Governor’s office tells Arizona agencies to limit funding requests as they finalize budgets
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office is asking agencies to limit requests for additional money from the general fund as they finalize next year's budgets.
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PHOENIX — Arizona agencies are finalizing their budgets for next year – and they’re bracing for a funding squeeze.
ABC15 has learned Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office has asked agencies to sharply limit any requests for additional money from the state’s general fund. Her budget director, Ben Henderson, sent Cabinet members a memo last month asking agencies to keep increases below 2%, citing a looming “cliff in federal funding unlike anything in recent history.”
“This is not the year to ask for significant investments from the General Fund,” he wrote.
Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh told ABC15 he welcomes Hobbs’ budget restrictions, saying the governor is “steering her ship in the right direction.”
Read the full story from ABC15 Arizona here.
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