Bob Christ

PHOENIX -- Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature plan to give Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs what she's been seeking for months: their budget plan for the state fiscal year that starts July 1. But the negotiations she also demanded -- ones she walk... See more

Quick Takeaways - GOP lawmakers plan to pass budget without Democratic support - Proposal excludes many of Hobbs’ priorities and spending plans - Dispute centers on taxes, spending cuts and negotiation process kAm!w~t}x) \\ #6AF3=:42?D H9@ 4@?EC@= E96 pC:... See more

PHOENIX — Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature plan to give Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs what she's been seeking for months: their budget plan for the state fiscal year that starts July 1. But the negotiations she also demanded — ones she walked... See more

PHOENIX – They're either more affordable homes or they're junk houses. That's the basic breakdown of a proposal awaiting a vote in the Arizona House after barely passing the Senate that would upend decades of municipal design standards builders are requir... See more

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Water Resources acted illegally when it changed how it determined if there was enough groundwater available to support new homes to be built in metro Phoenix in 2023 and left builders thousands of lots they could not de... See more