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Katie Hobbs

Oct 24, 2024

First they came for the auto parts store…

I am president of RockAuto, an online auto parts store in Madison, Wisconsin.  My family and I started the business in 1999, offering “all the parts your car will ever […]

Oct 23, 2024

A man accused of threatening to kill Democratic election officials will likely plead guilty

A man accused of repeatedly threatening to kill the top elections officials in Colorado and Arizona as well as judges and federal law enforcement agents is expected to plead guilty […]

Oct 14, 2024

Limited growth and increased spending needs pose tough choices for Hobbs

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t have much room for new spending on education, water or just about anything else in the remaining two years of her initial term as Arizona’s […]

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 […]

Tamales
Sep 26, 2024

Hobbs orders ADHS to implement ‘tamale bill’ to avert delay

Gov. Katie Hobbs has directed the Arizona Department of Health Services to immediately begin enforcing the newly effective “tamale bill” after the agency told at-home food vendors it needed to […]

Sep 23, 2024

Hobbs demotes three officials but doesn’t cut their salaries

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs demoted three officials running state agencies to deputy director posts after a judge ruled that her move to name them and other agency heads as “deputy […]

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 […]

clean energy jobs, solar, Clean Jobs America report
Sep 20, 2024

Historic Federal Investments Fueling Arizona’s Success – But We Must Harness Their Full Potential

Arizona is one of the most vibrant and beautiful states in the country.  Our mountains and deserts offer diverse natural areas, along with a strong economy and a job market […]

registration
Sep 12, 2024

Arizona Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to void executive orders to make registration and voting easier

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court won’t consider a bid by the head of the Arizona Republican Party to void executive orders issued by Gov. Katie Hobbs designed to make […]

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. […]

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.

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