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.
-
The change was announced in a presidential proclamation in September — and under it, companies applying for H-1B visas for their foreign-born workers are required to pay $100,000 before the worker is given entry to the US. -
The Arizona Democrat is emerging as a crucial surrogate for a party desperately seeking to win back the Latino support that slipped in 2024 with the election of President Donald Trump. -
Arizonans are smoking less. And while that is good for public health, it's also leaving an early childhood development agency looking for new sources of funding. -
In the upcoming 2026 legislative session, Arizona lawmakers will again consider a bill to allow students who attend private schools with voucher dollars to participate in public school sports and other programs. -
Republican state lawmaker Joseph Chaplik announced he will run for federal office in one of Arizona’s two competitive congressional districts, which could impact which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 election.
