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Prop 400, I_10, Hobbs, Senate, House, voters, public transportation, freeways, deal
Dec 9, 2024

Lawsuit to void transportation tax vote dismissed

A nearly 40-year-old transportation sales tax will stay intact after Maricopa County Republicans voluntarily dismissed an election contest claiming the measure missed the required vote margin. 

Transportation
Sep 18, 2024

Backers of Prop. 479 raise $3M for transportation tax

Maricopa County voters will decide whether to extend a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects in November and a bipartisan campaign is spending $3 million to ensure they vote “yes.” […]

Proposition 400, Maricopa County, light rail
Aug 1, 2023

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.

light rail, sales tax, transportation, Hobbs
Jun 2, 2023

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.

Fry's, merger, grocery stores, Smith's, Kroger, Fry's Food,
Jan 19, 2023

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.  

Jul 30, 2021

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.”

Aug 19, 2020

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 […]

Apr 3, 2020

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.

Jan 15, 2020

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.

Nov 8, 2019

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.

Jun 24, 2019

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.

State GOP Chairman Kelli Ward seeks to build support for a plan to ask voters to increase state sales taxes for education. But the proposal, backed by Sen. Sylvia Allen, center, and Rep. Michelle Udall currently lacks sufficient support from Republican lawmakers. (Phot by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)
Apr 29, 2019

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?

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