KATIE HOBBS

The Arizona governor is expected to sign an order that will ban discrimination based on hair. Gov. Katie Hobbs will do the ceremonial signing Friday afternoon.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing pushback from a victim’s sister and a county prosecutor for her plans to defy a court order to execute a prisoner for his conviction in a 2002 killing.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is being criticized by a victim’s sister and a powerful county prosecutor for her plans to defy a court order to execute a prisoner next month for his conviction in a 2002 killing. The newly elected Democratic governor vowed nearly two weeks ago that she wouldn’t carry out the Arizona Supreme Court’s order to execute Aaron Gunches on April 6, citing a review that she has ordered of death penalty protocols due to Arizona's history of mismanaging executions. Hobbs has said executions will not be carried out until Arizonans can be confident the state isn’t violating the law.

The former local news anchor is throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, but it’s a safe bet that something will.

An Arizona judge has sanctioned former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem and his attorney over a lawsuit challenging his loss in last year's election, saying the suit "was groundless and not brought in good faith." Finchem's suit raised unsupported claims that his loss was marred by misconduct and demanded the results be set aside and the election redone. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian tossed out Finchem’s lawsuit in December.

Mark Finchem, the Republican who lost the Arizona secretary of state race in November, must along with his attorney pay legal fees incurred in the "groundless" lawsuit he filed afterward.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says corrections officials won't carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.

The lodge did not seem to provide an answer as to why it destroyed the dozens of passports left in its care by the traveling British students while on their ski trip.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs reportedly requested the State Bar conduct an ethics review into former state Attorney General Mark Brnovich's for failing to debunk 2020 election fraud claims.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' second pick for the head of the child welfare agency has dropped out. Matthew Stewart left the position saying it was 'best for all parties involved.'

Kari Lake lost the gubernatorial race in Arizona last year to Democrat Katie Hobbs. However, Lake is currently challenging her loss and is aiming to gain more following among the GOP.

Kari Lake lost the race for Arizona governor last year, but she has built a loyal following that stretches far beyond the state.

Brett Foto and his fiancee were vacationing in Phoenix last fall when they heard about a rally nearby for Kari Lake, then running for governor of Arizona. No matter that they don't live or vote in Arizona. Lake went on to lose that race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, a setback that would typically thwart political ambitions.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes the Republicans' state budget, and you would think that life as we know it is ending. Good grief, get a grip.

Arizona's 1st-year governor has vetoed a GOP-backed state budget calling it "one-sided" on Thursday. Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed $17.1 billion in spending for the 2024 fiscal year.

An Arizona appeals court rejected Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state’s most populous county and hold the election again. In a ruling on Thursday, the Arizona Court of Appeals wrote Lake, who claimed problems with ballot printers at some police places on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct, presented no evidence that voters whose ballots were unreadable by tabulators at polling places were not able to vote. The court said that even a witness called by Lake to testify had confirmed that ballots that couldn’t initially be read could at polling places still ultimately have their vote counted.

Dr. Theresa Cullen’s nomination to lead Arizona’s Department of Health Services was withdrawn by Gov. Katie Hobbs. Cullen will remain as Pima County’s public health director.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs admitted that a policy of sending migrants where they want to go "can be seen" as attractive to migrants, but blames Washington for the border crisis.

The losing GOP gubernatorial candidate in Arizona, who recently teased a Senate campaign, gave her two cents on "fair" elections at a rally in Iowa.

Democratic unity in Arizona helped the party pick up two U.S. Senate seats and the top three state offices over the last few years.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says "I'm done talking about this" in response to a question about inauguration funds on Feb. 2, 2023, in Surprise.

Adrian Fontes said the post shared by Lake, featuring a collage of 16 voter signatures, could be a felony.

Many Arizona Republicans are still clinging to 2020 election fraud falsehoods, refusing to acknowledge their candidates lost and resisting attempts to lessen the extreme divisions in the state.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is creating a commission to study problems state prisons are facing, including staffing levels, mental health care, and drug treatment programs.

The review will examine Arizona's procurement process for lethal injection drugs and gas, execution procedures, news organizations' access to executions and training of staff to carry out executions.

"It’s something that provides support to those local communities," Hobbs said, referring to border communities strained by the influx of migrants.

As part of her First 100 Days initiative, new Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has issued an executive order to have a commissioner review and make recommendations for improving the death penalty process.

Arizona’s attorney general has put a hold on executions in the state until the completion of a review of death penalty protocols ordered by the new governor due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions.

Native American boarding school survivors of abuse and their descendants shared memories and tears in Arizona on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's yearlong “Road to Healing” initiative.

"There's a boatload of evidence in our favor," the Republican who lost in November said. There isn't.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to undo a massive expansion of a school voucher program championed last year by her GOP predecessor and other Republicans that lets students apply to use public money for private-school tuition and other education costs. In releasing its budget proposals Friday, the governor’s office said the expansion is siphoning money from underfunded public schools and would cost $1.5 billion dollars over the next decade. Hobbs staffers estimated the move would save the state $135 million next fiscal year.

Former Gov. Doug Ducey's stunt of a shipping container wall on the border was awarded as a no-bid contract. Sure, that makes total sense.

When a group of unhinged extremists call themselves a "freedom" caucus you can be sure they believe in just the opposite.

Some of Arizona's most conservative legislators on Monday walked out on Gov. Katie Hobbs. Watch how quickly they become irrelevant.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has praised President Joe Biden’s weekend trip to the U.S.-Mexico border and his stepped-up efforts to combat illegal immigration.

The election denier might be the governor of Neverland or Narnia, Middle Earth, Oz or Wonderland. But she is definitely not the governor of Arizona, jabs writer.

Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled just in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months while they were set up and taken down again.

