On May 5, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-backed $17.9 billion state budget, calling it “unbalanced and reckless.” The proposal, passed along party-line votes by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature, reflected major GOP priorities on taxes and spending cuts but immediately triggered conflict with Hobbs. The Republican budget proposed spending roughly $800 million less than Hobbs’ own January budget plan. A central feature was conformity with federal tax cha

Last Spring, Governor Hobbs signed Executive Order 2025-09 directing the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) and Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) to form a Workplace Heat Safety Task Force to draft and recommend Heat Guidelines for Employers. These guidelines would provide additional recommendations for employers to be included in the Arizona Heat Stress State Emphasis Program . The Task Force, composed of business, labor, and industry leaders m

Monthly update from - Brian Tassinari, AMC's Legislative Representative. Just six weeks into session, we have seen a remarkable onslaught of bills being introduced. For the 25 years I have been a lobbyist, every House bills started with a ‘2’ as in HB2001 and every Senate bill started with a ‘1’ as in SB1001. But for the first time ever, the legislature has run out of ‘1’s’ and ‘2’s’ and had to move the ‘3’s’ and ‘4’s’. This logjam of ideas, some good and many not so good, h