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Hobbs’ Medical Debt Relief Program Lacks Accountability

July 17, 2025 4:27 pmJuly 20, 2025 7:55 pm

Governor Katie Hobbs made headlines when she announced that $429 million in medical debt would be erased for over 352,000 Arizonans, with no applications required. However, the program is likely to raise red flags among legislators due to its lack...

LD30 Candidate David Rose Reflects on Hobbs Veto Record

July 12, 2025 11:15 amJuly 16, 2025 12:01 pm

In the aftermath of Governor Hobbs’s legislative approval record, in which she set a new “personal high” for vetoing bills passed by the Republican-led legislature, lawmakers are sounding off, mostly with disapproval. The war between Hobbs and the legislature is...

State Representative John Gillette speaking with the media at a press conference hosted by Border 911 at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gillette Excoriates Hobbs over New Veto Record

July 11, 2025 3:56 pmJuly 20, 2025 7:56 pm

Representative John Gillette (R-30), who recently made news by announcing he would not seek re-election in 2026, gave the Arizona Globe an exclusive response to Governor Katie Hobbs breaking her single-session veto record. Hobbs, a Democrat, has made no secret of...

Rare Show of Bipartisanship as Hobbs Signs Shamp’s ‘Foreign Enemies’ Bill

July 4, 2025 9:27 amJuly 16, 2025 12:01 pm

In what appears to be a rare moment of Arizona bipartisanship, Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs has signed into law Senate Bill SB1082, a bill sponsored by Republican Senator Janae Shamp. The bill, which prohibits land ownership by any foreign adversary...

Hoffman Blasts Budget Deal as ‘Epic Cave’ by GOP Leadership

June 27, 2025 8:12 amJuly 12, 2025 12:28 pm

Yesterday, June 26, 2025, Senate President Warren Petersen told the Arizona Globe he was “hopefull” that a budget compromise was imminent. Today, Senator Jake Hoffman is blasting the state GOP leadership’s version of “compromise” as a betrayal of the conservative...

Hoffman Defends Contentious Vetting of Hobbs Nominees

June 23, 2025 6:00 amJuly 2, 2025 10:36 am

“Woke mega-corporations and the crony Chamber of Commerce have come out hard with support for their favorite “Green New Scam” environmental activist Karen Peters. The republican Party grassroots and conservative members of the legislature aren’t going to participate in blindly...

EZAZ’s Merissa Hamilton Pens Devastating Peters Opposition Letter

June 22, 2025 5:57 pmJune 27, 2025 4:48 pm

In a letter dated June 19, 2025, EZAZ.org Chair Merissa Hamilton presents a compelling argument against the approval of Karen Peters as the next Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The letter, intended to formalize EZAZ.org’s viewpoint,...