PHOENIX - Gov. Katie Hobbs will sign legislation repealing the state holiday that honored labor leader Cesar Chavez.
Press aide Christian Slater made the statement just hours after the House approved the repeal with eight dissenting votes. All said they agreed with the majority but objected to the refusal of Republicans to consider renaming the holiday - set for March 31 each year - to honor the farmworker movement.
The announcement of the governor's intent also came despite a last-ditch bid by Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, the lone negative vote when it cleared the Senate last Thursday, to get Hobbs to veto it.
