Arizona State of the State: Gov. Katie Hobbs to highlight areas for bipartisan wins

Hobbs agrees with GOP leaders that cuts are inevitable, given the state Constitution requires a balanced budget. The state can close those deficits by rolling back some of the one-time funding that …

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday outlined a sweeping list of priorities for her second year in office during a State of the State address that called for bipartisan action on water and housing affordability. The Democratic governor’s second State of the State, an annual address to lawmakers that offers a roadmap of her policy goals for the year ahead, was both a victory lap of wins from her first year in office and an optimistic call for bipartisanship. “We have worked together, debated each other, pushed one another, and, most importantly, put aside our differences when it mattered most to do what’s right for Arizona and the people who call it home,” she said in the roughly 45-minute address. “Now, I think we can all agree it certainly hasn’t been easy. But our constituents didn’t send us here to the Capitol to solve easy problems or ta …

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