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Sources: Senate looking to pass budget this week
The Senate leadership is pushing to officially introduce and pass a budget proposal this week, multiple sources told the Arizona Capitol Times on Monday. The plan is to vote on...
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Pearce: Senate plans Ariz. budget action Wednesday
Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce says the Senate will act Wednesday on a proposed state budget even though it doesn’t have an agreement with Republican Gov. Jan Brewer. Pearce says...
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Ariz. Senate approves new limit on state spending
A bill approved by the Arizona Senate would place a new limit on state government spending. The bill would allow increases only for population growth and inflation, starting with a...
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Brewer, First Things First discussing budget solutions
Proposition 302 is history and a loan is off the table, but First Things First and the Governor’s Office are looking for “creative” solutions the agency can offer for the...
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Goddard: Use borrowing to close state budget gap
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‘Jobs bill’ rewritten without personal income tax cut
A House bill that was intended to reduce business and personal taxes has been rewritten and is now scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on April 7. But Senate...
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End of GOP budget fight? Seriously?
For the first time in at least six years, the annual release of budget plans by the Arizona Legislature and the governor didn’t result in bickering. Of course, it helps...
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Sale of state prisons running into wall of opposition
When lawmakers chose April Fool’s Day as the deadline to submit a plan to privatize the state’s prison system, they unwittingly telegraphed just how dubious the plan was. First, the...
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ADOA says new state financing on track
The state says it’s on track to obtain new financing that Treasurer Dean Martin says Arizona needs to avoid having to issue IOUs for state paychecks and other payments in...
