Office of the Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
Recent News About Office of the Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
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Arizona Senate Republicans put 'Secure the Border Act' on the ballot
Republicans in the Arizona Senate are planning to put a “strike everything” amendment on HCR2060 to ask voters to approve “Secure the Border Act” despite Governor Katie Hobbs’ opposition to the legislation.
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Hobbs vetoes bill to make it illegal for person to enter Arizona by crossing U.S.-Mexico border outside of an official port of entry
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) today vetoed a bill to make it illegal for a person to enter Arizona by crossing the U.S.-Mexico border outside of an official port of entry.
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OPINION: AZ Gov. Hobbs’ Bizarre Attack on ESA Families
Today, 70,000 Arizona children are finally getting the education they deserve through the state’s universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, the most expansive program of its kind in the nation. But instead of celebrating those students’ success, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is launching a direct attack on their families and the beginning of a government takeover of private and home-based education.
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Poll: 63% of Arizona voters support school choice
More than three-quarters of Arizona parents support Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), according to a new poll released by the Yes. Every Kid. Foundation.
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American Majority to hold grassroots training event, ‘Building a Machine to Win Elections,’ on Aug. 21 in Gilbert
American Majority will host a free training event on Monday, August 21 in Gilbert, Ariz, entitled "Building a Machine to Win Elections."
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AZ Dept. of Education: '60,561 Arizona Students benefit from an Empowerment Scholarship Account'
The Arizona Department of Education announced this week that there are more than 60,000 Arizona students in the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.”
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Gays Against Groomers: Katie Hobbs 'a disgrace to women and children'
The organization Gays Against Groomers (GAG) called Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) "a disgrace" after Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have prevented boys from using the same school bathrooms as girls.
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New Report: 'More votes counted than registered voters who voted in the 2022 Arizona general election' or 'Arizona counties have failed to keep accurate records of who voted in the election'
A study by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) on the 2022 Arizona general election, analyzing the number of registered voters who voted and the number of ballots that were counted, revealed a "concerning" discrepancy between those numbers.
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Herrod: Gov. Hobbs 'Appears to be encouraging irreversible and experimental sex-change surgeries and drug therapies’
The president of the Center for Arizona Policy criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) for two executive orders announced by Hobbs today.
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SBA Pro-Life America: 'Abortion is legal before 15 weeks in Arizona. But Katie Hobbs doesn't think that's enough, so she's ordering the government to ignore the law'
SBA Pro-Life America (SBA) criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) after Hobbs announced an executive order that takes away the power of county prosecutors to handle state abortion laws and gives that power to Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-Ariz.)
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Gov. Hobbs: 'I just vetoed the partisan Prop 400 bill'
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed another proposal from the Republican Legislature, issuing them a warning to give her bills that have “bipartisan support” or else she will continue to add to her record number of vetoes this year.
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Hoffman: Gov. Katie Hobbs ignored warnings of a critical gas shortage, playing 'political games with the livelihoods of' Arizona citizens
Arizona State Sen. Jake Hoffman and members of the Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued a press release June 16, criticizing Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs for ignoring warnings of a critical gas shortage and creating pain at the pump for the state's drivers.
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AZ Dept. of Education: '59,323 Arizona Students benefit from an Empowerment Scholarship Account'
The Arizona Department of Education announced this week that there are more than 59,000 Arizona students in the state’s Empowertment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.”
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Sen. Hoffman: 'Ms. Nicolson is a prime example of the type of candidate that should be appointed to our state agencies by Katie Hobbs’
Arizona State Sen. Jake Hoffman (R-15) announced that the Arizona Senate Committee on Director Appointments voted to recommend approval of Gov. Katie Hobbs’ (D-Ariz.) nomination of of Susan Nicolson to the position of Commissioner for the Department of Real State.
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DeAngelis to Hobbs: ‘You went to a private school, hypocrite’
A national school choice advocate criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) after Hobbs said Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program is “not sustainable.”
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Hobbs vetoes bill that would have removed Arizona from 'hyper-partisan' voter data group
Gov. Katie Hobbs last week vetoed a bill that would have effectively removed Arizona from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
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All about Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program
In 2011, Arizona became the first state to create an Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program that “allows parents to opt their children out of public district or charter schools and receive a portion of their public funding deposited into an account for defined, but multiple, uses, including private school tuition, online education, education therapies, private tutoring or future educational expenses,” according to EdChoice.org.
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American Principles Project President on Hobbs Veto: “Only the woke left could see a parental rights bill as an ‘attack’ on children”
The president of the American Principles Project (APP) criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) for the governor's veto of a bill that the bill's sponsor said would have “prohibited a school district or charter school from knowingly referring to students under the age of 18 by a pronoun that differs from the child's biological sex.”
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Grand Canyon Times requests communications between Gov. Hobbs and outside legal group involved in elections task force
The Grand Canyon Times has submitted a public records request to the office of Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.), seeking communications between Hobbs’ office and an outside group involved with the governor’s elections task force.
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Analysis: Frequent partisan tweets from "extremist" Hobbs judicial commission appointee
An analysis of the Twitter account of a judicial commission appointee whose nomination was recently withdrawn by Gov. Katie Hobbs (R-Ariz.) shows partisan messages that criticize Republicans and advocate for the “roll back” of the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.