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Affordable housing: An issue yet unsolved
Key Points: Lawmakers had ambitious goals for housing in 2025 Very little consequential legislation passed on the issue Certain initiatives set to expire in 2026 Gov. Katie Hobbs outlined ambitious […]
Failure to extend Prop. 123 linked to GOP school choice push
Key Points: Republicans added school choice protection to funding proposal Limiting funds only for full-time teachers caused opposition Key GOP lawmaker says proposal need to be simplified Another legislative session […]
Hobbs signs bipartisan budget, ending weeks-long standoff and staving off shutdown
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a state budget, prevents government shutdown It caps off a long and arduous process that saw three separate budget proposals make it to the […]
AZ House passes bipartisan budget package, pitches it back to Senate
Key Points: House approved Senate’s bipartisan budget Two previous House budgets have failed Senate and the governor expected to approve the budget proposal The Arizona House of Representatives has finally […]
Hobbs vetoes House continuation budget just days ahead of deadline
Key Points: Hobbs vetoed House continuation budget Veto comes just days before government shutdown It is still unclear if Legislature can pass a budget before deadline Gov. Katie Hobbs has […]
State budget standoff looms over possible government shutdown
Key Points: Montenegro pushes $17B plan, defying veto threat House GOP resists Senate deal, demands more time Budget deadlock risks government shutdown July 1 Ignoring a veto threat, House Speaker […]
Gov. Hobbs rejects ‘continuation budget’ proposal from House
Key Points:Â Hobbs rejects GOP’s budget delay as political grandstanding State shutdown looms without budget by July 1 Bipartisan support exists, but Montenegro blocks House vote Calling his proposal a […]
Budget standoff between Senate and House after $17.6B proposal approved
Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session House called for a continuation budget to keep negotiating passed […]
Senate passes $17.6B bipartisan budget in early morning deal
Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session Follows a House budget that was rejected June 13 The […]
Senate Appropriations passes budget proposal, full Senate vote this week
Key Points: The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the budget proposal on June 17 The budget received bipartisan support despite some disagreements A full Senate vote is expected on June 18 […]
House Appropriations passes Proposition 123 measure, paves way for future teacher pay increase
Editor’s note: Updated June 20, 2025 at 9:20 a.m. Key Points:Â House Appropriations passed another standard set of Proposition 123 measures School choice protections and charter deregulation could come as […]
House GOP budget rejected by Senate Republicans, Gov. Hobbs
First, House Democrats and Gov. Katie Hobbs rejected the House GOP budget proposal. Now, Senate Republicans have rejected the spending package shortly before introducing their bipartisan deal with Hobbs. “This […]
