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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ give an update on the COVID-19 pandemic response Tuesday, April 14, 2020 during a news conference at the Arizona Commerce Authority in Phoenix. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool)

Arizona governor eyes reopening economy ‘when it’s safe’

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

A sign warning against COVID-19 is seen in front of a closed restaurant Friday, March 27, 2020, in Phoenix. Arizona is ramping up its unemployment insurance operations as it sees an unprecedented flood of new claims as the COVID-19 coronavirus staggers industries that are key to the state's economy. Arizona's food service industry employs about 230,000 people and an estimated 80% have been furloughed or laid off. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona coronavirus cases exceed 2,000 as deaths top 50

By PAUL DAVENPORT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2020 file photo, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, right, and Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ, left, provide an update on the coronavirus during a news conference at the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory in Phoenix. Ducey is urging Arizonans to be understanding and reasonable as people and businesses face April 1 due dates for bills such as mortgages, rent, utilities and internet service. Ducey posted on Twitter that &quot;the world has changed since March 1&quot; and that bills previously paid routinely &quot;are now a struggle for many people and small businesses.&quot; (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona governor requests Trump make disaster declaration

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An empty street is devoid of vehicular traffic and pedestrians due to the coronavirus Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor issues stay-at-home order effective Tuesday

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2020, file photo, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, foreground left, talks to Matt Heckard, right, assistant director of preparedness with the state's Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, as members of DEMA work responding to the coronavirus pandemic, in the DEMA operations center at the Arizona National Guard Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire, background center, the director of DEMA, and Wendy Smith-Reeve, stand next to Ducey. Smith-Reeve, director of the Arizona Division of Emergency Management, submitted her resignation Saturday, March 29. The state's emergency operations will now be directed by Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire. (David Wallace/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool, File)

Leader of Arizona’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic quits

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Flagstaff mayor closes salons, says complaint unmerited

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona governor signs stripped-down $11.8 billion budget

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona scrambles to shore up primary, reassure voters

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Arizona schools to close for at least 2 weeks

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ, at podium, explains the effects of a public health emergency declaration ordered by Gov. Doug Ducey, left, at a news conference in Phoenix Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Arizona governor declares emergency as virus cases hit 9

By PAUL DAVENPORT and BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona now seeing ‘community spread’ of new virus

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona governor signs mental heath legislation into law

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Appeals court won’t reinstate Arizona US Senate seat suit

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Ducey downplays risk but says Arizona prepared for virus

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File - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey exits the House of Representatives floor after delivering his State of the State address on the opening day of the legislative session at the Capitol in Phoenix. Ducey spent years opposing divisive anti-immigration legislation, then embraced it this year before being forced to backtrack after business groups revolted. The Republican governor and GOP legislative leaders pulled a proposal to put an existing sanctuary city ban in the state constitution late Thursday, Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona governor pulls immigration plan amid business revolt

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, foreground, gestures during his State of the State address as Senate president Karen Fann, R-Prescott, right, and House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, left, listen in on the opening day of the legislative session at the Capitol in Phoenix. Ducey and Republican lawmakers have pulled a contentious proposal to enshrine a ban on so-called &quot;sanctuary cities&quot; in the state constitution. The decision announced late Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, comes on the eve of a House hearing on the proposal the Republican governor asked lawmakers to send to voters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Arizona governor, GOP lawmakers end sanctuary city ban push

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona Education Association President Joe Thomas fires up a crowd of educators backing a new tax to boost education at the state Capitol in Phoenix Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Hundreds of teachers and education advocates who support a proposal to raise taxes on wealthy Arizonans to boost school funding gathered at the Capitol on Monday. The Invest in Education Act is backed by Arizona's teachers union and progressive groups and would raise an estimated $940 million a year for schools. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Backers of wealth tax to fund Arizona kick off effort

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona inmate’s release held up by molestation allegation

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Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, front, raises his arm as he makes a pledge as he speaks during his State of the State address about Arizona's economy, new jobs, prison reform, and education as Senate president Karen Fann, R-Prescott, back right, and House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, back left, listen in on the opening day of the legislative session at the Capitol, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Poorest, best schools a focus in proposed Arizona budget

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey smiles as he pauses during his State of the State address as he talks about Arizona's economy, new jobs, and the state revenue as Senate president Karen Fann, R-Prescott, right, and House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, left, listen in on the opening day of the legislative session at the Capitol Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor to close prison, calls for veteran tax cut

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press