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State agencies trying to shut down 'illegal' gaming …

10/2/2023
PHOENIX — Three state agencies are trying to shut down what they claim are the use of illegal gaming devices at various veterans’ organizations.

Top elected Republican refuses to recognize …

9/27/2023
PHOENIX — The top elected Republican in Arizona is refusing to recognize the “executive deputy directors” named by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

Hobbs won't seek legislative approval of agency heads …

9/25/2023
PHOENIX — Accusing senators of “partisan obstructionism,” Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Monday she won’t seek confirmation of any of her nominees to head state agencies who haven’t already been through the process.

Senate president says Legislature will sue Biden …

9/11/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen announced Monday that the Legislature plans to sue the Biden Administration over the president’s declaration of a vast new national monument surrounding much of the Grand Canyon National Park.

Horne sues, claims Proposition 203 violated

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — Hoping to force the issue, state schools chief Tom Horne filed suit late Wednesday to get a court to rule that any school that doesn’t use “structured English immersion” to teach students who are not proficient is violating the law.

Federal government ready to drop lawsuit with Arizona …

8/28/2023
PHOENIX — The federal government is finally ready to drop its lawsuit against the state over the storage containers it contends were erected illegally last year on Forest Service land by Gov. Doug Ducey.

Hobbs signs legislation to eliminate cities and towns …

8/3/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona renters are going to get some small relief in their bills. But not just yet. Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday signed legislation to eliminate the right of cities and towns to impose a local sales tax on residential rentals.

Bill repealing tax on home, apartment rentals sent to …

7/31/2023
PHOENIX — A bill repealing a tax on home and apartment rentals that has been a key issue for Republicans in the Legislature for two sessions was sent to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday after sitting on the Senate president’s desk for the past seven weeks.

Deal to extend Maricopa County transportation tax …

7/31/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers and the governor are giving up the right to try to force motorists away from carbon fuels as part of a deal to extend the Maricopa County road tax.

Republicans working to make deal with Hobbs on …

7/25/2023
PHOENIX — Republicans who hold the majority in the Arizona Legislature are working to strike a final deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and leaders of cities, counties and tribes in metro Phoenix over an extension of a transportation tax that has funded massive expansions of the region’s freeway and roads system, bus routes and the light rail over nearly four decades.

Hobbs demands utilities say how they are prepared for …

7/24/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is demanding utilities tell her how they’re prepared for record heat even though she has no legal authority to do so.

Trio of Republican senators bringing Hobbs' …

6/27/2023
PHOENIX — Upset with her executive order last week on abortions, Republicans who until now have been slow to confirm the governor’s nominations are now bringing the process to a dead stop.