Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is on track to break a veto record she set two years ago.
So far this week, Hobbs has struck down two sets of bills sent to her desk by the GOP-controlled Legislature. That brings her total number of vetoes this year to 138.
That’s just five shy of the record she set for a single legislative session in 2023, her first year in office.
Many of the vetoed bills passed on party lines, with Republican support and unanimous Democratic opposition.
Among the latest rejected bills were a measure to require hotels and motels to warn guests that they also provide rooms for the homeless, and a bid to force high schools to teach students about the Gulf of America, the new name President Donald Trump unilaterally gave to the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Trump Administration wants to reset oil and gas drilling bonding requirements to 1960s or earlier rates. The National Wildlife Federation says that'll create more abandoned wells and taxpayer burden. -
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego is again calling on the state and federal government to do more to address extreme heat. -
A federal judge has appointed someone to oversee the state prison healthcare system for the next five years. -
Arizona’s senior senator is among a group of 12 lawmakers who say rapid growth of prediction markets and online casino games threatens tribal sovereignty. -
Clarissa Sosin, staff writer at Phoenix New Times, reported city leaders may have known the ordinance wouldn’t be popular even before they passed it.
