Hobbs signs $18.3B bipartisan budget
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan budget Saturday after the Legislature adjourned in the wee hours of the morning The $18.3 billion package includes $1.4 billion in tax […]
Arizona faces full federal tax conformity and a moratorium on data center tax cuts
Key points: Legislature to send Gov. Katie Hobbs a bipartisan budget deal Governor anticipated to sign, lawmakers expect to adjourn for summer on Friday The $18.3 billion deal fully conforms […]
Hobbs’ reelection campaign likely to dominate legislative session
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs’ reelection campaign is likely to hang over the legislative session Republicans are expected to obstruct the governor at every turn Consultants say Hobbs should play […]
Toma probably won’t offer bill to revamp ESA programÂ
The Republican speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives indicated Nov. 14 that he doesn't plan to write any legislation with the goal of overhauling the state’s growing Empowerment Scholarship Account program after he chaired a House panel tasked with oversight into the program.Â
The perils of voting yes to Medicaid expansion
Long before casting their votes for Medicaid expansion and a bipartisan budget proposal, Republican lawmakers who chose to support Gov. Jan Brewer had been issued a warning: Vote yes at your own risk.
Details of Brewer-backed bipartisan budget emerge
The bipartisan budget put together by Gov. Jan Brewer and her allies would spend $8.8 billion in fiscal year 2014, a 3.46 percent increase from current spending levels.











