Allie Bones – Governor Hobbs’ Chief of Staff since she took office resigned last week. The governor is expected to name her next chief of staff after the long holiday weekend. Look for Chad Campbell to be the new chief – that’s just a hunch – I don’t have any inside info.
Republican leaders of the House and Senate Health Committees (Shope, Montenegro) convened a two-day forum of a “Novel Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental Committee. I went to the first couple of hours on the first day and quickly discovered that it’s a poor use of my time, so I left. I’ll spare you the details, but if you want to know more read this: Senate COVID hearing light on facts, heavy on misinformation.
The Governor signed nine bills last week including a continuation of AHCCCS and a new database of health professionals who’ve had their licenses revoked. She vetoed 22 bills – including limits on the use of student pronouns, a higher bar to get unemployment benefits, bad changes to elections procedures, and SB1234, which would have forbid the use of any photo enforcement of traffic laws throughout the state -including photo red lights.
Governor Hobbs has signed 160 new laws and vetoed 94.
The House and Senate are still adjourned for two more weeks. The only thing scheduled next week is a Director Nominations Committee meeting for Martin Quezada for the Registrar of Contractors Wednesday.
