Tag: David Lujan
Perhaps the longest-lasting consequence of this year’s session will be the $1.8 billion in ongoing tax cuts lawmakers passed on party lines. Supporters of the reductions say they will improve Arizona’s economic...
Sinema, like McCain, reaches for bipartisanship
Education group to challenge new state tax laws
GOP budget maneuvers anger educators
Budget impasse triggers talk of shutdown
If Arizona’s government were ever to shut down, 2021 would be the year.  Budget impasses have pushed the state near the breaking point before, including a long summer night 12...
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Referendum in the works to veto proposed flat tax
Education groups are prepared to go to the ballot if the Gov. Doug Ducey-backed flat tax gets legislative approval with the budget this year. While it does not yet have full...
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Gambling bill stalls in senate as politics take shape
Bill helps taxpayers avoid Prop. 208 surcharge
A veteran lawmaker is proposing what amounts to an end-run to allow some business owners to avoid paying the just-approved income tax surcharge for education. The proposal by Sen. J.D....
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Prop 208 heads to court
Chamber late on spending report in challenge to education tax
A business group waited until three days before the election to file a report disclosing it’s dumping more than $8.6 million into a last-ditch effort to defeat Proposition 208. And...