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Hobbs orders hiring freeze, wants agencies to propose spending cuts
Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered what is essentially a hiring freeze for new state employees and instructed her department heads to send her a plan this week to cut $1.2 billion in spending out of their current and coming year budgets.
A veto that would save animals, protect humans
Labeling food mRNA free would be sending a false message to consumers. Since mRNA is an essential component of all living organisms, labeling food products “mRNA free” is not only misleading to Arizona consumers it is also scientifically inaccurate.
Abortion outlawed, political conflict continues
A pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions will stand, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today.
New law on campaign finance reporting takes effect
Sometime in July, Arizonans are going to find out how much money Katie Hobbs has amassed in her campaign war chest and who has been donating.
Expanded ‘defense of premises’ won’t become law
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a controversial measure Monday that would have expanded the scope of the state's "defense of premises'' law.
State to get stricter with assisted living homes
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed sweeping legislation Monday designed to give state health officials more authority to monitor, fine and put assisted living facilities that endanger patients out of business.
Right-on-red legislation more than simple law change
In Arizona, the ability to make a right turn at a red light is considered all but a sacred right. Now, state lawmakers want to make sure it isn't taken away unless there's a darn good reason.
Budget negotiations heat up as Legislature slows down
Three months into the Arizona Legislature's annual session, lawmakers are ready to take some time off and go to a work schedule many would love to have -- just one day a week.
Proposal to strike the term ‘gender’ from state law goes to Hobbs
Saying they are protecting women, House Republicans gave final approval Wednesday to legislation to strictly classify individuals under Arizona law on the basis of their biological sex when they were born.
From communism to blocking traffic, Hobbs vetoes rash of bills
Arizonans won't be going to jail for intentionally blocking a stretch of freeway.
Uranium mined near Grand Canyon as prices soar, US pushes more nuclear power
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.
Pluto now state’s official planet
Gov. Katie Hobbs won't say whether she believes Pluto is a full-fledged planet or something less. But as far as she's concerned, it now belongs to Arizona to the extent a state can "own'' a planet.
