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Ducey Signs Bill Establishing Election Audit Committee But Stays Mum On Special Session Option

Jul 6, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | A new committee tasked with reviewing Cyber Ninjas’ findings of the Senate’s ongoing audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 general election is one of the provisions signed into law last week when Gov. Doug Ducey put his signature on...

Some Reintroduced Versions Of Vetoed Bills Remain Unsigned

Jul 5, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Gov. Doug Ducey grew frustrated in May with the legislature’s slow pace of action on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget packet. So Ducey thought he would send the state’s 90 lawmakers a message by vetoing 22 bills, several which had...

2022 Races Start To Shape Up As More Candidates Kick-Off Campaigns

Jul 5, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | One thing is certain about the landscape of Arizona politics – it will look much different after the 2022 general election due to a guaranteed change of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state treasurer. There...

Rural Communities Stand To Gain From Water Project Funding Options

Jul 4, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Tucked here and there among the $12.8 billion budget package signed into law last week by Gov. Doug Ducey are numerous water-related funding opportunities for rural counties across Arizona. Among the budget items in SB1823, the...

Davis Monthan Air Force Base Avoids Personnel Cuts With Focus On CAS

Jul 3, 2021

This week, the Department of the Air Force announced much anticipated plans to move Close Air Support (CAS) and rescue missions, including A-10 Thunderbolt II and HH-60 Pave Hawk weapons schools and test squadrons,...

Ducey Rescinds 25 Pandemic-Related Executive Orders

Jul 3, 2021

On Friday, Gov. Doug Ducey rescinded a series of executive orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic. The governor said the orders were no longer needed because the Legislature put them into law. The governor said some of the orders would...

Independent Business Group Report Finds Arizona “Well-Positioned”

Jul 2, 2021

On Thursday, the National Federation of Independent Business released its monthly Jobs Report, which found that Arizona is well-positioned to beat its neighbors to full economic recovery. “Early legislative action this year to enact COVID-19...

U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates California Donor-Disclosure Rules

Jul 2, 2021

On Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, struck down California’s demand that nonprofit advocacy groups turn over confidential information about their donors. The 6-3 ruling in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta...

Public Urged To Avoid Using Fireworks With 4th Of July Around The Corner

Jul 2, 2021

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management is asking the public to avoid using fireworks this Fourth of July due to the fact that more than half of the state remains dry and fire activity continues. Fireworks are regulated in Arizona...

U.S. Supreme Court Finds In Favor Of Arizona, Ballot Harvesting Law Constitutional

Jul 1, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona election laws were not “enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose.” The Court also found that "Arizona law generally makes it very easy to vote. Voters may cast their...

Ducey Signs Budget Bills On Last Day Of Fiscal Year

Jul 1, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey signed what he called “a fiscally conservative, forward-looking budget” for Fiscal Year 2022, cutting taxes for all taxpayers for every Arizona taxpayer no matter what their income. “While we’re...

Ducey Receives K-12 Budget Bill And Related Education Legislation On Last Day Of Session

Jul 1, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Democrats in the Arizona Legislature may have held firm on their complete opposition to the proposed K-12 budget bill, but all 47 Republicans worked through their differences in the House and Senate to get the multi-faceted...