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Hobbs orders National Guard soldiers placed near — …

12/16/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday ordered National Guard soldiers to be placed near — but not on — the border, less than a month after Major Gen. Kerry Muehlenbeck, who heads the Guard, told lawmakers the ones who had previously been there weren’t needed.

Arizona prison system to boost spending for health …

11/12/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge’s orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.

State lawyers deny wrongdoing for allocation of funds …

11/6/2023
PHOENIX — Lawyers for the state are denying that lawmakers did anything wrong by allocating $15.3 million for the Prescott Rodeo. In a new court filing, Assistant Attorney General Hayleigh …

Republican leaders face first Arizona budget crunch in …

10/16/2023
PHOENIX — Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature are facing their first budget crunch in nearly a decade and minority Democrats are pointing the finger right at the GOP, saying the pain that will be felt by state residents is a self-inflicted wound.

Hobbs will address home-cooked foods issue when …

8/5/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs promises that she will finally address the question of people being able to sell home-cooked foods on the street when the Legislature reconvenes.

Restriction of videotaping police legislation all but …

7/14/2023
PHOENIX — Legislation to restrict the ability of individuals to videotape police is all but officially dead.

Hobbs vetoes four bills targeting 'drag' shows, …

6/16/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed four bills Thursday designed to target “drag” shows and performers.

Hobbs backs proposal to let state's voters to …

6/15/2023
PHOENIX — Voters across the state are likely to get to decide whether Maricopa County residents get a chance to extend the half-cent sales tax for transit projects.

Hobbs vetoes Republican-backed transgender bathroom, …

6/8/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona won’t block transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms that do not match their biological sex.

Hobbs' choice to head Arizona prison system gets …

6/6/2023
PHOENIX — A Senate panel voted Tuesday to recommend confirmation of a new head of the state prison system after he assured them his agency is ready to again start executing inmates on death row.

Hobbs vetoes pronoun gender bill

5/22/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona won’t bar teachers from referring to students by their preferred pronoun or name.

Arizona lawmakers approve transgender bills

5/15/2023
PHOENIX — State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does not match their biological sex.