Arizona Senate passes bipartisan budget and adjourns for year without House approval

💰 The Arizona Senate passed a $17.6 billion budget plan it negotiated with Gov. Katie Hobbs, then adjourned for the year, even though the House has yet to approve the spending plan. (Arizona Mirror)

• House Republicans have passed their own unilateral budget plan, and the chamber is adjourned until Monday.

⚾ The Senate passed legislation that would provide up to $500 million in taxpayer funding for renovations to Chase Field. The bill still requires a final vote in the House, which has already approved a similar plan. (AZcentral)

🚰 Hobbs and GOP lawmakers reached an agreement on an "ag to urban" plan that will allow homebuilders to buy water supplies from retired farmland. (KJZZ)

🌊 President Trump nominated former Central Arizona Project general manager Ted Cooke to lead the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. (KJZZ)

⛔ The Larder & The Delta announced that it's closing, less than a year after moving into a new location and switching to a fine dining format. (Phoenix New Times)