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Gallego raises more than $30 million for Senate …

7/16/2024
PHOENIX -  Democrat Ruben Gallego is amassing a financial war chest in anticipation of his eventual general election contest for U.S. Senate against Republican Kari Lake. And incumbent Gov. …

Arizona Attorney General set to take governor to court …

6/14/2024
PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes says if state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs want to immediately seize $75 million out of an opioid settlement fund to balance the state budget …

Republicans reach deal with Hobbs on budget

6/12/2024
PHOENIX — Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature have reached a deal on a pared-down state budget after lengthy talks with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and were working Tuesday to brief …

Hobbs disagrees with judge’s ruling on confirmation …

6/12/2024
PHIOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is spurning a suggestion by a judge that she work out her differences with the Senate over the confirmation of her agency directors. “It is not possible …

Hobbs denies wrongdoing in payments to foster care …

6/12/2024
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is lashing out at those who say she and her administration did anything wrong in providing a huge boost in payments to the operators of foster care homes who …

Hobbs appoints Arizona Museum of Natural History …

4/10/2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Simone Tipone Adlam, the director of the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, as a member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Governing Commission.  He …

Tamale bill gets mixed reviews from state, local law …

4/1/2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed “the tamale bill” Friday, much to the consternation of Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega. The the cottage food industry bill - more commonly known as the tamale …

Republican lawmakers send sex trafficking bill to the …

3/18/2024
PHOENIX — Ignoring pleas from Democrats that victims could be caught up in harsh sentencing, Republican lawmakers on Monday sent a measure to the November ballot that if passed by voters in November would require those convicted of sex trafficking minors to spend life in prison with no chance of ever being released.

Extended winter will cause havoc during upcoming …

3/18/2024
PHOENIX — The very wet and extended winter is going to cause fire havoc in much of Arizona’s grasslands, the state’s chief fire management officer said Monday.

Hobbs vetoes bipartisan ‘Starter Homes Act’

3/18/2024
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the “Starter Homes Act” Monday, saying the provisions in the bipartisan bill would create problems without any assurance it actually would make housing more affordable.

Lake, Finchem want U.S. Supreme Court to look at …

3/15/2024
PHOENIX — Kari Lake and Mark Finchem want the U.S. Supreme Court to give them a do-over of their losing claim that machines used to tabulate votes in some Arizona counties are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

Scottsdale City Council opposes legislative zoning …

3/15/2024
The Scottsdale City Council is unanimously calling on Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto a bill that limits cities’ planning and zoning powers. House Bill 2570 would eliminate minimum lot sizes and …