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Gov. Katie Hobbs collected nearly $1.5 million in donations from corporations and other special interests to cover the cost of her inauguration.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs collected nearly $1.5 million in donations from corporations and other special interests to cover the cost of her inauguration.But the event cost only about $207,000 to put on.And that's going to leave her with a bunch of money she can spend on everything from gifts to visiting dignitaries to trying to flip control of the Arizona Legislature to

Arizona’s new Democratic governor on Friday rolled out a state budget proposal that pours new cash into tax credits for low-income parents and takes aim at a housing crisis that has triggered a big increase in homelessness, while also targeting two of her predecessor’s top priorities — a newly-enacted universal school voucher program and the state police’s border strike force.

The Arizona Legislature reconvenes at the Capitol for its annual session at noon and Gov. Katie Hobbs delivers the State of the State address at 2 p.m.

Arizona’s new governor Katie Hobbs extended employment protections to LGBTQ+ state employees and contractors as she took office

In her first official act as the Governor of Arizona, Democrat Katie Hobbs signed an executive order that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in employment.

PHOENIX -- Katie Hobbs is pulling the plug on her predecessors taxpayer-funded fight with the Biden administration over who owns land along the international border.

In an executive order in her first day of office, Gov. Katie Hobbs provided more protections against discrimination in state agencies.The order directs state agencies to eliminate all barriers restricting employment that are not directly related to the job. The expansion includes gender identity, political affiliation and marital status. Murphy Hebert is a press aide for

Katie Hobbs promised transparency, but her inauguration has been shrouded in secrecy. Is this really how she intends to govern Arizona?

PHOENIX -- Newly sworn-in Gov. Katie Hobbs did something on her first day in office on Tuesday that hasnt been done since the last time Arizona had a Democratic governor: