Arizona won’t put Charlie Kirk’s name on a freeway after Hobbs vetoes a GOP bill

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 28, 2026

Words: 529

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday blocked Republicans from renaming the Loop 202 freeway in the East Valley after the slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

This veto comes just weeks after the Democrat vetoed another GOP-backed bill that would have created a specialty license plate in honor of Kirk. That proposal would have given $17 from every license plate purchased to the nonprofit branch of TPUSA, the controversial right-wing organization that Kirk founded …

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