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 a week of posturing and needless theatrics from MAGA “Freedom Caucus” Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature that resulted in two vetoes from Governor Katie Hobbs, the House Republicans, after gaining some cosmetic face saving fiscal tweaks, passed the Bipartisan Senate Budget days after they had rejected bringing it up for floor consideration. With … Read more
Not wanting to prolong the juvenile political games instigated by the MAGA Arizona House “Free Caucus” Republicans, the State Senate quickly voted the two dead on arrival lower chamber budgets bills and sent them up to Governor Katie Hobbs where she, with veto pen in her eager hand, were waiting. After taking a grand total … Read more
Arizona MAGA House Republican Appropriations Chair David Livingston has thrown down the government shutdown gauntlet if the State Senate and Governor Katie Hobbs does not agree to the “Freedom Caucus” Skinny Budget. With many Freedom Caucus MAGA Republicans members, encouraged by their Senate Puppetmaster Jake ‘Indicted Troll Farm” Hoffman, still pouting and whining that the … Read more
With her first year as the State Senate Leader in the Arizona Legislature, Senator Priya Sundareshan graciously took time to discuss the upper chambers sprint to the legislative finish line last week headlined by the passage of two bipartisan measure: a 17 billion dollar budget and a water security bill that will protect urban water … Read more