ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix Latest Headlines | January 13, 8am

This abc 15 flash briefing is sponsored by Sanders and Ford. All roads lead to Sanders and Ford. Hi there. I'm no Hey Lonnie graph with a look at your top stories from abc 15 Arizona. Big one Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs unveiling her budget plan to work around a projected budget shortfall in the hundreds of millions. Hobbs is proposing moving around funds and repealing some education initiatives like the school tuition organizations. It's known as ST O. And those are income tax credits. We asked her what she thought would be the biggest point of friction during the budget process. I don't know the answer to that yet. I guess we'll see in a few hours when our budget is released and their response. You want to guess the essays is one of them. Oh yeah. Yes. That was a softball. I should have gotten that. Republicans responded in a joint statement saying much of her proposal is quote dead on arrival. In the state of education, a legal battle is also playing out over how second languages are being taught in schools. State Superintendent Tom Horn says schools teaching 50 50 dual language immersion classes are violating the law. His claim is in reference to prop 203 which was revamped a few years ago, reducing the time english language learners are required to learn in english horn filed a lawsuit against the governor attorney general in multiple school districts in september and both sides were in court yesterday. The plaintiff has filed suit uh making the audacious and incorrect claim that everyone but him has somehow got this wrong. He is an elected official and has a duty to superintendent oversee under the law the Arizona public school system. The buck stops with him. Horn says if the judge doesn't decide in his favor, he will appeal it. There's no timeline though on when a decision will come down after seven years in charge. Paul Penzone has stepped down as Maricopa County Sheriff yesterday was his last day. Penzone inherited a sheriff's department filled with controversy taking over for joe Arpaio. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are now accepting applications for an interim sheriff Penzone now going to the private sector. An update on the resources for people living on the streets after hundreds of people moved out of the zone near downtown phoenix. The safe outdoor space has been open since november 1st near 15th Avenue in Jefferson and so far they say they've helped 99 people, 41 people are staying there at this moment, 58 have left already, 57% found more permanent housing or they moved to an indoor shelter. Of course though that's only a fraction of the people who are living inside the zone downtown. Back in june it was actually home to more than 900 people but the city was forced to clean it up after being sued by businesses and people who live nearby. Hope you carbo loaded last night. The rock and roll running series continues in the valley this weekend. Thousands of runners are going to race to the finish lines in Scottsdale and Tempe competing in a half marathon, five K. And 10 K course. The series goes until monday. So a reminder here, some streets will be closed or restricted, including some bus routes for a full list of detours. You can head to valley metro dot org celebrate the lunar new year and the year of the dragon at Mesa's asian festival that starts at 11 o'clock this morning at Mesa Community College. They'll have juggling shows, rainforest music, arts, crafts, food trucks. They'll also have an opening ceremony with the lion's dance from noon until one. That's always a crowd favorite. The event goes until eight tonight. Also don't forget our Arizona coyotes will start their three game road trip tonight in Minnesota when they take on the wild puck drops at six coverage starts at 5 30 and you can watch it all on Arizona 61. Hey happy saturday to you. A lot of fun things going on in the valley this weekend. Disney on ice happening all weekend in phoenix. The RV show is happening at State Farm Stadium all weekend out in Glendale and the multicultural festival in Chandler is happening on saturday. Saturday is going to be the chillier of the two, about five degrees below average for this time of year for our high on saturday and then tomorrow on sunday a faster warm up into the sixties. We feeling more seasonable for this time of year tomorrow. Valley highs today though again well below average 61 for Glendale Tempe, Scottsdale and Chandler's highs 59 in Cave Creek, 58 in Anthem and 62 out in Buckeye. We're usually at 67 for this time of year overnight tonight we're cooling off into the thirties and a lot of spots 36 overnight in Scottsdale 39 in Deer Valley and Tempe 40 in Glendale overnight tonight. The seven day though looking nice for those of us who don't really like those chilly temperatures, seasonable tomorrow and martin Luther King Jr Day seventies by the end of next week for the latest headlines, weather and traffic. Remember you can always head to abc 15 dot com or our abc 15 app. Make it a great day. This abc 15 flash briefing is sponsored by Sanderson Ford. All roads lead to Sanderson Ford.