FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2026 PHOENIX – House Democrats on Friday welcomed Governor Katie Hobbs’ executive budget and look forward to actively negotiating a balanced, bipartisan plan that makes life more affordable for working families and the middle class. “House Democrats are fighting for An Arizona We Can Afford, and we are encouraged to see the Governor's budget put affordability front and center,” said House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos . “There is clea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     January 12, 2026 PHOENIX  – Arizona House Democrats on Monday said they are prepared to advance Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Affordability Agenda following her State of the State address.   “Governor Hobbs is right to center this session on building An Arizona We Can Afford,” said House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos. “House Democrats stand ready to deliver Governor Hobbs’ Arizona Affordability Fund to bring relief to families struggling with high utili

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     January 8, 2026 PHOENIX  – House Democratic Leaders today called for a Congressional investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by rogue ICE agents in Minneapolis. Good, 37, had stopped her vehicle along with her wife, to film a protest of an ICE raid, when a masked agent shot her in the head. House Democratic Leaders released the following statement:   "Renee Nicole Good should be alive and at home with her 6-year-old child today. With mult

Arizona Legislative Democrats  1700 W. Washington Street  Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890  December 4, 2025  Sent via Email  Representative Mike Johnson Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives United States Congress  Re: House Resolution 4097 attempting to designate CAIR as foreign terrorist organization  Dear Speaker Johnson,  We, the undersigned Democratic members of the Arizona State Legislature, are writing to ask you to prevent the passage of H.R. 4097, which would have the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     December 5, 2025   TUCSON, Ariz.  – The House Democratic leadership team released the following statement regarding the reported  pepper spraying of Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva by masked and armed federal ICE  agents. Grijalva had come to the restaurant where the raid was taking place, and where protestors had gathered, and was sprayed  after she identified herself to agents and asked questions. "This was a disgraceful and cowardly act by agents o

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                   December 2, 2025   PHOENIX  – It has taken a decade of collaborative effort and work, but the air is now officially clean in northwest Yuma County. Representative  Mariana Sandoval , who represents the area, today praised the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for working with local, state Tribal and federal partners on a successful

PHOENIX  – Today, Governor Katie Hobbs issued an executive order directing the Arizona Department of Revenue to print tax forms that reflect an increased standard deduction and a new Arizona tax relief package for working families and middle-class earners. Those tax cuts include: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on new car loan interest, and a $6,000 senior deduction. Legislative Democrats released the following statement:   Senate Democratic Leader Senator Priya Su

November 11, 2025 The Honorable Doug Burgum Secretary of the Interior U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240   Secretary Burgum, We appreciate your leadership and support this past year in working to develop a Post-2026 framework for the Colorado River that preserves the certainty and commitments to the Lower Basin agreed to by the Upper Basin in the 1922 Colorado River Compact. We respectfully request that as you prepare to guide the Post-2026

President Crow, We are grateful for your leadership at Arizona State University, which continues to break barriers for innovation. With your leadership, the institution has nurtured a foundational framework that emphasizes diversity, self-governance, and academic freedom. As Legislators who represent Tempe, the home of ASU, we urge you to decline the Trump Administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." The Compact serves as an overreach of th