The overall goal is to reduce groundwater overdraft, a condition in which more water is drawn from a well or aquifer than is being replaced.

Sarah Brown, director of Gov. Katie Hobbs' Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, said her last day would be Feb. 12.

This year's legislative housing battles kicked off as a bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step toward passing a new version of last year's vetoed "starter homes" bill. Catch up quick: Gov.

The "Rural Groundwater Management Act" would create new agencies to conserve water, Hobbs said during a news conference.

In her second Tribal State of the State address Hobbs emphasized her commitments, which include missing and murdered Indigenous peoples, repatriation of Native American artifacts, supporting tribal healthcare,

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs invests $60.3 million in water sustainability projects, covering conservation, infrastructure, and contamination control.

Gov. Katie Hobbs released her plan to fund state services for a year, including proposals on child care, private school vouchers and public safety.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has announced a $60.3 million investment aimed at protecting the state’s water supply, according to her office.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday the answer will be no if the Trump administration asks for help with immigration raids.

Energy Fuels, Inc. owns and operates the Pinyon Plain uranium mine on U.S. Forest Service land in the Kaibab National Forest near the Grand Canyon. Numerous tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the Havasupai Tribe, have ancestral lands there.

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs renewed a push Thursday to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state, and she's more optimistic this time that her efforts will find support in the Republican-controlled Legislature.