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Governor's Office

Oct 3, 2024

Speculation on lieutenant governor candidates has begun

Arizona will elect its first lieutenant governor in 2026, and whoever takes the job will have the opportunity to chart a new course and set a precedent.   Proposition 131, passed […]

Emergency Powers
Sep 23, 2024

Arizona voters to decide on new limits to Gov’s emergency powers

PHOENIX – Arizona voters will have the chance to decide whether to put even more curbs on the emergency powers of whoever is governor. Proposition 135 would not restrict the […]

wildfire
Sep 11, 2024

Governors prod Congress for more help on growing threat of wildfire in West

WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and 19 other Western governors are prodding Congress to move more urgently to address a wildfire crisis that has grown worse in recent years. […]

Opioid
Sep 9, 2024

Mayes eyes further fight over opioid settlement funds

PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes is weighing a new legal fight with Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Legislature over how they spend money the state got from an opioid […]

Aug 30, 2024

Hobbs agrees to withhold 3 agency heads from Senate confirmation

Gov. Katie Hobbs will send only 16 of her 19 “executive deputy directors” to the Senate to be nominated again after making an agreement with Senate leadership earlier this week to end a lawsuit over the dispute.

Hobbs
Aug 27, 2024

Gov. Hobbs, Senate agreement on director nominations finalized

Gov. Katie Hobbs finally agreed Tuesday to once again start sending nominations for her picks to head state agencies to the Senate for confirmation.

Aug 20, 2024

Gov. Hobbs touts NCAA Final Four economic haul

Arizona generated $429 million in economic impact from hosting the Men's Final Four in April according to a new report released Tuesday.

Aug 16, 2024

Mayes, Hobbs at odds over uranium mine safety

Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking the U.S. Forest Service to conduct an environmental impact study on the Pinyon Plain Mine in northern Arizona, despite reassurances from Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office that the mine is safe and regularly inspected by state officials. 

Aug 14, 2024

Senate, Hobbs agree on submitting nominations – somewhat

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Aug. 14 she got a commitment from Senate President Warren Petersen to treat her nominees to direct state agencies differently than last year even though the Senate won the lawsuit against her.

Gov. Katie Hobbs at lecturn at press conference
Aug 12, 2024

Hobbs folds, agrees to send nominees to Senate for confirmation

Gov. Katie Hobbs has given up on her bid to force the Senate to confirm her nominees to head state agencies.

Aug 6, 2024

Hobbs ‘thrilled’ Walz picked as Harris running mate

Gov. Katie Hobbs pronounced herself "absolutely thrilled'' Tuesday that Kamala Harris had chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate over Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

Jul 16, 2024

Governor calls for end to inflammatory rhetoric – has used it herself

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that people must "stop inflaming this kind of rhetoric'' to avoid future situations that lead to politicians and public officials being threatened and attacked.

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