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Flat tax a legacy of GOP caucus

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...

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Sinema, like McCain, reaches for bipartisanship

In this June 24, 2021, file photo, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., smiles as she returns to the Capitol after a meeting with President Joe Biden at...

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Education group to challenge new state tax laws

Arizonans may get the last word on a nearly $2 billion tax cut plan that mainly benefits the wealthy. Organizers of what had been the Invest in Ed initiative that...

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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

Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Tim Locastro dives but cannot get to a ball hit for a single by Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty in the third inning...

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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

In this May 4, 2018, file photo, third grade teacher Jennifer Boettcher reads a story to kids as they eat breakfast at San Marcos Elementary School...

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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...

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Groups challenge proposed ballot measures in court

Business groups are trying to keep Arizonans from voting on proposals to hike taxes on the most wealthy and give hospital workers a pay hike. One challenge, filed by a...

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