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Hobbs pushes education funding at first State of the …

1/9/2023
PHOENIX — Calling it a “ticking time bomb,” Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday told lawmakers they need to override the aggregate expenditure limit for education — and soon. The …

Hobbs delivers inaugural address as Arizona governor

1/5/2023
PHOENIX — Katie Hobbs offered Thursday to work with Republicans even as she warned them that some ideas and items are off limits and essentially would be courting vetoes. “Let me say …

Attorneys argue Lake claims of 'intentional …

12/15/2022
PHOENIX — Claims by failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake that the general election was rigged and that printer issues were caused by “intentional misconduct” are little more than …

Governor-elect Hobbs addresses her priorities

11/15/2022
PHOENIX — Governor-elect Katie Hobbs laid out her priorities for the next four years, promising to work with the Republican-controlled Legislature to solve problems — but with a political warning to those who choose a different path.

Fired Senate staffer plans to sue gubernatorial …

12/9/2021
PHOENIX — Saying her reputation has been damaged, Senate staffer Talonya Adams took the first steps Thursday to suing Katie Hobbs. In preparing a formal notice of claim, Adams said that …

Hobbs apologizes for verdict reaction

12/8/2021
PHOENIX — Hoping to undo damage to her gubernatorial bid, Democrat Katie Hobbs has issued a new apology to the staffer she fired in 2015 while she was minority leader in the state Senate. In …

Senate staffer awarded $2.7 million in discrimination …

11/11/2021
PHOENIX — A Senate staffer who says she was fired because of her race was awarded more than $2.7 million this week by a federal court jury. The verdict came after jurors heard from Talonya …

Maricopa County audit faces more challenges, pushback …

7/29/2021
PHOENIX — Ken Bennett is unhappy with what’s going on at the Senate’s audit of the 2020 election and threatened Wednesday to quit, though it now looks like he’s staying …

Arizona Senate issues new round of subpoenas for …

7/27/2021
PHOENIX — Senate President Karen Fann now wants documents from Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in a sign the audit, which was supposed to be only about the 2020 election results, is expanding in …

Hobbs to join race to be Arizona's next governor

6/2/2021
PHOENIX — Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who has the highest name ID of any potential statewide candidate, made it official Wednesday in declaring she wants to be Arizona's next …

Hobbs challenges Arizona election audit procedures

5/6/2021
PHOENIX — The state’s top election officials is threatening to go to court unless the procedures being used by the Senate in its special ballot audit are changed. In a letter Wednesday …

Arizona election officials face lawsuit over ballot …

11/28/2019
PHOENIX — Saying voters are being disenfranchised, two groups are asking a federal judge to void an Arizona law that says ballots have to be received by county officials by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.