For the second time in two weeks, the Arizona State Senate approved a bipartisan budget measure supported by Governor Katie Hobbs. After approving the budget, the Senate declared sine die and ended the 2025 Arizona legislative session. Speaking on the approval of the budget and end of the session, Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan said: … Read more
After meeting with fiscal bomb throwing MAGA “Free Caucus” State House Republicans, an incensed Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs issued the below statement, calling their position “a farce” and “pointless political grandstanding” that hurts hardworking Arizonans. She also reiterated that their move to pass a continuation budget would “meet her veto pen.” “For months I have … Read more
In a letter to the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and 15 other state chief executives urged Congressional members to fully fund the national pre-school program Head Start. Head Start serves 17,000 children in Arizona. Since Trump returned to office, he and his MAGA Republican … Read more
Fresh off signing a bipartisan agreement and legislative victory to fund the Division that will assist children with disabilities, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs celebrated the creation of 3,000 construction job apprenticeships and announced the recipients of the second round of BuilditAZ Initiative Grants, totalling one million dollars from the Office of Economic Opportunity, that will … Read more
Like the Democrats in the Arizona State Legislature, Governor Katie Hobbs has been championing legislative and budget proposals to make life affordable, prosperous, and comfortable for the Grand Canyon State’s Lower and Middle Classes. One idea that she promoted in interviews to both ABC and Fox News is her Bright Futures AZ Plan, a vision … Read more