This year's legislative housing battles kicked off as a bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step toward passing a new version of last year's vetoed "starter homes" bill. Catch up quick: Gov.

Sarah Brown, director of Gov. Katie Hobbs' Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, said her last day would be Feb. 12.

ARepublican lawmaker who plays a key role in negotiating the state budget with Gov. Katie Hobbs last week called her plan to cut private school voucher spending with an income

Hobbs did not nominate her past pick to lead the Department of Economic Security, Angie Rodgers, who has led the agency for about two years. Instead, Hobbs nominated former director Michael Wisehart to return to the role. The Governor's Office was tight-lipped about the change.

Arizona Democrats and local Republican officials championing a plan to protect rural groundwater are urging GOP lawmakers at the Capitol to join them.

Katie Hobbs on Tuesday pronounced the Democrat’s plan to cut $150 ... It didn’t go well for Zylla, who was hammered by GOP lawmakers for what the budget plan contained, what is left out, and what Hobbs wants to cut. Republicans particularly questioned ...

The political persona of Katie Hobbs has always been a bit obscured, at least to me. The rawest glimpse came after Dobbs overturned Roe ’s finding of a constitutional right to an abortion.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs faces criticism from House Republicans for a budget proposal that reportedly neglects water security and the housing crisis, with funds directed elsewhere.

A Republican lawmaker who plays a key role in negotiating the state budget with Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday pronounced the Democrat's plan to cut $150 million in

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ budget proposal aims to reduce spending on private school vouchers — which her staff described as an “entitlement” for wealthy Arizonans.

In unveiling her $17.65 billion spending plan for next fiscal year, Hobbs said that allowing the program that funds tuition for private and parochial schools as well as home schooling to continue as is would cost nearly $964 million. So Hobbs proposes to put some income restrictions on families.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs renewed a push Thursday to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state, and she's more optimistic this time that her efforts will find support in the Republican-controlled Legislature.