushy jobs You’d never...

FILE - In this Thursday, April 15, 2021, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey speaks during a bill signing in Phoenix. Come fall, Arizona residents who want to have their favorite restaurant deliver a meal to their home may also be able to get a cocktail delivered. Credit the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to issue an executive order last May allowing the practice. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Ducey signs bill letting restaurants sell cocktails to go

By Bob Christie May. 21, 2021 03:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, state Rep. Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, is sworn in during the opening of the Arizona Legislature at the state Capitol, in Phoenix. A budget deal struck between Republican leaders Bowers and Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, and Gov. Doug Ducey includes implementing a flat 2.5% income tax that cuts $1.5 billion a year from state revenue and keeps higher earning taxpayers from having to directly pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Arizona GOP budget deal envisions massive income tax cut

By Bob Christie May. 18, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaks during a live radio address with first lady Jill Biden in attendance, in Window Rock, Ariz. Native American tribes in Arizona say two new state election laws won't make it any easier for their voters. Navajo Nation President Nez says the actions belittle tribes and fail to recognize the unique challenges Native Americans face when casting ballots. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)
Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting

By Felicia Fonseca May. 15, 2021 11:44 AM EDT

Pima County revokes face-mask policy to follow fed guidance

May. 14, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Board of Supervisors rescinded its mandatory face mask policy in most public settings on Friday for people who are fully...

FILE - In this April 21, 2021, file photo, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey addresses the media at the U.S-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz. Ducey on Thursday, May 13, 2021, joined a growing number of Republican governors who are stopping payment of an extra $300 per week in pay for unemployed workers paid for by a federal virus relief package to force people to return to work. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File)
Arizona joins 12 GOP states in ending extra unemployment pay

By Bob Christie May. 13, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

Richard Lavers, Deputy Commissioner New Hampshire Employment Security, poses for a photo at a New Hampshire Works employment security job center Monday, May 10, 2021, in Manchester, N.H. States are pushing the unemployed to get back to work to help businesses large and small find the workers they need to emerge from the COVID-19 recession. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
US jobless claims fall to 473K as more GOP governors bar aid

By Christopher Rugaber May. 13, 2021 08:39 AM EDT