How Arizona's political leaders are responding to COVID-19

The way government officials respond to COVID-19, from
Washington down to City Hall, will impact our state for years to
come.  There is a wrenching debate between those who are most
focused on the public health aspects of the pandemic and those who
are trying to balance that with concerns of profound economic
damage, as well as weighing civil liberties. In Arizona, those
competing concerns have been on public display for more than a week
as Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has openly urged Republican
Gov. Doug Ducey to more aggressively respond to the threat of
coronavirus. Similar battles have played out in the Phoenix City
Council and the state Legislature.  In this week's episode of
The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcasts, hosts Yvonne Wingett
Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen are joined by state government and
politics reporters Maria Polletta and Andrew Oxford. The reporters
discuss how Ducey, the state legislature and our congressional
delegation are reacting to the pandemic and what that means for
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