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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.
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.
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.
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.
Hobbs attempts to avoid Senate confirmation process
After months of arguing with Senate Republicans, Gov. Katie Hobbs pulled the plug on their appointee confirmation process by reassigning her picks to lead state departments as “deputy directors.”
GOP members reject housing department nominee due to claims of plagiarism
A Senate panel voted Thursday to reject the governor’s pick to lead the state housing department – largely due to accusations that she is a serial plagiarist.
Republicans are protecting the Arizona we love
When you think of Arizona, you can’t help but think of freedom. Freedom to keep the money you earn. Freedom to send your kids to the school you want. Freedom to start a business without layers of red tape. And freedom to work – our licensing reform has become a national model.
Senate Republicans won’t consider ‘evasive’ Hobbs nominees
A Senate committee charged with reviewing gubernatorial nominees held a candidate from consideration on Monday and pledged to hold all future nominees who don’t clearly answer questions after a lengthy questioning process frustrated committee Republicans.
