Arizona Budget

Arizona’s wobbly budget picture just got a lot bleaker as the impact of recent moves by the Trump Administration throws a monkey wrench into the state and national economies.

Running out of time and money, Gov. Katie Hobbs is upping the stakes in her bid to get more dollars for programs for the developmentally disabled.

The Arizona Legislature is wrangling with how to craft a plan to actually get the money to the rodeo despite differing opinions on how to legally do it.

Gov. Katie Hobbs lashed out Wednesday at Republican lawmakers, accusing them of using families with children with developmental disabilities as "pawns'' in the fight over the budget.

Economists in Arizona and around the country said tariffs, cracking down on immigration, tax cuts and reduced energy credits will likely have a direct effect on the economy, and with President-elect Donald Trump soon to take office and having promised policy reform in many areas, change is likely on the way.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t have much room for new spending on education, water -- or just about anything else -- in the remaining two years of her initial term as Arizona's chief executive.

Come this Saturday a host of new laws take effect that cover everything from conception to death.

The state now has the go-ahead to immediately take $115 million in funds from an opioid settlement to balance the budget.

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A plan to balance the state budget squeaked out of the state Legislature late Saturday over the objections of some Republicans who said it spends too much and Democrats who said it spends too little.