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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.
Goddard calls for end to private-school credits
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard is calling for the suspension of tax credits for private schools and the return of state funding for all-day kindergarten as part of an education plan released Thursday.
The sales tax is defensible, but is the syntax?
Following last night's televised debate of Republican candidates for governor, most observers who spoke with YS said they thought Brewer emerged relatively unscathed, despite seeming to struggle at times with the English language. Most memorable: Brewer said "we have did" at least three times, criticized "organized organizations" for spreading misinformation about S1070 and spoke about "unlegal" r[...]
More state buildings going on sale
More state buildings go up for sale next week as Arizona officials hope to raise $300 million and help close the budget deficit.
Mills hits Brewer on public campaign funding
Republican gubernatorial candidate Buz Mills is making Gov. Jan Brewer's public campaign funding an issue but mixes up the money involved.
ATRA gives Legislature mixed review
The Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die on April 29, and the policy achievements of the 49th Legislature get a mixed review from a taxpayer’s perspective.
Senate president points out weak link on jobs bill
After two decades of legislating, Bob Burns is calling it quits. Burns presided as Senate president during the worst of times. Lawmakers under his leadership battled multibillion-dollar deficits and were... […]
Mills’ camp says Prop. 100 not a Brewer victory
Mills' consultant Camilla Strongin said she wasn't surprised at all to see the sales tax increase sail to an easy victory - and added Brewer's near constant urging for the measure will come back to haunt the governor in the GOP primary. "I think it clearly solidifies her credentials as a tax-hike governor," she said. Strongin attributed the election night blowout to the total lack of an opposition[...]
Sales tax prop a dud with congressional candidates
Prop 100 may have the money and backing of most of the state's business community, health care officials, teachers and the governor, but candidates in battleground Congressional districts are just saying ‘no' to the proposed sales tax increase.
Brewer, budget riding on outcome of Prop. 100
While today's special election on Proposition 100 seems to have garnered more attention than most, nobody is watching the results more closely than Gov. Jan Brewer, who has tied her political future to the temporary one-cent sales tax increase.
Arizona voters deciding fate of sales tax increase
Arizona voters on Tuesday were to decide the fate of a proposed temporary sales tax increase, with possible budget cuts for schools and other programs at stake if the measure fails.
Early voter stats for Maricopa County
Maricopa County elections officials forecast that 30 percent of the county's 1.8 million registered voters will cast ballots for the sales tax special election. Karen Osborne, county elections director, attributed the high estimate to the large number of registered early voters and the degree of interest in the sales tax referendum. Roughly 700,000 Maricopa County voters receive early ballots in t[...]
