Hobbs still mum on what she wants changed to sign new home-cooked foods bill
Nearly two weeks after vetoing a widely popular bill to expand the sale of home-cooked foods, Gov. Katie Hobbs still won't say what she wants changed in order to get her to sign a new version.
Let home-based food businesses grow
The power of food to bring people together is something Arizona can use. HB2509, which has been approved by lawmakers and is now on Gov. Katie Hobbs' desk, can help.
Legislation seeks expansion of home-baked goods
Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, and Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, introduced SB1022, which would add fruit jams and jellies, dry mixes made with ingredients approved by the Arizona Department of Health Services, dry pasta and roasted nuts to the list of “cottage food products.”
Noted Capitol restaurant gets makeover and new mission
A bygone Capitol area restaurant is getting a new menu — cookies. The Phoenix Rescue Mission bought the decades-old building that had housed Oaxaca Restaurante y Cantina in July with the intent of expanding its vocational development programs, including its mail-order cookie business.