PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is angling to sign a $17.8 billion spending plan she negotiated with the Republican majority, even if legislators from her own party refuse to go along.
The move comes as Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted against every piece of the spending plan Hobbs had approved. A key objection is the lack of a cap on state spending for unrestricted vouchers of state funds for private and parochial school tuition.
But Democrats also are unhappy that what was proposed to be state aid for the poor crafted by Hobbs instead was converted by Republicans — with the governor’s consent — into an income tax credit that gives no benefits to the neediest Arizonans.
