Arizona legislature heads home for a month with budget shutdown clock ticking

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 709

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Arizona legislature is set to take a hiatus for most of the month of May and it doesn’t look like there are any plans for Republican leaders to hammer out a budget agreement with the governor during the time off.

With a state government shutdown looming in 57 days, lawmakers are set to take the next four weeks off. The Arizona House of Representatives voted Tuesday to recess until June 1; the state …

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