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Administrative bloat? Republican lawmaker sets sights on school tax credit organizations
Within days of the new fiscal year’s commencement on July 1, the Arizona Department of Revenue announced that Arizona businesses had claimed more than $51 million in tax credits for their donations to School Tuition Organizations. The state had reached the legal cap on the tax credits in lightning-fast fashion.
Congressman Grijalva seeks to rescind approval for mine
An Arizona congressman wants to repeal approval of a land swap that cleared the way for the country's largest copper mine southeast of Phoenix.
It’s hard to say ‘no’ to the governor
CCEC Executive Director Tom Collins didn’t anticipate Pierce’s SCR1001 (Clean Elections repeal; education funding) to stay dead forever, and he was right.
House to vote on ditching Common Core standards
The Arizona House is set to debate a proposal that would ditch the state's new Common Core school standards and strip the state Board of Education's power to adopt new standards.
State education chief to Arizona’s leaders: ‘Stop the madness’
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas unveiled her plan today to mold the Common Core standards into more of an Arizona creation.
Under Common Core, fantasy merges with reality to revitalize education
In the past few years, Osborn Middle School has turned itself into a beehive of activity in implementing Common Core, the controversial standards Arizona embraced four years ago. And if there’s a good place to see whether Common Core is working, it’s this school.
New schools chief won’t make dramatic changes to Common Core, top aide says
Superintendent of Public Instruction-elect Diane Douglas isn’t planning on immediately overhauling the state’s learning standards, her new chief of staff said.
House panel OKs repeal of referendum-targeted elections law
A House committee gave preliminary approval on Jan. 30 to a bill repealing last year’s controversial elections law, HB2305, despite objections from opponents of the law who gathered more than 110,000 signatures to put it on hold until voters weigh in during the 2014 election.
Arizona delegation follows party line on vote to repeal health care act
WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers split straight down party lines Wednesday as the House voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, less than two weeks after it was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Ariz. bill OK’d to drop tax reporting requirement
Gov. Jan Brewer will get a bill to have Arizona retreat on trying to make it harder to skip paying sales tax on online purchases.
Sen. Klein says she snubbed use tax, then claims she didn’t owe
A state senator last week said she ignored a law that requires Arizonans to report taxes on their purchases from online retailers and other out-of-state businesses.
Democrats introducing SB1070 repeal
Supporters and opponents of Arizona's controversial immigration law are squaring off again after Democrats say they're working to repeal the measure.
