And whether it’s Mo Udall, Bruce Babbitt, Janet Napolitano, John McCain, or most recently, Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona has a long list of iconic figures who have dominated the national stage.

Arizona's bipartisan bill aims to conserve groundwater by converting high-water irrigation land to less water-dependent ...

Former governor Bruce Babbitt and House Speaker Rusty Bowers are now critical of a groundwater-management system they once supported.

Bruce Babbitt David Wallace / The Arizona Republic 2019 Rep. Kirsten Engel Handout Rusty Bowers Ralph Freso / for the Arizona Daily Star Kathleen Ferris Courtesy of Kathy Ferris ...

AHCCCS became an independent agency in 1985 under Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, when enrollment was less than 200,000, which is less than 10% of what it is today.

Former Arizona governor and U.S. secretary of the interior Bruce Babbitt, shown speaking at a news conference in Tucson Mountain Park in 2004.

Flashback: After the Arizona House rejected a King holiday bill by one vote in 1986, Gov. Bruce Babbitt issued an executive order designating a paid MLK Day.

AHCCCS became an independent agency in 1985 under Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, when enrollment was less than 200,000, which is less than 10% of what it is today.

But because Mofford had not been elected to the office, the line of succession went to the next in line: Attorney General Bruce Babbitt. That changed Arizona history.

1987 and 1988: Former Gov. Bruce Babbitt The former governor made a cameo while running for president in 1987, where cast member Al Franken accused him of using the express grocery lane with 14 items.

In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to cancel an executive order from former Gov. Bruce Babbitt that would have made MLK Day an Arizona holiday. In 1990, the state put it up for a vote ...

"It just seems like people are just more angry now," said Hurtado, who has lived in Arizona since 1982, when Democrat Bruce Babbitt was governor. The state Legislature, she said, seemed to get ...