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Reagan Priest | Arizona Capitol Times
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan budget on June 27, ending a weeks-long saga of standoffs between the Legislature’s two chambers that nearly ended in the state’s first government shutdown.
The budget is almost exactly the same as the one Hobbs negotiated with the Senate, which House Republicans refused to put up for a vote last week. After Hobbs vetoed the House’s two budget proposals on June 25, the chamber passed the Senate budget on June 26 with minor tweaks.
“By working together, we have secured pay raises for state police and firefighters, made child care more affordable and accessible, taken action to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking, and invested in public education from kindergarten through higher ed,” Hobbs said in a statement. “We showed Arizonans what is possible when we are willing to reach across the aisle and deliver common sense solutions for the people of our state.”
