Journalists’ Roundtable: Gov. Hobbs’ housing nominee rejected

Feb. 28, 2025
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It’s Friday, which means it is time for another edition of Journalists’ Roundtable. This week “Arizona Horizon” host Ted Simons was joined by Dennis Welch of AZ Family, Mary Jo Pitzl of “The Arizona Republic” and azcentral.com and Jim Small of Arizona Mirror.

This week’s topic:

  • Hobbs housing nominee rejected
  • Hobbs vs. legislature on disability funding
  • Hobbs creates border task force
  • Sinema appears at legislature
  • Voting rights ruling
  • Heap vs. Board of Supervisors

In this segment:

Dennis Welch, AZ Family
Mary Jo Pitzl, "The Arizona Republic" and azcentral.com
Jim Small, Arizona Mirror

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