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“Black women, men, and children should be able to wear their natural hair with pride and without the fear of discrimination,” Gov. Katie Hobbs wrote in an executive order signed Friday afternoon that’s aimed at eliminating hair-based discrimination in the state.

Gov. Katie Hobbs is opening applications for nearly $200 million in federal Covid money that was part of now-canceled contracts signed by then-Gov. Doug Ducey just before Hobbs took office in January. 

Gov. Katie Hobbs headed to Oman last week to sign a military partnership agreement with the Middle East nation. 

Arizona won't be banning what has been called "critical race theory'' in public schools.

A new state task force will work on reducing violence against Indigenous people, officials announced Tuesday. 

Gov. Katie Hobbs signed her first bill into law on Friday, a measure that will allow cities to set up a fast-track development approval process for some building proposals.

Gov. Katie Hobbs has tapped a former Democratic lawmaker who has advocated for higher taxes and against Republican-proposed tax cuts to head the Department of Child Safety.

Gov. Katie Hobbs is siding with doctors and against other medical providers in the latest round of an ongoing dispute over the process the latter group has to go through to provide more services to the public.

A month after the Arizona Senate formed an extraordinary new committee to vet Gov. Katie Hobbs’ appointments, the picture still looks muddy for the governor’s nominees to lead key agencies. 

It’s been more than a decade since Arizona had a divided government, but Republican legislators are signaling they’re willing to send bills to die at the desk of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.