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Month: February 2009

House panel approves repeal of equalization property tax

A legislative panel has given a thumbs-up to permanently repealing a state property tax suspended three years ago that is slated to come back online this year, despite a struggling...

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AZ will get $522M from feds for road projects

With more than half-a-billion dollars of federal stimulus money expected to be earmarked for transportation projects in Arizona, state agencies and local governments are moving quickly to determine how to...

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Democrats use Obama visit to shine light on mortgage-relief bills

Attorney General Terry Goddard speaks during a press conference called by legislative Democrats to bring attention to five mortgage-relief bills. Democratic lawmakers and Attorney General Terry Goddard have announced package...

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Tough times give father, 3 sons a taste of homelessness

From left, Jacob, Christopher and Joseph Clark mug for the camera while their father, James (in the background), discusses their situation with a caseworker at an emergency homeless shelter for...

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GOP rallies to restrict political spending by unions

It’s been a longstanding goal of some state lawmakers to further restrict the political spending of labor unions, and the idea is starting to gain traction this year in the...

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Arizona can be bigger player on world stage

With a gross state product of $247 billion, Arizona’s economy is on a par with Hong Kong and Switzerland, two of the world’s leading financial hubs. Our productivity exceeds even...

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FY09 cuts jeopardize federal stimulus money

State senators are trying to sort out whether Arizona is still eligible for some of the funding provided to states via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because of last...

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Dems and GOP agree: Tax increases a bad idea

Republican and Democratic legislators have buried an idea floated earlier in the week by the Governor’s Office to raise taxes to help erase part of the state’s budget deficit.They were...

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Photo enforcement in the cross-hairs

Some lawmakers have made it clear that they don’t particularly like the system of photo-enforcement cameras that snap pictures of speeding motorists on state highways. An outright ban is being...

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