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KJZZ's Friday NewsCap: Arizona's school spending limit remains a political football

Arizona schools avoided budget catastrophe this week when supermajorities in the House and Senate agreed to lift a voter-imposed spending cap, but the issue will be back next year. And Republicans on a new committee recommended the state Senate reject Gov. Katie Hobbs’ pick to run the Arizona Department of Health Services.

For more on these and other headlines from the week, The Show sat down with political consultants from different sides of the aisle: Republican strategist Paul Bentz of Highground and Democratic strategist Dawn Penich-Thacker with Agave Strategy.

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Lauren Gilger, host of KJZZ's The Show, is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized.