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State Representatives Analise Ortiz and Oscar De Los Santos speaking on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

Hobbs Veto Count Grows After Affordable Home Act Reversal

March 19, 2024 12:47 pm

In what amounted to a surprise reversal of expectations, Arizona’s Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs extended her veto run yesterday. She apparently sided with the left-leaning Arizona League of Cities and Towns, quashing the Arizona Starter Homes Act and the cost-saving...

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

Warren, Borrelli, Hatathlie, Biasiucci, and Ortiz Speak Out Against League

March 14, 2024 11:46 amMarch 14, 2024 12:05 pm

Earlier this month, the Arizona legislature passed HB2570, dubbed the “Arizona Starter Homes Act” to help Arizona homebuyers, especially first-time buyers. Sponsored by House and Senate Majority Leaders Biasiucci and Borrelli, respectively, the bill is receiving unexpected pushback from the...

Biasiucci and Borrelli Pass Home Affordability Act

March 8, 2024 9:46 amMarch 8, 2024 9:50 am

House Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci (R-30) joined with Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli to author and spearhead the passage of a bill easing Arizona’s skyrocketing home prices. Dubbed the “Arizona Starter Homes Act,” it prohibits municipalities from mandating homeowner associations...

Gress Authors Bill Preventing Homeless Hotels in Mesa

February 22, 2024 5:00 amFebruary 21, 2024 3:25 pm

Scottsdale Rep. Matt Gress (R-4) is sponsoring controversial House Bill HB2782 that, among other things, strengthens regulations around the use of hotels and motels as homeless shelters. At the heart of the bill are increased penalties for illegal drug usage,...

State Senator Justine Wadsack speaking on the floor of the Arizona State Senate at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tucson’s Wadsack Mandates Political Data in Home Sales

February 19, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 7:45 am

AZ State Senator Justine Wadsack (R-LD17) is championing 2024’s SB 1581, a bill overturning the state’s ban on real estate agents sharing political information related to homes. Arizona law currently prohibits agents from sharing basic political details, such as Congressional...

Arizona Water Shortage Impacts Housing Development

Water Looms Large in Arizona Housing Shortage

December 26, 2023 12:16 pmDecember 24, 2023 12:45 pm

Once again, Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) stand on opposing sides of an increasingly crucial debate, this time impacting Arizona’s dramatic housing boom. At the center of the argument is the 1980 Groundwater Act...

Phoenix Businesses See Hope After ‘The Zone’ Cleanup

November 10, 2023 12:15 pm

Business owners in and around “The Zone,” Downtown Phoenix’s infamous homeless encampment, breathed a collective sigh of relief after the City met a court-ordered Nov 4, 2023 deadline to clear out all tents and other remnants from around the Capital’s...