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Support for land trust plan remains strong despite the treasurer’s vocal opposition
Recent criticism by state Treasurer Jeff DeWit appears to have done little to dampen Republican enthusiasm for Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to increase state land trust payments to K-12 schools.
Treasurer opposes raiding trust fund for schools
Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to reform the State Land Trust Fund found opposition this week from an unlikely source: Republican state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, whose analysis of the plan has some lawmakers second-guessing Ducey’s proposal.
Supreme Court rejects funding mechanism for Land Department
The Arizona Supreme Court today rejected lawmakers’ decision in 2009 to divert a portion of revenues from the state trust lands to pay for the operations of the State Land Department.
