Governor Katie Hobbs signed a $17.6 billion bipartisan budget Friday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown and marking another year of steady spending increases under her administration. The new fiscal package includes funding increases for K-12 education, Medicaid, border security, and public safety—features that align closely with Hobbs’ original proposal but reflect bipartisan compromises with a Republican-led legislature.
A 51-year-old Arizona man admitted to murdering and crucifying a local pastor in a brutal attack he claims was part of a nationwide plan to kill Christian leaders. Adam Christopher Sheafe confessed during a jailhouse interview to killing 76-year-old Pastor William Schonemann in New River in April, stating the act was religiously motivated.
Arizona Senate Republicans are demanding accountability after a spike in inmate homicides, including the recent death of Indalecio Garcia, who died Monday at a Goodyear hospital. Garcia, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis, had been serving a sentence for aggravated assault and child molestation since 2022. His death is under investigation and could mark the 11th inmate homicide in the current fiscal year.
A 37-year-old Arizona woman, Linet Vartanians, has been charged with threatening to shoot ICE agents outside her Tempe home, raising serious questions about law...
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed House Bill 2867, rejecting a proposal to formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in K‑12 schools and higher education.
Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) is taking aim at Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs after the governor vetoed Senate Bill 1109, which would have banned Chinese land ownership in the state. Shamp, who introduced the bill, called the veto a “disgrace” and accused Hobbs of undermining public safety.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced 22 new indictments Tuesday in a massive Medicaid fraud scheme that cost taxpayers tens of millions and devastated vulnerable communities across the state. The case centers around fraudulent sober living homes, including Happy House Behavioral Health LLC and Hope of Life International Church.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a bill that would have required public schools to honor President Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
