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🚨 BREAKING: Pay-To-Play Scandal Involving AZ's Democrat Governor Unfolding State contractor donated $400,000 to Gov. Katie Hobbs and AZ Democrats, and got millions more in state money DCS over the course of the past year approved what amounts to a nearly 60% increase in the rate that Sunshine Residential Homes Inc. charges to care for a child for a day, meaning potentially millions of dollars more going to the company at taxpayers' expense. No other standard group home provider — there are dozens — was approved for any rate increase during Hobbs’ tenure. After initial rejection, Sunshine's rate increase comes after political donation. Sunshine Residential Homes in December 2022 sought a 20% rate increase, to $179 per day. DCS denied it on Feb. 6, 2023, according to records provided by the department. Three days later, Sunshine donated $100,000 to a dark-money fund Hobbs’ campaign created... Only recently did the company begin contributing to political campaigns in Arizona. Two six-figure donations from Sunshine to the Arizona Democratic Party were reported when Hobbs was running for governor, totaling $200,000 in September and October 2022. [Sunshine's CEO] and his wife personally donated nearly the maximum amount, $5,000 each, to Hobbs’ campaign. That’s not all the company would kick in. Another $200,000 was donated after Hobbs’ election, with half of that going directly to Hobbs’ inauguration fund through her dark money group. [Sunshine's Director of Programs] worked for DCS for a decade before joining Sunshine in 2022, according to his resume. Saifi donated $5,000 to Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign the same day his boss did, state records show. ------- *The above are excerpts from an Arizona Republic article by Stacey Barchenger. Emphasis added.