Commentary: Arizona Legislature talked a good game on water, then chose chaos
It was the legislative session that could’ve been on water. Everyone talked a good game. Gov. Katie Hobbs kicked off the session warning lawmakers that if they didn’t act on water, she would. Lawmakers introduced hundreds of bills on the subject — more than anyone can remember in recent history. Some would have upended statewide water policy. A handful could have upended it for the better. Yet efforts to build broad support for those few bills ran out of runway, and a long, draining session ended in rushed chaos.
-Written by columnist Joanna Allhands, Arizona Republic