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Jim Small talks about city funding feuds
Yellow Sheet Report editor Jim Small discusses the fight cities will have to wage in order to secure state funding they've become used to receiving each year.
Budget crisis looms over Arizona governor’s race
With the state's budget crisis showing no signs of abating, voters on Nov. 2 will be electing a governor who could have a yearslong headache while trying to keep the state running and in the black amid a still unsteady economy.
Brewer: Budget can be balanced without tax hike
Gov. Jan Brewer said she believes the state can balance its budget next session without another tax hike, but she didn't rule out the possibility. "I am hoping that we do not," Brewer said at a Sept. 30 press conference on the steps of the Executive Tower.
JLBC: Arizona budget shortfall growing
Forecast information released Sept. 29 by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff has the state's current $8.5 billion budget facing a potential shortfall of up to $825 million. That's up from the previous forecast for a midyear shortfall of up to $700 million.
Arizona advisory panel to meet on state of economy
Just months into the current fiscal year, Arizona's budget picture is again grim as lawmakers prepare to hear new economic forecasts.
4 vie for Senate majority whip, leader
The jockeying has begun for Senate leadership positions besides the presidency, the Arizona Capitol Times has learned.
State budget unbalanced again; next year worse
Arizona is recovering from the recession slowly and painfully, a view generally expressed by economists, but state lawmakers have yet to see any signs of improvement in sales and income tax revenues.
State jobless rate highest in nearly 30 years
Arizona's jobless rate has reached heights not seen in nearly three decades. But while the situation is grim, a closer look shows that it is not as dire as it may appear.
Goddard says Brewer’s ‘balanced-budget’ claims are false
It’s often said that all budgets are balanced on the day they’re passed, even if they don’t stay that way for long. But gubernatorial hopeful Terry Goddard is accusing Gov. Jan Brewer of failing to meet that old budget maxim.
Sales tax increase not deterring spending
We're paying more in state sales taxes, however the first month of Arizona's penny-per- dollar sales-tax hike did not significantly alter overall spending.
Tax and budget recommendations for Arizona’s leaders
Most Arizonans know that the state faces dire fiscal problems. Yet, it is likely that few Arizonans have heard our state’s gubernatorial or legislative candidates talk about tax and budget policy solutions.
Most state offices closed Friday as furlough
Friday is a furlough day for Arizona state government, meaning that most state offices are closed.