Katie Hobbs' inauguration continues a pattern of outpacing other states, thanks to a "cowboy culture" and an unusual line of succession for Arizona's top office.

The Trump-backed Republican recently filed two appeals after losing a lawsuit over her gubernatorial election loss.

Arizona's new governor was criticized for not taking her oath of office in public, but Katie Hobbs outfoxed the minions of a disgruntled Kari Lake.

Republican challenger Kari Lake has not yet conceded even after a judge last week dismissed a lawsuit contesting the results.

Katie Hobbs became governor at 10 a.m. on Monday and barred reporters from the event. Not a great start.

Hobbs is the outgoing secretary of state and will replace Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.

Hobbs is the outgoing secretary of state and will replace Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.

Katie Hobbs took the oath of office to become Arizona’s 24th governor and the first Democrat to hold the office since 2009.

Katie Hobbs takes the oath of office Monday to become Arizona’s 24th governor and the first Democrat to hold the office since 2009. Power will transfer in a private ceremony at the state Capitol as Hobbs formally takes over from Republican Doug Ducey. A public inauguration for Hobbs and others taking statewide offices is scheduled for Thursday.

Republican Doug Ducey spent his eight years as Arizona governor outmaneuvering Democrats to advance GOP priorities and he reshaped the state in a decisively conservative direction.

A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general’s race, one of the closest elections in state history.

But the judge did not grant a request to sanction the failed GOP candidate for Arizona governor.

Failed Republican candidate Kari Lake has filed an appeal after an Arizona judge rejected her bid to overturn the 2022 gubernatorial election and ordered her to pay $33,000 in legal fees.

The judge in Kari Lake's election challenge rejected requests for sanctions but granted $33,000 to pay for expert witnesses hired by Katie Hobbs.

A judge dismissed the former gubernatorial candidate's lawsuit last week.

Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) deleted a tweet accusing the judge who dismissed her election challenge of integrity violations. The tweet, which was posted early Monday morning, suggested the founding partner of a law firm representing Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs (D) emailed Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson “what to say” as he…

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Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs of Arizona and Maricopa County have asked a court to sanction Kari Lake after a judge ruled against Lake's attempt to declare herself the winner of the November election. The FDA says 4 lots of the blood pressure medication Quinapril have been recalled over concerns it could raise the risk of cancer. And NYC is prepping for its big New Year’s Eve bash: The 7-foot high numbers, 20-23, have been installed on top of One Times Square.

Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs joined sanctions against her opponent, Kari Lake, seeking reimbursement of nearly $37,000 in attorney and legal fees.

Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs joined sanctions against her opponent, Kari Lake, seeking reimbursement of nearly $37,000 in attorney and legal fees.

This being Christmas, it would seem a good time for Kari Lake to offer Arizona a gift. Lake should concede the governor's race.

Republican Kari Lake has lost her legal challenge to the November gubernatorial election where Democrat Katie Hobbs was declared the winner but says she will appeal.

A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general.

Lawyers for Arizona election officials say Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional misconduct on Election Day in challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the governor’s race.

Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the federal government over trespassing on federal lands.

Since her loss in the Arizona governor’s race, Republican Kari Lake has claimed the election was stolen and promised bombshells showing she was the rightful winner.

A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, Kari Lake, but will allow her to call witnesses in an attempt to prove that she lost because of misconduct by election officials.

The U.S. government has sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands.

Work crews are steadily erecting hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers along the rugged east end of Arizona’s boundary with Mexico as Republican Gov. Doug Ducey makes a bold show of border enforcement even as he prepares to step aside next month for Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs.

Kari Lake, the Republican defeated in Arizona governor’s race, is formally challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

President Joe Biden has visited the building site for an Arizona computer chip plant to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

Arizona’s top officials have certified the midterm election results.

A rural Arizona county has certified its midterm election results after blowing past the deadline in state law.

Republican Kari Lake and supporters of her failed campaign for Arizona governor are attacking Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as having a conflict of interest for overseeing the election she won.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Republican officials in a rural Arizona county have refused to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count.

Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

A second Republican-controlled Arizona county, Mohave, has delayed certifying results of this month's election.

Lengthy vote counts in states such as Arizona or California can frustrate candidates and their supporters, but they don't indicate anything is wrong with the voting or the tallying of ballots.

Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she’s assembling lawyers and collecting evidence of voters who had trouble casting ballots as she considers her next move.

President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.

The two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own election director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand-count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election.

Republican Blake Masters called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly to concede in the Arizona Senate race.

A record 12 women will take their seats as their states' highest-ranking elected officials when the nation's governors are sworn in this winter.

The Associated Press called the Arizona governor’s race for Democrat Katie Hobbs on Monday after the latest round of vote releases gave her a lead that the AP determined she would not relinquish.

Democrat Katie Hobbs has been elected Arizona governor, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year.

Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have aggressively batted down rumors and slanted and false claims as vote counting has come under intense scrutiny in the battleground state.

There was no violence in the midterm elections last week, and many election deniers lost and quietly conceded.

The nation’s last undecided race for governor has gotten even closer as Democrat Katie Hobbs’ lead shrank against Republican Kari Lake in the race to lead Arizona.

The Associated Press has not yet called the governor's race in Arizona between Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Republican former TV broadcaster Kari Lake.

The release of ballots on Saturday from Arizona’s largest county netted Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake a few thousand votes, but she’s still trailing Democrat Katie Hobbs by tens of thousands of ballots.

Police say no powder was in two suspicious unopened envelopes found at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of the Republican candidate for Arizona governor.

Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released days later by officials in Arizona’s biggest county.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has won his bid for reelection in the crucial swing state of Arizona.

Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting votes for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend.

Two days after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results remains focused on Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

Election deniers who backed Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election failed in some of their highest-profile races.

A day after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results is zeroing in on the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania.