Hobbs vetoes Republican bills that would have imposed harsher penalties on Arizona food assistance

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 21, 2026

Words: 548

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a package of Republican bills that would have put harsher penalties on the state’s food assistance program due to changes made in President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending package.

“This past summer, out of touch politicians in Washington enacted H.R. 1, a partisan budget that stripped food assistance and healthcare from hundreds of thousands of Arizonans,” Hobbs said in her veto letter, referring to the federal spending plan …

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