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Arizona’s Senate Republicans say they’re unified behind an ambitious plan for the 2025 legislative session that begins next week, aiming to pass laws on border security, water rights, quicker election results and battling “wokeness” in public schools.
“The 2025 legislative session offers an opportunity to reaffirm the principles that have made Arizona a beacon of freedom and prosperity,” Senate Republicans wrote in their plan , which was released Wednesday. “This agenda is built upon three unshakable pillars: securing our cities from the front door to the border, preserving the American Dream in Arizona, and embracing federalism and state sovereignty.”
Even with increased majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs still stands in the way of many Republican priorities. Hobbs has pledged support to the LGBTQ community and has promised to veto any anti-transgender bills, and since she took office in 2023, she’s put a stop to several GOP election reform bills that county officials claimed would be impossible to implement and make it harder to vote.