{"id":2216277,"date":"2024-04-09T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hobbs-mum-on-early-budget-talks-with-republican-leaders\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T08:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:50:27","slug":"hobbs-mum-on-early-budget-talks-with-republican-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hobbs-mum-on-early-budget-talks-with-republican-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbs stays silent on initial budget discussions with GOP leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhobbs-mum-on-early-budget-talks-with-republican-leaders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Arizona Governor \u200bKatie Hobbs \u200chas chosen to \u2064remain silent on\u2064 the recent budget discussions with Republican leaders in the\u200d legislature. While the talks began later than normal, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">legislative session<\/a> \u200cis transitioning to weekly meetings to\u2063 focus \u2062on the budgeting process. Governor\u200d Hobbs emphasized the early stage of negotiations and the need for confidentiality to ensure the process advances\u2063 smoothly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is staying quiet on budget talks that recently kicked off between her office and legislative Republican leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The talks began later than usual, but the legislative session is starting to wind down to once-a-week meetings in order to place emphasis on the process. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very early in the process, and I\u2019m really not gonna talk publicly about where we\u2019re negotiating because I think that is a recipe for derailing the process,\u201d Hobbs said on Monday morning following a ceremonial bill signing at the Executive Tower. <\/p>\n<p>She would not dive into further details when further questioned on the budget, but said she\u2019s \u201calways optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Legislative Budget Committee estimates a $1.7 billion <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azjlbc.gov\/25baseline\/s2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deficit<\/a><\/strong>, which means that compromises from both parties might have to be made to decide how to best tackle the shortfall. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/arizona\/article_e12c038e-aea3-11ee-a05e-4f40bac31b4e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center Square<\/a><\/strong> previously reported that Republicans are planning to refuse cuts to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, Arizona\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">school choice program<\/a>, which many Democrats have seen as a way to cut back on costs. <\/p>\n<p>In an April 3 news release, Senate Republicans said the governor\u2019s office spent months \u201cstalling,\u201d and the process only started in the last week of March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith necessary negotiations on bills, state agency continuations, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">state budget<\/a>, there is quite a bit of behind-the-scenes business that will need to be conducted at the Legislature between leadership and the appropriations teams before lawmakers can vote any remaining reforms or proposals. As a result, we will only call all lawmakers in for floor proceedings on a weekly basis, as finalized legislation becomes available for a vote,\u201d Senate President Warren Petersen said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for everyone\u2019s time, other off-campus work, and family obligations, we are allowing lawmakers to tend to those commitments. With the Governor\u2019s cooperation, we\u2019re hopeful we can wrap up the session within the next month,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>To state government funding issues, the budget\u2019s last day for passage is June 30, as the state\u2019s new fiscal year kicks off on July 1. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has remained tight-lipped about early budget discussions with Republican leaders. These talks, which started later than usual with the legislative session winding down to once-a-week meetings, aim to prioritize the budgeting process. \u201cWe are very early in the process,\u201d said Governor Hobbs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3038,"featured_media":2216278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24005617660450-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24005617660450-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}