The tamales have been freed. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a new version of the cottage food industry bill she vetoed last year, much to the disappointment of many people in her own party. Many types of homemade perishable foods can soon be legally sold and ordered online in Arizona, as long as the makers follow […]
Controversial legislation to stop Arizona cities from requiring HOAs, minimum home sizes and community amenities has passed in both the House and Senate and is headed to the governor. House Bill 2570 garnered bipartisan support in the Legislature to address Arizona’s housing crisis, but powerful groups are against it. “We have watched as out-of-control zoning […]
In her first veto of the year, Gov. Katie Hobbs killed a Republican-backed bill that would have allowed the state to police illegal border crossings. Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed Senate Bill 1231, the “Arizona Border Invasion Act,” on Monday. In her veto letter, Hobbs cited “significant constitutional concerns” and costly and long lawsuits that could […]
In 2015, then-Sen. Katie Hobbs opposed then-Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to raid the state land trust in order to boost funding for schools. Now, nearly a decade later, Hobbs wants to make like a pirate and boost the size of that raid to a full-blown ransack of the kids’ trust fund. Never mind state Treasurer […]
Nine years ago, Katie Hobbs spoke out against “raiding” money generated by Arizona’s state trust land as a means to settle a five-year-old lawsuit over education funding. Hobbs — at the time a state senator — pitched a Democratic plan during a 2015 special session of the Legislature instead. The goal, she said, was “to […]
After being shot down by Gov. Katie Hobbs, Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to put a red-light camera ban in place in Arizona without the governor’s signature. Rogers has attempted to pass legislation that would prohibit cities from using red-light cameras since 2020, saying they infringe on the privacy rights of citizens. Now, the Flagstaff […]
Facing a $1 billion-plus budget deficit over two years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has some ideas on what items to cut to balance the budget, as required by the state constitution. Six pages of ideas, to be precise, leaning heavily on transportation projects and one-time funding that looked promising just eight months ago. Many of these […]