Category: Katie Hobbs

Arizona Governor Signs Executive Orders Authorizing ‘Gender-Affirming Health Care,’ Restricting ‘Conversion Therapy’

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed two executive orders to ensure sex-change procedures for state employees and to restrict “conversion therapy” as harmful to the health and well-being of LGBT individuals. “Our LGBT community should never have to face hate and discrimination, and I will do everything in my power to fight for full equality,” Hobbs,…


Arizona Lawmaker Files Complaint Demanding Investigation Into Democratic Governor’s Alleged Misuse of State Funds

An Arizona state representative has filed a complaint with the state’s attorney general requesting an investigation of Governor Katie Hobbs’s alleged use of state funds to sway elections. Republican state representative David Livingston filed the complaint on June 14, requesting an investigation of the Democratic governor after seeking a legal opinion from Arizona attorney general…


Arizona Lawmaker Criticizes Katie Hobbs’s Veto of Bill Criminalizing Filming Porn at Public Schools

An Arizona state lawmaker criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday for vetoing a bill that sought to make it a crime to film pornography at public schools and shield minors from sexually explicit materials. State Sen. Jake Hoffman, a Republican, introduced Senate Bill 1696 after two Mohave County teachers—spouses who worked at different schools in the same…


Arizona Governor Accuses Previous Administration of ‘Illegally’ Allocating $50 Million in Government Funds

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has accused the previous state administration of misappropriating $50 million in government funds. The funds were part of what the federal government provided to Arizona under the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” an effort by the Biden administration, signed into law in March 2021, that intended to mitigate the economic…


Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetos Major Election Bills

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed four election-related bills Friday. The rejected bills would have made a wide range of changes to the Copper State’s election laws on the voter registration system, poll site procedures, and mail-in ballots. Hobbs’s moves Friday raise her total number of vetos to 99, a number larger than that of any…


Judge Rules Against Kari Lake in Election Lawsuit, Confirms Katie Hobbs as Arizona Governor

An Arizona judge has dismissed Kari Lake’s latest legal challenge to last year’s gubernatorial contest while “confirming the election” of Democrat Katie Hobbs as Arizona governor. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson said in a May 22 ruling obtained by The Epoch Times that Lake’s team failed to provide enough evidence that Maricopa…


Arizona House Adopts Legislation Targeting Sex Dolls That Look Like Children

Arizona’s Republican-led House gave final approval to a bill making it a felony crime to possess, import, or traffic in sex dolls that resemble infants or children. House Bill 2169 received solid bipartisan support before passing 58-0 in the third and final reading on May 15. The bill will be sent to Democrat Gov. Katie…


Arizona County Sheriff Expecting Surge in Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking With End of Title 42

FLORENCE, Ariz.—A southern Arizona county sheriff said he expects illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings, drug, and human smuggling to increase “exponentially” following the end of Title 42. “While there is certainly an influx of people, this has been a disaster for a while,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said in an interview with The Epoch Times…


LIVE NOW: Arizona Governor Hobbs Announces State’s Title 42 Approach

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs holds a press conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 8 to announce the state’s Title 42 approach. …


Arizona Governor Hobbs Announces State’s Title 42 Approach

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs holds a press conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 8 to announce the state’s Title 42 approach. …