PHOENIX (KGUN) — Newly elected Governor Katie Hobbs is planning to give her first state of the state address Monday afternoon.
She took office on Monday, Jan. 2 after repeating the oath of office. This took place at the state capitol during the inaugural ceremonies.
Watch the full address in the player below:
Gov. Hobbs previously served as the Secretary of State for Arizona from 2019 to 2023 after serving in the Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona Senate as minority leader.
According to her website, the Arizona native studied social work at the Northern Arizona University, where she eventually earned a master's degree.
Gov Hobbs' plans while serving as governor include:
- Education
- Improve current private-school voucher program
- Implement task force on educator retention
- Change the base support for schools
- Boost Arizona Promise Scholarship program for colleges
- Affordable housing
- Cost of living
- Make diapers and feminine hygiene products sales tax free
- Border and Immigration
- Depoliticize
- Help local communities and law enforcement handle border crisis
- Invited Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to Arizona
- Abortion
- Enable woman's ability to get abortions
- Match the federal funding coming from Title X for family planning and reproductive health services
- Water
- Calls for international cooperation
- Claims previous Governor Doug Ducey repressed information about West Maricopa County's true water reserves
- Water will be part of new Office of Resiliency, including water, energy and land use
Gov. Hobbs hopes to secure and modernize Arizona's water supply through investing in infrastructure upgrades, as well as placing the "leadership needed" in the right places to conserve water appropriately.
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