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If there’s a Ducey…
The governor’s office believes it can boost K-12 funding while still meeting spending obligations arising from the passage of Prop 206.
What’s in the budget box depends on who you ask
With JLBC projecting a “structural” surplus of only $24 million in FY18, there won’t be much money to go around this session. And those who want a slice of that pie will likely have to line up behind K-12 education, the governor’s priority.
Do you have $1 billion to spare? What Obamacare repeal would look like for Arizona
The financial fallout from repealing Obamacare without replacing it will make everything else Arizona’s policymakers have so far worried about look like small potatoes.
Carter works on “grand plan” to enhance Arizona education funding
Rep. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, is working on a “grand plan” to infuse major new dollars into not just K-12 education but also what she believes is an underfunded university and community college system.
Douglas wants to use rainy-day fund for 5 percent teacher pay raise
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas presented a $680 million wish list of education spending Tuesday.
Departments jockey to create the most compelling pleas for money
A new helicopter, more prison beds, money to pay utility bills – state agencies sent the Governor’s Office their annual budget requests detailing big and small priorities they hope the governor will include in his executive budget proposal to lawmakers in January.
Self-immolation, DOR style?
Are the wheels coming off of the Dept of Revenue? Georganna Meyer, the agency’s former chief economist who is now a senior economist at the Maguire Company, said historically, DOR would have about 30 corporate auditors monitoring between 50,000 and 60,000 companies.
Maricopa County board adopts budget for fiscal year 2017
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a $2.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2017.
State geologists face financial crunch with move to UA
The state agency that compiles geologic data faces a financial crunch and potential job cuts after state officials made it part of the University of Arizona without providing any funding.
Doug Ducey: Not looking for a fight
Gov. Doug Ducey’s second legislative session did not go quite as smoothly as his first. Whereas 2015 was the shortest session in decades and a budget agreement was reached with legislative leadership in record time, 2016 dragged on into May as Ducey and lawmakers negotiated the budget.
Lawmakers boost money for child safety agency, but with strings attached
Showing a commitment to improving outcomes for Arizona children in the state’s care, lawmakers made child welfare one of the greatest beneficiaries of the $9.6 billion budget adopted earlier this month.
