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Hobbs vetoes guns bills, saying they won’t prevent violence
Parents won't be able to bring their loaded weapons onto school campuses, at least not while Katie Hobbs is governor.
GOP lawmakers approve measures dealing with guns and students
Republican lawmakers sent two measures dealing with guns and students to Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday, likely courting one veto, if not two.
Hobbs vetoes vaccine religious exemption, homeless visibility bills
Gov. Katie Hobbs added to her veto tally Thursday, rejecting two more measures approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Hobbs sides with doctors, vetoes bill that would eliminate ‘sunrise process’
Gov. Katie Hobbs is siding with doctors and against other medical providers in the latest round of an ongoing dispute over the process the latter group has to go through to provide more services to the public.
After budget veto, more GOP bills likely for Hobbs’ rejection
It’s been more than a decade since Arizona had a divided government, but Republican legislators are signaling they’re willing to send bills to die at the desk of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
House Dems vote ‘no’ on all bills to protest Republican approval of their bills
Democrats in the state House of Representatives voted “no” against every single bill up for a floor vote on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest Republican leadership.
Hobbs vetoes bill to bar cities from taxing residential rentals
Calling it a flawed solution to the housing crisis, Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday vetoed legislation to bar cities from taxing residential rentals.
Hobbs vetoes Republican skinny budget
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 13 budget bills on Thursday, saying they represented a “purely-partisan” plan for the state.
As session shifts into gear, bipartisan overtures turn to politicking
In the past few weeks, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and top Republican lawmakers have engaged in some public mudslinging.
Freshmen swell Freedom Caucus, defy Hobbs
The “spear tip” of legislative conservatism is already pushing back hard against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, but not all the dissenters will identify themselves.
Hobbs, GOP lawmakers off to shaky start
While Gov. Katie Hobbs said Jan. 9 her door “will always be open” for anyone ready to make progress for Arizona, many Republicans think she slammed it on them.
Republican lawmakers plan to send bills to Hobbs they know she’ll veto
The 2023 legislative session gets started today with perhaps the worst-kept political secret: Republican lawmakers are going to send bills to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs even knowing ahead of time she will veto them.
