Hobbs Vetos Republican Rich First Tax Measure and Introduces Budget for FY 27 That Prioritizes Helping Working and Middle Class Families

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs was not mincing words with her promise to veto the Republican Tax Measure SB1106, which passed with only Republican votes in the first week of the 2026 legislative session. Yesterday, January 16, she did just that, sending a letter to Senate President Warren Peterson, advising him of her veto of that … Read more

Reaction to Arizona Legislative Republicans Passing “Big and Terrible” Tax Cuts for Billionaires and Corporations

Arizona billionaires and corporations did not need more tax cuts in the federal Big Billionaires First Bill. They definitely did not need the one, JD Mesnard’s Trump-mimicking SB1106, that Arizona Legislative Republicans rammed through the State Capitol earlier today. The state’s oligarchs, plutocrats, and corporate greedsters have already reaped the benefits of budgetary ill-advised state … Read more

Senator Ruben Gallego Unveils “The Path Home: Rebuilding the American Dream and Restoring Housing Affordability”

Earlier today, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego put forth his plan to bolster the Middle Class by expanding affordable housing opportunities. Called “The Path Home: Rebuilding the American Dream and Restoring Housing Affordability,” Senator Gallego described the key components of his homeowner and middle-class expansion plan in the below social media post, saying: “Housing basically is … Read more

A Roe vs. Wade anniversary conversation

by Carolyn Classen, blogger “Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026, to take action for reproductive freedom! On the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision, join Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Mini Timmaraju, President and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, for a powerful conversation on the state of reproductive freedom … Read more

Governor Hobbs, and Senate and House Democratic Leaders Priya Sundareshan & Oscar De Los Santos Want to Deliver an “Arizona We Can Afford”

In what was perhaps, substantively, Governor Katie Hobbs’s best State of the State Address in her first term as Arizona’s Chief Executive, the driving issues of her and Democrats’ 2026 campaigns became crystal clear. At a morning presser and an address that reaffirmed their commitment to smart government and Arizona’s Promise, Governor Hobbs and Legislative … Read more