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Hobbs signs legislation to let voters decide whether to extend transportation tax
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation Tuesday to allow Maricopa County voters to decide on extending a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects, setting the stage for the fight to come at the ballot box.
Hobbs negotiating with GOP lawmakers to try to ask voters to extend transportation tax
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is directly negotiating with Republican lawmakers who control the Arizona Legislature to try to craft a deal to ask Maricopa County voters to extend a half-cent sales tax that for nearly 40 years has paid for new freeways, bus routes and light rail transportation projects.
Committee moves bill to scrap sales tax on food
A bill that would cut municipal taxes on food got initial approval from the House Ways and Means committee on Wednesday.
Tax issue: Is shooting range amusement?
A day at the shooting range may provide amusement, but, for tax purposes, one range is hoping the state’s high court also sees it as a place to “learn how to shoot, practice necessary professional skills, and improve self-defense training.”
Standing for children in Arizona for more than a decade
Recently, Eileen Klein claimed that Invest in Ed had been organized by a narrow set of special interests outside of Arizona and called out my organization as a “commander of... […]
We’re spending, now we have to pay for it – the coronavirus cent
As we’re ramping up the financial response to this crisis, we also need a plan to pay for it to keep our economic engine the strongest in the world.
Republican proposes rural tribes keep portion of state sales tax
Two lawmakers are proposing to let at least several Native American tribes keep some of the taxes generated from sales on reservations.
Education groups consider measure to tax rich – and poor
The activists behind last year’s Invest in Education Act are considering a comeback – they’re eyeing a sales tax hike, an idea they have routinely rejected in the past as regressive and detrimental to the poor.
Expect revival of pet bills that failed to survive
Even after settling on a multi-billion spending plan for the next year, there was plenty left unsettled when lawmakers went home for the summer.
The Breakdown: G-oh!-P
Phoenix is heating up and the sky may be falling. The state GOP led by Kelli Ward came out in support of a tax hike this week. But is it too late?
Key Republicans compromise on sales tax hike for education
Three Republican lawmakers have reached a consensus on a plan to ask voters to raise a sales tax for education funding.
Give voters say on 1-cent tax to fund public schools
Arizona’s public schools need help. Even as we agree with the truthfulness of that statement, a solution isn’t obvious. But, we as leaders within rural Arizona’s political and education communities want to help our colleagues focus on the heart of the problem the way we do. Then we can work toward meaningful solutions.
