Rep. David Livingston Archives

Montenegro, Lake Decry Hobbs’s ‘Blackmail’ over Missing $122M

April 18, 2025 5:44 pmApril 18, 2025 5:50 pm

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has intensified a political standoff by announcing she will veto all new legislation not on her desk until the Republican-controlled Legislature agrees to a bipartisan funding solution for the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). The...

Hobbs Shunned Gress-Chaired Ad Hoc Oversight Committee

April 11, 2025 4:32 pmApril 17, 2025 2:35 pm

Fourteen minutes before a scheduled ad hoc committee meeting on executive budget mismanagement on April 3, 2025, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced that her agencies were prohibited from participating. The committee, consisting of three Democrats and six Republicans, was formed...

Montenegro Labels Hobbs Budget ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

January 22, 2025 3:40 pmJanuary 27, 2025 9:52 am

Arizona’s financial landscape has become a focal point of debate between Governor Katie Hobbs and Republican legislators, particularly concerning the state’s budget projections and spending priorities. Marge Zylla, the Governor’s legislative and fiscal affairs director, recently presented Governor Hobbs’ budget...

Montenegro Posts Final Assignments, Creates Arizona’s DOGE

November 29, 2024 9:03 amDecember 20, 2024 9:10 am

On Thanksgiving eve, Speaker Steve Montenegro unveiled final committee assignments. The pre-holiday announcement was reminiscent of a “Friday evening news dump” used by administrations to avoid news cycles. Rumors swirled that Representative Joseph Chaplik would return to the ethics committee...