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By AZ Mirror
In her state-of-the-state address on Monday, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday gave nods to areas of possible bipartisanship with the Republican-controlled Legislature, like border security and pay increases for law enforcement.
But she also threw some barbs at the GOP majority for programs they have championed. She took aim at a lack of accountability in the state’s universal school voucher program, a darling of the state’s GOP, and touted a new alternative path to assured water supply implemented on advice from her council on water that Republican opponents have said the Arizona Department of Water resources didn’t have the power to implement.
On the first day of Arizona’s 2025 legislative session, Hobbs, along with Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, and House Speaker Montenegro R-Goodyear, preached the importance of working together — but only time will tell how committed they are to that goal.
