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Brewer: No tax cuts while asking for tax hike
Gov. Jan Brewer said she will not approve corporate tax cuts after asking Arizonans to support a temporary sales tax increase, apparently closing the door on the cuts sought by conservative lawmakers and the business community.
Legislature planning to adjourn sine die on Thursday
Republican leaders are planning to end the legislative session by April 29, but it's not clear whether that will leave enough time to pass some GOP priority measures, including H2250, the "jobs bill" sponsored by House Speaker Kirk Adams.
Brewer pitches alternate ‘jobs bill,’ without tax cuts
Gov. Jan Brewer has unveiled an alternative to House Speaker Kirk Adams' "jobs bill" that completely scraps the corporate tax cuts that were the core of H2250.
Brewer: H2250 corporate tax cuts should wait until 2013
Gov. Jan Brewer has made it known to lawmakers that she wants them to delay a host of corporate tax cuts until 2013 when her temporary tax increase would expire, though she stopped short of saying she would veto the bill sponsored by House Speaker Kirk Adams.
Senate panel OKs ‘jobs’ bill on 5-2 vote
After a lengthy hearing attended by dozens of lobbyists for business groups and various individual corporations, a Senate panel today approved a heavily amended bill that aims to spur job growth through tax cuts to all businesses and tax credits for companies that create new high-wage jobs in Arizona.
JLBC: Amendment to ‘jobs’ bill reduces revenue loss by $300M
Legislative budget analysts have concluded that an amendment to a Republican-sponsored tax cuts bill would reduce the cost of the bill by about $300 million.
Goddard: No Prop 100 support without Brewer veto of tax cuts
Attorney General Terry Goddard weighed in on Proposition 100 for the first time, saying he cannot support the temporary sales tax increase without an assurance from Gov. Jan Brewer that she will veto a tax cuts package being considered in the Legislature.
So-called ‘jobs bill’ parked in Senate Rules
A House measure that aims to spur economic growth through incentives and tax cuts has been assigned to a Senate committee controlled by that chamber's highest-ranked lawmaker. But that doesn't mean it's going to advance anytime soon.
Tax cuts in H2250 would cost $940M
A House bill that aims to spur economic growth through tax cuts and incentives for businesses would cost the state nearly a billion dollars when fully implemented in 2017, according to a report by legislative budget analysts.
Legislature at impasse over amendment to last special session bill
The Senate sent a committee to the House to signal it was ready to end the special session sine die on Feb. 10, without taking action on a House-amended version of the remaining special session budget bill, S1002.
Hostile amendment slows House passage of budget bill
The fate of a bill that would delay payments to schools and universities as a deficit-closing gimmick is in question after the House of Representatives amended the measure, linking its enactment to a jobs creation and business tax cut bill that is stalled in the Senate.
Jobs dilemma — government or private sector?
Republicans and Democrats couldn't be farther apart on the issues of corporate taxes and job creation.
