Overview
- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the Loop 202 renaming on Friday, arguing lawmakers tried to bypass the state board that handles highway names.
- Republican Senate President Warren Petersen, the bill’s sponsor, said the move shifts recognition from public service to political alignment.
- An Associated Press review found lawmakers in more than 20 states have filed dozens of bills tied to Kirk, including naming public places and setting remembrance days, with some proposing campus free-speech measures.
- Florida’s legislature passed a plan to name a Miami-Dade road for Kirk, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has not yet acted on the designation.
- In the homicide case, attorneys for Tyler Robinson, who is charged in Kirk’s killing, say ballistics are inconclusive and have asked to push a May hearing back by six months.