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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.
After nation’s deepest higher ed cuts, advocates see glimmer of hope
Arizona cut higher education funding deeper than any other state last year, capping a five-year period in which the state led the nation with a 27.3 percent cut from its support for colleges, a new report says.
Cutting welfare is bad policy – restore funding next session
The purpose of TANF is to help low-income adults enter the workforce. That’s why former President Bill Clinton signed the block grant law in 1997: to fulfill his promise to “end welfare as we know it.”
Border Patrol mission continues during shutdown, even if pay does not
The government shutdown is no shutdown for border patrol agents, whose law enforcement and life-saving duties do not take a hiatus – even though their pay might.
House moves to limit governor line-item vetoes
Voters may be given the opportunity this fall to further limit when governors can use their line-item veto power, if a measure approved today by the House is passed by the Senate.
Day 1: Tracking the fifth special session
The Legislature has begun the fifth special session of the year. Check back for up-to-the-minute updates on the action in the House and Senate.
