Gov. Katie Hobbs’ budget proposal continues the “trend of large increases in general fund expenditures” Arizona has seen in recent years, according to Glenn Farley, research and policy director at Commons Sense Institute Arizona.
Last week, Hobbs unveiled her budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, totaling $17.7 billion. Her proposal is $100 million more than the Arizona Legislature passed last year, at $17.6 billion.
Farley told The Center Square that caseload and formula funding saw the largest increases in Hobbs’ budget proposal, which includes Arizona’s Medicaid program, the K-12 program and other health care programs such as the Department of Economic Security.
“This budget continues the trend of massive increases, really historically unprecedented increases in the state’s Medicaid-funded disability program run out of DES,” he explained.
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