Katie Hobbs
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Arizona lawmakers pass last-minute lifeline for family disability services
The bipartisan bill, signed by the governor, provides emergency funding to save a program that supports nearly 60,000 Arizonans with disabilities and their families.
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Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Arizona to cooperate with federal enforcement efforts.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs halts bill signing over funding dispute
Gov. Katie Hobbs vowed to veto all bills not already on her desk amid a standoff with the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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The bipartisan bill that could chip away at housing unaffordability in Arizona
The Starter Homes Act would legalize smaller and less costly homes in the state, allowing for younger generations to become homeowners
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Find common ground or dig in for battle? Arizona’s top Democrats are taking different approaches
Days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs headed to the Mexican border with a conciliatory message. “Border security was a core issue of the Trump campaign,” she said. “I look forward to having conversations with the incoming president about Arizona’s needs.” Back in Phoenix, Attorney General Kris Mayes was plotting a legal…
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Continued state-level attacks on LGBTQ+ Arizonans fall in line with Trump’s executive orders
Multiple anti-LGBTQ bills have advanced through Arizona’s legislature, attempting to place rigid definitions of sex in Arizona state law and ban pride flags from government property.
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The process behind approving new school facilities and why not every school gets what it wants
New schools have been approved in central Phoenix and Deer Valley, while school boards in south Phoenix and Paradise Valley made the difficult decision to close a number of facilities due to low enrollment.
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Arizona’s Democratic governor outlines groundwater proposal that has Republican support
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs renewed a push Thursday to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state, and she’s more optimistic this time that her efforts will find support in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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Arizona’s governor appoints Maria Elena Cruz, first Latina and Black justice to state Supreme Court
Governor Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from rural Yuma County the first Latina and first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.
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Hobbs pledges $7M to speed state museum’s work to return ancestors, artifacts to Arizona tribes
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ budget request is seeking to speed up Arizona State Museum’s efforts to return Native American human remains and artifacts to tribes.
