Governor Doug Ducey

Arizona’s rugged individualism poses barrier to mask rules

With the coronavirus spreading out of control and Arizona cities beginning just last month to require residents wear masks in public, a few hundred people gathered in Scottsdale to make clear they didn’t approve of the heavy hand of government telling them to cover their faces. A city councilman, Guy Phillips, came to the podium …

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COVID-19 in Arizona: Mayors urge Ducey to impose statewide restrictions

  A day after he imposed new restrictions to curb the steep increase in COVID-19 cases in the state, Gov. Doug Ducey was still coming under fire Friday for not doing enough. Mayors of Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Tempe and Tolleson said in a letter to the governor that they were “deeply concerned with the exponential …

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Arts Advocates Praise Governor Ducey’s Decision to Allocate $2 Million For Arizona Commission on the Arts Grants

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s announcement that $2 million has been allocated to the Arizona Commission on the Arts for statewide grants “is tremendous news for the arts and culture sector, its employees and the communities they serve,” said Arizona Citizens for the Arts Executive Director Joseph Benesh. “At a time of unprecedented economic challenges driven …

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